Nonprofits Source

OCTOBER 30, 2023

To help simplify your nonprofit event planning processes , this guide will evaluate the three most popular event formats: in-person, virtual, and hybrid. By having all your attendees in the same location, you’ll be able to effectively create a lively atmosphere with music and lighting. Personal interactions. Greater outreach.

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Virtual Evaluation Personal Hosting 52

Bloomerang

JUNE 5, 2024

To keep this crucial team effective, here’s a step-by-step guide crafted specifically for nonprofit leaders like you, using insights and tools from Bloomerang to ensure your board remains as dynamic and driven as the day they joined. The last word As an executive director, your role in shaping and maintaining an effective board is critical.

Director 94

Director Guide Government Analytics 94

Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

FEBRUARY 18, 2014

Our session will share lots of great advice about what to do before , during , and after leading an effective technology training. Using the ADDIE for designing your workshop, you arrive at the “E” or evaluation. There are two different methods to evaluate your training. Use Learning Theory.

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Evaluation Training Train Tips 128

Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

OCTOBER 20, 2011

I entered the community as a foundation evaluator wanting to find the best strategies and tools for documenting and learning about networks but also for measuring those difficult-to-pin-down outcomes and impact. Evaluation can also help foundations get the feedback they need to modulate their role and influence.

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Evaluation Network Effective Case Study 95

.orgSource

MARCH 11, 2024

Bell is researching what mix of personalities is most likely to work effectively together. It’s not difficult to evaluate when someone has the right background and experience to do a job. The IT wiz will not be effective if no one wants to listen to him. Hiring for skill is easy. Trust me, it’s worth it.

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Team Build Skills Interview 221

Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

DECEMBER 9, 2013

The conference was framed around the question: Given the convergence of networks and big data and the need for more innovation, what evaluation methods should be used to evaluate social change outcomes along side traditional methods? I followed the developmental evaluation thread most closely. Here are my notes.

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Evaluation Generation Method Slides 97

.orgSource

JANUARY 9, 2023

And individual participation is seldom evaluated in any meaningful way. The categories that are represented should reflect qualities that directors bring to the board as well as characteristics that will enhance the organization’s growth and development. Except for officers, most don’t receive financial compensation. Create Synergy.

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Mentoring Director Associations Professional 221

sgEngage

MARCH 19, 2024

In this blog post, we will share some insights and best practices from our recent webinar, Change Up Your Questions: Exploring and Shaping What You Ask Grantees and How You Ask Them , where Marshall Ginn of Capital Philanthropy discussed how to evaluate and improve your application questions. Is this question relevant?

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Application Review Evaluation Reflection 79

.orgSource

JANUARY 2, 2024

Self-regulation— or learning to effectively manage conflict, challenges, and stress is critical in fast-paced digital environments. Ensure a long-term commitment to the process by Incorporating EI into your organization’s values and performance evaluations. Provide recognition and compensation that reflect its importance.

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Team Technology Help Digital 221

Qgiv

JUNE 23, 2021

As your nonprofit organization continues to grow, it’s time to consider investing in an effective fundraising platform that truly accommodates your nonprofit’s size, financial needs, and developing fundraising strategies. Consider how much you should raise to effectively help your mission while keeping your budget in mind. .

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Campaign Effective Fundraising Nonprofit 98

Media Cause

AUGUST 19, 2023

It involves reflecting on the process, analyzing successes and challenges, and capturing valuable insights for future projects. Retrospectives provide a safe space for individuals to share their perspectives, leading to a deeper understanding of team dynamics, and better identifying effective strategies.

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Project Lesson Learning Roles 52

Bloomerang

JUNE 5, 2024

Step 1: Laying the groundwork for effective board recruitment Before diving into the recruitment process, it’s essential to lay a strong foundation by thoroughly preparing your organization. Consider using scoring rubrics or structured interview protocols to standardize evaluations and minimize bias to keep things equitable.

Director 83

Director Guide Metrics Nonprofit 83

Candid

APRIL 29, 2024

I facilitated check-in meetings that fostered active engagement among board members, encouraging them to reflect on how their unique strengths could propel Candid toward its vision. In both cases, the genuine collaboration between board and staff necessary for the organization to adapt, innovate, and effectively serve its mission is lacking.

