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We're diving into researching data-based decision making for a couple of projects, which includes metrics for program evaluation. Evaluation is a well trod field --a lot of people have said a lot of things about it. MORE
I'm following up on my post suggesting that Wikis should be grabbing a portion of the market from word processors. Wikis are convenient collaborative editing platforms that remove a lot of the legacy awkwardness that traditional editing software brings to writing for the web. Gone are useless print formatting functions like pagination and margins; huge file sizes; and the need to email around multiple versions of the same document. MORE
Timm that you can use to evaluate your organization's customer service via the phone: 1. MORE
Wednesday, December 1, 2010 How To Avoid 8 Common Performance Evaluation Pitfalls As the year comes to a close its likely time for many business leaders to tackle the annual performance appraisal process. Rating someone based on a short time period instead of the entire evaluation period 8. MORE
The opening keynote by Hallie Preskill, Managing Director, FSG talked about the trends setting the stage for new evaluation methods, but also cautioned that these methods would not replace traditional methods. I followed the developmental evaluation thread most closely. MORE
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. MORE
PRESS RELEASEFoundations Seeing Results of Evaluating Their Impact: "Foundations Seeing Results of Evaluating Their ImpactCase studies highlight foundations using real-time feedback to refine or change course BOSTON, June 14 /PRNewswire/ -- The Annie E. Casey Foundation used an innovative evaluation process to recover more than $2.5 MORE
” So, I’m very curious about what is next the generation of evaluation? ” Key trends: What are the fundamental forces driving the need for social sector evaluation to evolve? These approaches have the potential to change how we view evaluation in a significant way. MORE
Beth Kanter tweeted about an article by Gale Berkowitz relating to evaluation, which I found really fascinating – it is a must read. In this article, Gale points to an interesting shift within her organization (the Packard Foundation): “Over the past four years we have been shifting from evaluation for proof or accountability (“Did the program work?”) to evaluation for program improvement (“What did we learn that can help us make the program better?”).&#. MORE
And like those other core functions, we must examine our technology and data strategies to properly evaluate and prioritize our needs and successfully build our digital capacity. It's finally here! MORE
Should you evaluate your blog the way you evaluate your employees? : So how should you get started with evaluating your social media presence? Start by taking a look are your company’s regular employee evaluation form. Chances are the form has some variation on the following questions: What are three things the employee does well? What are three things the employee needs to improve? What are the employee’s goals for the coming period? MORE
Director of Evaluation. Your guide to choosing a database your evaluation goals can love. A few months ago, I asked, “ Are You an Accidental Evaluator ?” Data data analysis data culture evaluation IT Staff Laura Beals. Jewish Family and Children’s Service of Boston. MORE
When I’m evaluating a charity for a client who is looking to make a significant donation to a nonprofit, I measure 4 key things: 1. The three powerhouses, Guidestar, Charity Navigator, and Better Business Bureau, that foundations, philanthropists, and donors use to seek out information and ratings about nonprofits released an open letter to the nonprofit and foundation world yesterday. MORE
How to Evaluate Your Leadership Style By Ken Blanchard, Co-author of Great Leaders Grow: Becoming a Leader for Life Today, I'm going to give a short, one-question quiz. In honor of Ken Blanchard 's and Mark Miller 's book, Great Leaders Grow , I welcome guest blogger Ken Blanchard. MORE
Here is a good reminder from author Sharon Armstrong about how to avoid eight performance evaluation pitfalls. Rating someone based on a short time period instead of the entire evaluation period 8. MORE
Evaluating volunteer programs within nonprofit organizations is a key step in continual improvement and data collection. Due to a sector-wide leadership crisis and continual staff burnout, volunteer management and evaluation plays a crucial role in the livelihood of nonprofit organizations. MORE
Ensuring that your foundation makes impactful grants to the right nonprofit partners starts with a thorough proposal evaluation. If appropriate for the grant size, is an experienced independent evaluator involved to administer the outcomes measurement plan? MORE
The only way to know is to roll up our sleeves and evaluate. This article highlights a technology-based program evaluation strategy, using research from Idealware’s new report, Understanding Software for Program Evaluation. Kyle Henri Andrei. Research Analyst. Idealware. MORE
Rather than ignore all advice or grow frustrated by the differing opinions, keep reading — it expands your mind—but create your own lens for evaluating advice. 4 Tips for Evaluating Fundraising Advice : Look at the credentials of the writers you respect. Evaluate it. MORE
