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

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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 are ready to add new categories of membership, sell products to a different audience, expand programs, or even revise the business model. You can do it.

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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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Connecting the dots: Fighting for equity through a data partnership 

Candid

They sought diverse perspectives in focus groups and made structural changes to address outdated language, power dynamics, and privacy concerns.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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Weave a Safety Net—Find the Right Strategic Partners

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I am still evaluating the lessons learned. Sponsorships are the model that we’re all most familiar with. Evaluate your current community and identify where expanded representation might be beneficial. With this kind of structure, there are limited sources of revenue. The pandemic was a wormhole.

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How To Be More Strategic

Eric Jacobsen Blog

Specifically, you’ll learn about Horwath’s Strategic Quotient (SQ) , a validated assessment tool which evaluates an individual’s ability to lead and think strategically. The SQ evaluates a leader’s current mindset and behaviors using the “3A Framework” – acumen, allocation, action.

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Stay the Course Through Changing Weather—Strategic Advice From Association CEOs 

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The Critical Questions will prompt you to evaluate your organization’s current status. Does your governance structure help or hinder your progress towards goals? Resist the temptation to model the competition. A contemporary approach must incorporate continuous transformation. Are you focusing sufficient attention on that area?

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How Can Systematic Evaluation of a Volunteer Program Positively Impact an Organization?

ASU Lodestar Center

Evaluating volunteer programs within nonprofit organizations is a key step in continual improvement and data collection. Systematic evaluation can positively impact the organization by creating more structure, providing results for adaptability, increasing volunteer retention and improving staff-volunteer relationships.