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Strengthening program evaluation in your nonprofit

ASU Lodestar Center

As nonprofits attempt to tackle some of our communities' most difficult problems; funders, government agencies and the general public are actively calling for accountability, transparency and proof that a program is producing change. This call spurred the increasing demand for program evaluation. Guide to building evaluation capacity.

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How Helpful is Teaching Nonprofits How to Fish?

Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

Paul’s post unpacks some of the findings from the evaluation, but also raises some important questions about doing transformational capacity building. How Helpful is Teaching Nonprofits How to Fish? What you think? Guest post by Paul Connolly. In a vacuum, it can be marginal. He can be reached at pconnolly@tccgrp.com.

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What can nonprofit technology trainers learn from the social work field to improve their training techniques?

Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

I love teaching (and learning) and it was a pleasure to work with students, nonprofits, and faculty. And while this model is describing individual behavior, individuals make up organizations – so I think it is important for people working in organizations to understand, whether they are the executive director or the social media manager.

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How to Navigate the Post-COVID Novel Nonprofit Economy

Bloomerang

We looked at problems associated with “status quo” management and thinking. It will never go backwards, any more than civilization moved back to “normal” after the discovery of fire or the wheel. . “ I think normal was part of the problem to begin with. How does your business model incorporate today’s constituent perspectives?

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Build a Digital Ecology–Promote IT Collaboration Across Your Organization

.orgSource

Identify staffers who can be your IT ambassadors and fill these significant roles: Strategists Strategists are the visionaries, facilitators, and problem-solvers who inspire curiosity throughout the organization. Strategists are visionaries, facilitators, and problem-solvers. Test and evaluate as you move ahead.”

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Tips for Activating a Culture of Wellbeing in the Nonprofit Workplace

Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

One of the workshop exercises was to teach leaders a process they can facilitate back in their organizations to begin the discussion about how to activate a culture of well being. Participants prioritized the ideas by combining and evaluating the cost/impact, boiling down to a couple of ideas to present to the whole group.

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Games for Change Keynote: James Shelton, US Department of Education

Amy Sample Ward

But before we got there, we talked abit about the problem. They can’t build the schools and they can’t train the teachers fast enough to replicate our model. That’s teaching. Fundamentally that’s what teaching should be. There’s still going to be assessments but hopefully better models.

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