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Flat, Tall, or In Between—Is It Time to Evaluate Your Organizational Structure?

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Most groups have invested in improved systems and platforms, and some have adjusted their strategy to maximize the new equipment. The organization may still be boxed into a structure that’s been the same for 20 years or more. How do you know that your organizational structure might need retooling? You can do it. Know the Signs.

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An Evolution of Evaluation in Grantmaking With a Participatory Lens

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Power Imbalance in Traditional Evaluation As grantmakers, we tend to monitor and evaluate our strategies and programs using metrics that we deem important. On its face, evaluation seems like a neutral activity, designed to help us understand what’s happened, and to change course where needed. Who decides what is measured?

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Strengthening program evaluation in your nonprofit

ASU Lodestar Center

This call spurred the increasing demand for program evaluation. In your organization, this may look like negative attitudes toward evaluation, poor research designs and collecting data but not using the data. The root problem here is poor evaluation capacity. The root problem here is poor evaluation capacity.

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Weave a Safety Net—Find the Right Strategic Partners

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I am still evaluating the lessons learned. Today, in Milwaukee, the group has gone on to consider public safety, another issue that’s critical for restaurants. Evaluate your current community and identify where expanded representation might be beneficial. With this kind of structure, there are limited sources of revenue.

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How To Process Focus Group Feedback In A Way That Gives Your Nonprofit Actionable Insights

Bloomerang

Let’s say you’ve taken the important step of hosting a focus group for your nonprofit. A focus group will likely have both written and recorded data. Zoom has become a great place to conduct virtual focus groups. Why did you conduct this focus group in the first place? Transcribe your results. Go to the navigation menu.

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To Get Close to Members, Follow MarTech Trends

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There is plenty of advice out there, and most leaders have the management skills to retool organizational structures for better communication and greater agility. Encourage them to explore and bring new ideas to the group. Of the four bullets listed above, the last two seem to be the most challenging. Become a trendsetter yourself.

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Connecting the dots: Fighting for equity through a data partnership 

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They sought diverse perspectives in focus groups and made structural changes to address outdated language, power dynamics, and privacy concerns. It also provides a quantitative baseline to evaluate and build upon equity strategies. The more organizations choose to participate, the better the data will be for all.

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