Software for Program Evaluation: What''s Your Organization''s Strategy? Most nonprofits conduct some kind of program evaluation, whether it’s simply keeping track of how many people have been directly helped by an organization’s services or complex multi-year studies of a program’s effects on the larger community. But at Idealware, we’ve noticed that very little has been said about how software can fit into and support a nonprofit’s program evaluation strategy MORE
Beth Kanter tweeted about an article by Gale Berkowitz relating to evaluation, which I found really fascinating – it is a must read. In this article, Gale points to an interesting shift within her organization (the Packard Foundation): “Over the past four years we have been shifting from evaluation for proof or accountability (“Did the program work?”) to evaluation for program improvement (“What did we learn that can help us make the program better?”).&#. MORE
THE RESEARCH The challenge, of course, was to figure out how to evaluate the experience in a way that would help us identify the power of the project. I think most of us are familiar with interview and survey-based evaluation methods. A man walks into a museum. He shares a story. MORE
We''ve had program evaluation on the brain lately at Idealware, and for good reason. Adding to our growing litany of program evaluation-related resources, Idealware''s Director of Research and Operations Elizabeth Pope recently wrote about the topic for the TechSoup blog. There is a wealth of resources out there for a nonprofit looking to design a logic model or define indicators, and lots of smart people have plenty to say about program evaluation as a discipline.". MORE
Ken Blanchard , author of, Great Leaders Grow , shares today's guest post: How to Evaluate Your Leadership Style By Ken Blanchard, Co-author of Great Leaders Grow: Becoming a Leader for Life Today, I'm going to give a short, one-question quiz. MORE
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'm republishing here because I think several of the principles for evaluation that Gale outlines are very important to approaching how you pilot, monitor, and improve your social media strategy over time so it has impact or ROI. In truth, evaluations rarely are either one or the other. MORE
Director of Evaluation. Regardless of your personal or organization’s viewpoint on the use of data, you, like many nonprofit professionals, may be asked to serve as an “accidental evaluator:” you may not be trained in evaluation, but you are asked to do it anyway as part of your job. Data evaluation measuring impact Program Laura Beals. Jewish Family and Children’s Service of Boston. MORE
Most nonprofits conduct some kind of program evaluation, whether it’s simply keeping track of how many people have been directly helped by an organization’s services or complex multi-year studies of a program’s effects on the larger community. There is a wealth of resources out there for a nonprofit looking to design a logic model or define indicators, and lots of smart people have plenty to say about program evaluation as a discipline. MORE
This was fairly early in the Foundation’s exploration of networks and Madeleine came in to discuss her approach to evaluating networks. Fast forward five years, Madeleine has published a new guide on evaluating networks. Three pillars of focus in network evaluation. MORE
Here are a few factors that should be considered when evaluating your current and future technology platforms: Create bring your own device policies. Evaluate whether your current technology still meets your needs. Do your due diligence when evaluating your technology. MORE
Of course nonprofits’ ability to accurately evaluate their impact is married to their funding. How Much Time Is Spent on Evaluation? Obstacles to Evaluation. Additional Resources: Foundation Center’s Evaluation for Nonprofit Organizations. MORE
"Check your assumptions at the meeting room door" and other lessons learned from NTEN's meta-evaluation process. Evaluating our evaluation. And in evaluating our evaluation process, we found that it was the people and not the data that needed to be addressed further. Data evaluation idealware Leadership Amy Sample Ward. MORE
Home About Me Subscribe Zen and the Art of Nonprofit Technology Thoughtful and sometimes snarky perspectives on nonprofit technology Reflection and Evaluation March 10, 2008 Michele Martin, one of my fave bloggers, has a great post today on Reflective Practice. One question I asked all of them was about whether they had a process of reflection and evaluation of their work, as it was going on, and when the project was coming to a close. MORE
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. Tom Kelly is the Associate Director for Evaluation at the Annie E. MORE
The White House's Social Innovation Fund has developed a new program evaluation guide based on best practices. Data evaluation grantmaking social innovation fun Strategy Fundraising Michael D. Smith. Director. Social Innovation Fund. MORE
From Giving Back : FAQs about Joining a Nonprofit Board: How to Evaluate Your Fit with the Executive Director. The post FAQs about Joining a Nonprofit Board: How to Evaluate Your Fit with the Executive Director appeared first on BoardAssist. MORE
You’ll have the CRM that you choose for several years (at least), so it is important to be forward-thinking in your approach to evaluating vendors. Once you’ve made the decision to search for a new CRM for your nonprofit, the task can seem daunting. MORE
