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Report calls for shift to more equitable evaluation practices

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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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Lawson Foundation publishes practical guide to program evaluation for young leaders

Charity Village

The Lawson Foundation released a new resource, Navigating Program Evaluation: A Practical Guide for Youth Leaders, designed for leaders who strive to make an impact in their communities.

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A Comprehensive Guide to Evaluating the Effectiveness of Your Nonprofit’s Google Ad Grants Campaign

Nonprofit Tech for Good

If you have a much lower conversion rate, we recommend evaluating the page you are sending users to. The same practice goes when determining how successful each location is. This could mean changing your ad copy or pausing a keyword. According to Wordstream, the average conversion rate for the advocacy industry is 1.96%.

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An Evolution of Evaluation in Grantmaking With a Participatory Lens

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We offer some practical tips, some examples of funders doing this work, and some resources. Power Imbalance in Traditional Evaluation As grantmakers, we tend to monitor and evaluate our strategies and programs using metrics that we deem important. Who manages the monitoring and evaluation? Who decides what is measured?

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Creating a Nonprofit Digital Strategy with ChatGPT: A Practical Guide

Nonprofit Tech for Good

Explore how the strategic integration of SWOT analysis, audience mapping, SMART communication targets, channel identification, content strategy, execution and evaluation, and high-level communications planning can shape a successful digital transformation. ChatGPT can help in generating actionable steps for execution.

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For Positive Outcomes, Hold a Mirror Up to Board Performance

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Even with a friendly name like “feedback, check-in, or coaching,” a performance evaluation can be uncomfortable, or possibly downright scary. That’s probably why more organizations don’t have a process for evaluating the board of directors, or if they do, that assessment is not continuous. I’ll get on my Association 4.0

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10 Things to Look for When Evaluating a Grant Proposal

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Ensuring that your foundation makes impactful grants to the right nonprofit partners starts with a thorough proposal evaluation. To help you better review submissions so that you are set up for success, here are 10 items you should look for as you evaluate your grant applications. Financial Health of the Nonprofit Organization.