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Government Collaboration Nonprofit Evaluation 59

sgEngage

APRIL 26, 2024

Maybe the organization needs additional help understanding new accounting guidance that is effective and the impacts on its financial records. Create Clear Channels of Communication Effective communication is the foundation of any successful relationship. This is especially important if there are audit findings.

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Relationship Practice Build Evaluation 100

sgEngage

JANUARY 22, 2024

I led a group of fellow volunteers who evaluated applications from diverse organizations. The sector itself continued to change, but it was a challenge to effectively adapt questions to match those changes. Your questions should also reflect your values as a funder. What was “excellent” and what was “competent” was shifting.

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Question Application Reflection Philanthropy 89

Deborah Elizabeth Finn

NOVEMBER 25, 2019

Giving Done Right: Effective Philanthropy and Making Every Dollar Count. Letting grantees lead: What we’re learning from the BUILD evaluation. Center for Effective Philanthropy: Grantee and Applicant Perception Reports. Why Impact-Per-Dollar is a terrible, harmful way to measure nonprofit effectiveness.

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Philanthropy Open Participatory Evaluation 98

The NonProfit Times

MAY 13, 2024

In part, the new name reflects five years of the organization welcoming females into its ranks. There is “a clear link between rebranding and fundraising”, according to The Rebrand Effect: How Significant Communications Changes Help Nonprofits Raise More Money , an unrelated report from nonprofit-focused communications cooperative Big Duck.

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America New York City Chapter Pledge 111

sgEngage

MAY 6, 2024

Here are a few simple steps to help you create a solid budget that helps your organization allocate resources effectively and makes your budgeting process easier. Distribute it back to the budget owners and make sure your fund accounting system reflects any last-minute changes.

Build 98

Build Time Review Fund 98

ASU Lodestar Center

APRIL 10, 2017

Impact evaluation in the arts, and its broader use for leaders of any nonprofit, can drive results. Qualitative yet empirically-based impact evaluation bridges the gap left by other evaluative methods providing the context of mission fulfillment for a nonprofit organization. I think we have been telling the wrong story.

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Evaluation Arts Story Impact 56

.orgSource

APRIL 17, 2023

Applying reflection, reasoning, and individual experience to problem-solving is not part of the Summit supercomputer program, but it is an approach that is invaluable in making advantageous business decisions. Even the most compelling speakers and writers can use help understanding how to interact effectively with a variety of personalities.

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Skills Collaboration Communication Classroom 221

Tech Soup

FEBRUARY 3, 2014

Of course nonprofits’ ability to accurately evaluate their impact is married to their funding. Grantee evaluation is a perennial hot topic in the foundation world, nonprofit evaluation is a lucrative industry in universities, and there is a whole high tech industry emerging to rate charities online led by Charity Navigator.

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Evaluation Service Measure Database 64

NTEN

JANUARY 25, 2022

This evaluation process involves all three equity committees, including board, community, and staff. Our evaluation and review of 2021 have helped us identify some key successes while providing us with some priorities for 2022. Staff, board, and volunteers. 2021 review highlights. 2021 review highlights. 2022 focus.

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Community NTC Sponsor NTEN 88

Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

SEPTEMBER 13, 2009

Note from Beth: This post, Evaluation for Learning , was originally published as a guest post on the Good blog as a response to “ How Might We Celebrate Learning through Evaluation? I tweeted the link to the original and one colleague, Michelle Murrain, wrote a reflection called " Evaluation and Being A Learning Organization.".

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Evaluation Learning Foundation Reflection 86

Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

MARCH 14, 2012

This is a terrific write up of the session I presented on “ Learning in Public “ Bridge Building or Trust Busting – a Warts-and-All Reflection on “Learning in Public”? Packard and the TCC Group collaborated on an alternative approach evaluating the foundation’s Organizational Effectiveness Program.

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Reflection Public Learning Build 92

Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

MARCH 25, 2014

Earlier this month, I presented on a panel called “ Learn, You Will ” with Cindy Leonard, John Kenyon, and Andrea Berry on the topic of designing effective nonprofit technology training at the Nonprofit Technology Conference hosted by NTEN. 6 Tips for Evaluating Your Training Session.