Software to Support Program Evaluation by Laura Quinn of Idealware | Community Techknowledge : But what parts? To find out, we talked to a number of nonprofit program evaluation experts to explore the types of systems that can aid with program evaluation, and how they might fit in to the overall process. What we learned is that it requires more than just a software program to evaluate programs effectively, but the right software can help MORE
NTEN has just made public their IMPACT EVALUATION. Evaluating NTEN’s Impact. We’ve struggled with the idea of evaluation and just how to measure our impact when it is so deeply entwined with the work and efforts of other organizations. See the Impact Evaluation here. MORE
I want to share a few fabulous evaluation and research studies that have greatly informed my work (and specifically, the development of The Participatory Museum , which is going to the printer this weekend). Tags: evaluation Quick Hits MORE
By evaluating your existing volunteer program and renewing your focus on recruitment and retention, you can build a thriving and sustainable volunteer program that will propel your work forward. Evaluating Your Existing Volunteer Program. MORE
We're diving into researching data-based decision making for a couple of projects, which includes metrics for program evaluation. Evaluation is a well trod field --a lot of people have said a lot of things about it. MORE
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. MORE
Program evaluation is on our minds lately here at Idealware, and why not? Do you need technology to evaluate programs? If an organization cannot measure and analyze the effectiveness of its programs, how can it improve them? MORE
The post Evaluating mHealth Solutions for Healthcare Organizations appeared first on Mobile Commons. A revolution is underway in the healthcare industry, and it hinges on a technology that fits in your pocket. MORE
Evaluation Related Topics 
Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media
SEPTEMBER 9, 2014
This was fairly early in the Foundation’s exploration of networks and Madeleine came in to discuss her approach to evaluating networks. Fast forward five years, Madeleine has published a new guide on evaluating networks. Three pillars of focus in network evaluation.
Connection Cafe
JUNE 19, 2017
Rather than ignore all advice or grow frustrated by the differing opinions, keep reading — it expands your mind—but create your own lens for evaluating advice. 4 Tips for Evaluating Fundraising Advice : Look at the credentials of the writers you respect. Evaluate it.
Connection Cafe
MARCH 20, 2017
Ensuring that your foundation makes impactful grants to the right nonprofit partners starts with a thorough proposal evaluation. If appropriate for the grant size, is an experienced independent evaluator involved to administer the outcomes measurement plan?
Connection Cafe
DECEMBER 9, 2014
Here are a few factors that should be considered when evaluating your current and future technology platforms: Create bring your own device policies. Evaluate whether your current technology still meets your needs. Do your due diligence when evaluating your technology.
Everyaction
APRIL 16, 2018
You’ll have the CRM that you choose for several years (at least), so it is important to be forward-thinking in your approach to evaluating vendors. Once you’ve made the decision to search for a new CRM for your nonprofit, the task can seem daunting.
Zen and the Art of Nonprofit Technology
SEPTEMBER 12, 2009
Beth Kanter tweeted about an article by Gale Berkowitz relating to evaluation, which I found really fascinating – it is a must read. In this article, Gale points to an interesting shift within her organization (the Packard Foundation): “Over the past four years we have been shifting from evaluation for proof or accountability (“Did the program work?”) to evaluation for program improvement (“What did we learn that can help us make the program better?”).&#.
Zen and the Art of Nonprofit Technology
SEPTEMBER 12, 2009
Beth Kanter tweeted about an article by Gale Berkowitz relating to evaluation, which I found really fascinating – it is a must read. In this article, Gale points to an interesting shift within her organization (the Packard Foundation): “Over the past four years we have been shifting from evaluation for proof or accountability (“Did the program work?”) to evaluation for program improvement (“What did we learn that can help us make the program better?”).&#.
Zen and the Art of Nonprofit Technology
MARCH 10, 2008
Home About Me Subscribe Zen and the Art of Nonprofit Technology Thoughtful and sometimes snarky perspectives on nonprofit technology Reflection and Evaluation March 10, 2008 Michele Martin, one of my fave bloggers, has a great post today on Reflective Practice. One question I asked all of them was about whether they had a process of reflection and evaluation of their work, as it was going on, and when the project was coming to a close.
Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media
SEPTEMBER 25, 2013
” So, I’m very curious about what is next the generation of evaluation? ” Key trends: What are the fundamental forces driving the need for social sector evaluation to evolve? These approaches have the potential to change how we view evaluation in a significant way.
