Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

DECEMBER 9, 2013

The conference was framed around the question: Given the convergence of networks and big data and the need for more innovation, what evaluation methods should be used to evaluate social change outcomes along side traditional methods? I followed the developmental evaluation thread most closely. Here are my notes.

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Deborah Elizabeth Finn

JANUARY 28, 2018

It took Tech Networks of Networks almost two years to organize and implement a series of candid dialogues about data and evaluation for grantors and nonprofit grantees, and now it’s complete. What you see here are a few notes that reflect my individual experience. Meanwhile, I’d like to offer my own recommendations.

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sgEngage

MARCH 19, 2024

In this blog post, we will share some insights and best practices from our recent webinar, Change Up Your Questions: Exploring and Shaping What You Ask Grantees and How You Ask Them , where Marshall Ginn of Capital Philanthropy discussed how to evaluate and improve your application questions. Is this question relevant?

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.orgSource

JANUARY 2, 2024

Ensure a long-term commitment to the process by Incorporating EI into your organization’s values and performance evaluations. Provide recognition and compensation that reflect its importance. Ask questions that invite self-evaluation. It’s a fun and enlightening activity that puts self-awareness at the top of the agenda.

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Candid

APRIL 10, 2024

We continue to refine the data we use for training and evaluating our grants auto-coding system. After you define bias and harm for your use, the next step is to establish standard evaluation procedures to test AI for these definitions. These evaluations can provide usage restrictions or even mark an AI tool as inappropriate to use.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

NOVEMBER 6, 2013

It also includes an excellent set of terrific questions to discover impact, but there are many different methods for this type of reflective learning after completing an event, communications strategy, or program. Ask team members to reflect on their lessons learned. Does your organization encourage staff to use reflective practice?

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Deborah Elizabeth Finn

JULY 13, 2018

I’m doing a happy dance, because the Foundation Center ‘s GrantSpace blog has published my article on “The Power of Dialogue on Nonprofit Data and Evaluation.” This is a blog article about a blog article. ” Please feel free to read the article and give me your feedback!

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Eric Jacobsen Blog

FEBRUARY 17, 2019

Timm that you can use to evaluate your organization's customer service via the phone: 1. Did the employee reflect the best image for the company? So, here's a checklist that is primarily from sales expert and author Paul R. Was the phone answered after two rings or less? Did the employee use an appropriate greeting?

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

OCTOBER 20, 2011

I entered the community as a foundation evaluator wanting to find the best strategies and tools for documenting and learning about networks but also for measuring those difficult-to-pin-down outcomes and impact. Evaluation can also help foundations get the feedback they need to modulate their role and influence.

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Charity Village

OCTOBER 5, 2022

The impact of COVID-19 has caused a lot of people to re-evaluate not only their work but also their place within the workplace. This is reflected in Statistic Canada’s and Ontario Nonprofit Network’s latest reports: the August Labour […].

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.orgSource

AUGUST 28, 2023

Design a program that reflects the customized service you want to deliver and the quality of outreach you want to produce. Use data to make objective decisions based on site traffic, evaluations, sales, professional development activity, focus groups and/or other types of outreach. They will be representing your organization.

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.orgSource

MARCH 11, 2024

It’s not difficult to evaluate when someone has the right background and experience to do a job. Your results can shine a flashlight into areas you may not have considered and be a mirror that reflects how your behavior impacts others. Don’t rely on games or group lunches to turn incompatibility into excellence.

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Tech Soup

FEBRUARY 3, 2014

Of course nonprofits’ ability to accurately evaluate their impact is married to their funding. Grantee evaluation is a perennial hot topic in the foundation world, nonprofit evaluation is a lucrative industry in universities, and there is a whole high tech industry emerging to rate charities online led by Charity Navigator.

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Media Cause

AUGUST 19, 2023

It involves reflecting on the process, analyzing successes and challenges, and capturing valuable insights for future projects. Reflecting on a project allows organizations to identify missed opportunities––such as new products and platforms, untapped audiences, or alternative approaches.

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ASU Lodestar Center

APRIL 10, 2017

Impact evaluation in the arts, and its broader use for leaders of any nonprofit, can drive results. Qualitative yet empirically-based impact evaluation bridges the gap left by other evaluative methods providing the context of mission fulfillment for a nonprofit organization. Evaluation can be painful.