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Training Train Reflection Resource 100

Association Analytics

APRIL 8, 2021

This may indicate the need for analytical solutions or resources to empower your organization to effectively measure its most critical work. By this point, you have articulated goals that reflect your mission, determined how to measure them, and identified leading indicators to monitor your progress. Engage in Analysis.

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Goal Data Articulate Analysis 192

Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

MARCH 16, 2012

A huge thanks to the small army of guest bloggers, grantmakers, who attended the GeoFunders National Conference taking place this week in Seattle and published blog posts to share their reflections and thoughts. Cindy Rizzo, Senior Director, Grantmaking and Evaluation, Arcus Foundation. Eugene Kim, Co-Founder, Groupaya.

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Blogger Conference Effective Seattle 91

Bloomerang

OCTOBER 30, 2023

Less than one in five new donors who donated on GivingTuesday will give a second gift, according to the Fundraising Effectiveness Project. Reflect and analyze Review your results from GivingTuesday , including the total amount raised, donor demographics, and the success of your different approaches and social media channels.

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Gift Mobile Phone Demographics 82

sgEngage

DECEMBER 18, 2023

Whether you are working within a funding organization or on the ground in social change, developing an effective knowledge practice will help to advance strategic missions and goals. We can learn through reflection and come to deeper understandings. Learning and knowledge are intimately connected but are actually different.

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Knowledge Philanthropy Change Work 71

Media Cause

APRIL 15, 2024

MarTech Ssacks, or Marketing Technology stacks, provide nonprofit teams with a vital way to create efficient and effective marketing efforts. Define Your Ideal MarTech Stack Using the diagram you made of your current MarTech stack, create a version of it that is updated to reflect your nonprofit’s ideal state.

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Build Map Platform Integration 59

Forum One

FEBRUARY 14, 2023

A strong, memorable brand can help a government agency stand out and communicate its values, mission, and services effectively to the public. Agency mission and values An agency’s mission and values should form the foundation of a strong government brand and be clearly reflected in the brand’s messaging and visual identity.

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Government Guidelines United States Public 59

.orgSource

MARCH 6, 2023

You need to constantly evaluate the data and analyze progress. Could the decline in membership be a reflection of the decline in trust? We used the power of collaboration to share ideas that make us effective leaders who members trust to deliver on promises and build a successful future.

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Associations Leadership Question Wisconsin 221

ASU Lodestar Center

OCTOBER 20, 2021

They are setting the stage for transparent communication when evaluating compatibility and complementary “value exchange between partners” are in effect. Layer one, internal assessment, is an exercise in rigorous self-reflection. Engage in rigorous self-reflection to gauge readiness across multiple dimensions.

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Collaboration Los Angeles Strategy Indiana 98

DipJar

NOVEMBER 15, 2022

According to SureImpact’s Primer on Nonprofit Impact Measurement , impact is “the quantifiable difference an organization makes … the collective effects (intended and unintended) of a nonprofit’s work on the communities it serves.” Evaluate and improve the effectiveness of programs and services. Is it cost-effective?

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Metrics Impact Guide Literacy 52

VQ Strategies

JANUARY 18, 2021

On the positive side, they are an effective device to raise the profile of volunteering in our communities. How can we evolve the vision of service days towards days of reflection or learning ? Yet, there’s much more to the story. Days of Service are a double-edged sword.

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Service Volunteer Virtual Interview 98

Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

MARCH 13, 2012

The session was about transparency and conducting evaluations. One of the takeaways was that in order to pursue this type of learning, organizational culture was the key indicator to success. Peter’s post shares some ideas about cultivating a learning culture and while written for funders, these are applicable to nonprofits.

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Conference Learning Effective Organization 92

BoardAssist

OCTOBER 7, 2020

Assigning new board members a board buddy can be a very effective tool for onboarding new trustees. Board chairs and/or Executive Directors are most effective at managing their board when they know them well and know what narrow part of their nonprofit’s mission resonates most with any particular board member. Be grateful.

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