AFP Blog
OCTOBER 11, 2011
Should you evaluate your blog the way you evaluate your employees? : So how should you get started with evaluating your social media presence? Start by taking a look are your company’s regular employee evaluation form. Chances are the form has some variation on the following questions: What are three things the employee does well? What are three things the employee needs to improve? What are the employee’s goals for the coming period?
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. Tom Kelly is the Associate Director for Evaluation at the Annie E.
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.
Frogloop
JUNE 18, 2013
When I’m evaluating a charity for a client who is looking to make a significant donation to a nonprofit, I measure 4 key things: 1. The three powerhouses, Guidestar, Charity Navigator, and Better Business Bureau, that foundations, philanthropists, and donors use to seek out information and ratings about nonprofits released an open letter to the nonprofit and foundation world yesterday.
NTEN
OCTOBER 7, 2014
Director of Evaluation. Regardless of your personal or organization’s viewpoint on the use of data, you, like many nonprofit professionals, may be asked to serve as an “accidental evaluator:” you may not be trained in evaluation, but you are asked to do it anyway as part of your job. Data evaluation measuring impact Program Laura Beals. Jewish Family and Children’s Service of Boston.
Mobile Commons
NOVEMBER 10, 2015
The post Evaluating mHealth Solutions for Healthcare Organizations appeared first on Mobile Commons. A revolution is underway in the healthcare industry, and it hinges on a technology that fits in your pocket.
Museum 2.0
JUNE 25, 2014
THE RESEARCH The challenge, of course, was to figure out how to evaluate the experience in a way that would help us identify the power of the project. I think most of us are familiar with interview and survey-based evaluation methods. A man walks into a museum. He shares a story.
AFP Blog
SEPTEMBER 4, 2013
Software for Program Evaluation: What''s Your Organization''s Strategy? Most nonprofits conduct some kind of program evaluation, whether it’s simply keeping track of how many people have been directly helped by an organization’s services or complex multi-year studies of a program’s effects on the larger community. But at Idealware, we’ve noticed that very little has been said about how software can fit into and support a nonprofit’s program evaluation strategy
SocialFish
JULY 29, 2014
NTEN has just made public their IMPACT EVALUATION. Evaluating NTEN’s Impact. We’ve struggled with the idea of evaluation and just how to measure our impact when it is so deeply entwined with the work and efforts of other organizations. See the Impact Evaluation here.
NTEN
OCTOBER 21, 2014
"Check your assumptions at the meeting room door" and other lessons learned from NTEN's meta-evaluation process. Evaluating our evaluation. And in evaluating our evaluation process, we found that it was the people and not the data that needed to be addressed further. Data evaluation idealware Leadership Amy Sample Ward.
NTEN
AUGUST 19, 2013
The only way to know is to roll up our sleeves and evaluate. This article highlights a technology-based program evaluation strategy, using research from Idealware’s new report, Understanding Software for Program Evaluation. Kyle Henri Andrei. Research Analyst. Idealware.
NTEN
DECEMBER 9, 2014
Director of Evaluation. Your guide to choosing a database your evaluation goals can love. A few months ago, I asked, “ Are You an Accidental Evaluator ?” Data data analysis data culture evaluation IT Staff Laura Beals. Jewish Family and Children’s Service of Boston.
NTEN
OCTOBER 8, 2014
The White House's Social Innovation Fund has developed a new program evaluation guide based on best practices. Data evaluation grantmaking social innovation fun Strategy Fundraising Michael D. Smith. Director. Social Innovation Fund.
Eric Jacobsen Blog
JULY 10, 2015
How to Evaluate Your Leadership Style By Ken Blanchard, Co-author of Great Leaders Grow: Becoming a Leader for Life Today, I'm going to give a short, one-question quiz. In honor of Ken Blanchard 's and Mark Miller 's book, Great Leaders Grow , I welcome guest blogger Ken Blanchard.
Eric Jacobsen Blog
FEBRUARY 9, 2016
Ken Blanchard , author of, Great Leaders Grow , shares today's guest post: How to Evaluate Your Leadership Style By Ken Blanchard, Co-author of Great Leaders Grow: Becoming a Leader for Life Today, I'm going to give a short, one-question quiz.
Idealware
AUGUST 17, 2009
I'm following up on my post suggesting that Wikis should be grabbing a portion of the market from word processors. Wikis are convenient collaborative editing platforms that remove a lot of the legacy awkwardness that traditional editing software brings to writing for the web. Gone are useless print formatting functions like pagination and margins; huge file sizes; and the need to email around multiple versions of the same document.
