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Report calls for shift to more equitable evaluation practices

Candid

A report from the Equitable Evaluation Initiative (EEI) and Grantmakers for Effective Organizations highlights how foundations are working to integrate an equity lens into their evaluation practices. In their engagement with the framework, practitioners identified three key shifts in mindset: from “doing” to “being” (i.e.,

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Developing a Product Mindset for Impact

Forum One

A product, whether in the for-profit, nonprofit, or government sector, is a powerful tool that delivers a valuable service to a specific audience. It has a clear focus, providing users with the means to accomplish something meaningful and impactful.

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Volunteer Engagement Surveys: Enhance Impact with Data

Volunteer Hub

In today’s ever-changing landscape of nonprofit organizations, effective volunteer management is crucial for achieving impactful and sustainable results. A study by the Corporation for National and Community Service found that nonprofits that regularly use volunteer surveys are more likely to have higher volunteer retention rates.

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How to Right-Size Impact Management for Your Organization

Saleforce Nonprofit

Nonprofits, corporate foundations, social enterprises, and organizations working in the social sector can struggle with how to approach understanding their impact: How do they know that changes in their beneficiary group are due to their interventions? How rigorous or complex should the analysis of impact data be? Mexico border.

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Drones, Robots, and Farmers—Prepare Your Association to Meet Fast-Moving Technology Trends

.orgSource

To make a point about technology and its impact on the future of work, Hugh Lee, Co-Founder of Fusion Productions, told me this story: “Several years ago, we invited some young presenters who were developing cutting edge farming technology to digitalNow. Most were CEOs leading companies that provide products and services to associations.

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Rule Your Market—Blue Ocean Strategy Sidesteps the Sharks

.orgSource

This methodology was used to evaluate expanding the American Board of Medical Specialties, ABMS CertLink®, platform into new markets. These developments, coupled with the impact of events like digital transformation, the great recession, and the pandemic, are churning an increasingly red ocean. That idea might seem a little miraculous.

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Days of Service – Let’s Evolve the Vision

VQ Strategies

Day, designated as a National Day of Service, I was interviewed by Meghan McCarty Carino for National Public Radio about how organizations have adjusted their MLK Day of Service plans given the pandemic. Days of Service are a double-edged sword. The challenges posed by days of service run deeper than just logistics.

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