BoardAssist
NOVEMBER 28, 2017
From Giving Back : FAQs about Joining a Nonprofit Board: How to Evaluate Your Fit with the Executive Director. The post FAQs about Joining a Nonprofit Board: How to Evaluate Your Fit with the Executive Director appeared first on BoardAssist.
Tech Soup Blog
FEBRUARY 3, 2014
Of course nonprofits’ ability to accurately evaluate their impact is married to their funding. How Much Time Is Spent on Evaluation? Obstacles to Evaluation. Additional Resources: Foundation Center’s Evaluation for Nonprofit Organizations.
Idealware
AUGUST 7, 2013
Program evaluation is on our minds lately here at Idealware, and why not? Do you need technology to evaluate programs? If an organization cannot measure and analyze the effectiveness of its programs, how can it improve them?
Idealware
JANUARY 11, 2013
We're diving into researching data-based decision making for a couple of projects, which includes metrics for program evaluation. Evaluation is a well trod field --a lot of people have said a lot of things about it.
Eric Jacobsen Blog
AUGUST 10, 2016
Here is a good reminder from author Sharon Armstrong about how to avoid eight performance evaluation pitfalls. Rating someone based on a short time period instead of the entire evaluation period 8.
AFP Blog
FEBRUARY 29, 2012
Software to Support Program Evaluation by Laura Quinn of Idealware | Community Techknowledge : But what parts? To find out, we talked to a number of nonprofit program evaluation experts to explore the types of systems that can aid with program evaluation, and how they might fit in to the overall process. What we learned is that it requires more than just a software program to evaluate programs effectively, but the right software can help
Idealware
SEPTEMBER 5, 2013
We''ve had program evaluation on the brain lately at Idealware, and for good reason. Adding to our growing litany of program evaluation-related resources, Idealware''s Director of Research and Operations Elizabeth Pope recently wrote about the topic for the TechSoup blog. There is a wealth of resources out there for a nonprofit looking to design a logic model or define indicators, and lots of smart people have plenty to say about program evaluation as a discipline.".
The Science Behind Engaging your Supporters
NOVEMBER 27, 2018
And like those other core functions, we must examine our technology and data strategies to properly evaluate and prioritize our needs and successfully build our digital capacity. It's finally here!
AFP Blog
JUNE 14, 2007
PRESS RELEASEFoundations Seeing Results of Evaluating Their Impact: "Foundations Seeing Results of Evaluating Their ImpactCase studies highlight foundations using real-time feedback to refine or change course BOSTON, June 14 /PRNewswire/ -- The Annie E. Casey Foundation used an innovative evaluation process to recover more than $2.5
Idealware
JANUARY 11, 2013
We're diving into researching data-based decision making for a couple of projects, which includes metrics for program evaluation. Evaluation is a well trod field --a lot of people have said a lot of things about it.
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'm republishing here because I think several of the principles for evaluation that Gale outlines are very important to approaching how you pilot, monitor, and improve your social media strategy over time so it has impact or ROI. In truth, evaluations rarely are either one or the other.
ASU Lodestar Center
JULY 9, 2018
Evaluating volunteer programs within nonprofit organizations is a key step in continual improvement and data collection. Due to a sector-wide leadership crisis and continual staff burnout, volunteer management and evaluation plays a crucial role in the livelihood of nonprofit organizations.
Tech Soup Blog
AUGUST 30, 2013
Most nonprofits conduct some kind of program evaluation, whether it’s simply keeping track of how many people have been directly helped by an organization’s services or complex multi-year studies of a program’s effects on the larger community. There is a wealth of resources out there for a nonprofit looking to design a logic model or define indicators, and lots of smart people have plenty to say about program evaluation as a discipline.
Eric Jacobsen Blog
APRIL 25, 2015
Timm that you can use to evaluate your organization's customer service via the phone: 1.
The Science Behind Engaging your Supporters
OCTOBER 9, 2018
By evaluating your existing volunteer program and renewing your focus on recruitment and retention, you can build a thriving and sustainable volunteer program that will propel your work forward. Evaluating Your Existing Volunteer Program.
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.
Museum 2.0
FEBRUARY 4, 2010
I want to share a few fabulous evaluation and research studies that have greatly informed my work (and specifically, the development of The Participatory Museum , which is going to the printer this weekend). Tags: evaluation Quick Hits
Eric Jacobsen Blog
DECEMBER 1, 2010
Wednesday, December 1, 2010 How To Avoid 8 Common Performance Evaluation Pitfalls As the year comes to a close its likely time for many business leaders to tackle the annual performance appraisal process. Rating someone based on a short time period instead of the entire evaluation period 8.
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