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.orgSource

JANUARY 9, 2023

And individual participation is seldom evaluated in any meaningful way. The categories that are represented should reflect qualities that directors bring to the board as well as characteristics that will enhance the organization’s growth and development. Except for officers, most don’t receive financial compensation.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

JUNE 27, 2018

Rather than start at the beginning, I’m starting at the end by sharing some tips for a formal reflection process that can lead to improving results of a project or event. A structured reflection process generates insights about what worked and what could be improved. Ask team members to reflect on their lessons learned.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

SEPTEMBER 13, 2009

Note from Beth: This post, Evaluation for Learning , was originally published as a guest post on the Good blog as a response to “ How Might We Celebrate Learning through Evaluation? I tweeted the link to the original and one colleague, Michelle Murrain, wrote a reflection called " Evaluation and Being A Learning Organization.".

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Nonprofit Tech for Good

OCTOBER 17, 2021

Check out the following breakdown of offerings you may want to consider when evaluating fundraising solutions. These types of partnerships are reflections of the trust the organization has in the software company. Do your due diligence by reading third party software evaluations. Are they financially secure?

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sgEngage

JANUARY 22, 2024

I led a group of fellow volunteers who evaluated applications from diverse organizations. Your application should reflect an awareness of these changes, otherwise you might come across as indifferent to the shifts in society and the sector. Your questions should also reflect your values as a funder. Take it out.

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sgEngage

JANUARY 3, 2024

So, in considering whether students should complete their course of study at a community college, it’s essential to understand and accurately reflect what their enrollment intent is. This will certainly result in a definitive answer of a resounding “Yes!” to whether to complete or not to complete at a community college.

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NTEN

JANUARY 25, 2022

This evaluation process involves all three equity committees, including board, community, and staff. Our evaluation and review of 2021 have helped us identify some key successes while providing us with some priorities for 2022. Staff, board, and volunteers. 2021 review highlights. 2022 focus.

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.orgSource

APRIL 17, 2023

Applying reflection, reasoning, and individual experience to problem-solving is not part of the Summit supercomputer program, but it is an approach that is invaluable in making advantageous business decisions.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

APRIL 29, 2013

.” The participants were a cross-disciplinary group and included people who work at different foundations in the areas of evaluation, communication, social media, and programs as well as people who work for nonprofits and as consultants who work in evaluation, social media, network analysis, data scientists, and others.

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Bloomerang

DECEMBER 4, 2023

To help answer these questions, here are eight easy ways you can demonstrate impact and focus your strategic decision-making: Evaluate how many hours and how many times your volunteers contributed to get a true read on engagement over their lifetime with your organization—or within specific opportunities.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

MARCH 14, 2012

This is a terrific write up of the session I presented on “ Learning in Public “ Bridge Building or Trust Busting – a Warts-and-All Reflection on “Learning in Public”? Packard and the TCC Group collaborated on an alternative approach evaluating the foundation’s Organizational Effectiveness Program.

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Deborah Elizabeth Finn

NOVEMBER 25, 2019

Letting grantees lead: What we’re learning from the BUILD evaluation. The Power of Dialogue about Nonprofit Data and Evaluation. Joint Statement of Associations Advancing Equitable Evaluation Practices. Evaluating a Culture. Justice over greatness: A new year’s reflection. Philanthropy is at a turning point.

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Eric Jacobsen Blog

APRIL 25, 2015

Timm that you can use to evaluate your organization's customer service via the phone: 1. Did the employee reflect the best image for the company? So, here's a checklist that is primarily from sales expert and author Paul R. Was the phone answered after two rings or less? Did the employee use an appropriate greeting?

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Bloomerang

AUGUST 11, 2021

Frankly, the search, evaluation, interview, and selection process can be very rigorous and time-consuming. Has the organization’s policies, practices, and overall culture been evaluated through the lens of a JEDI approach? . Have you evaluated your public-facing JEDI statements and practices? . Investigate the budget. .

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sgEngage

FEBRUARY 8, 2024

Do you use it to inform your decisions, evaluate your outcomes, or improve your practices? If your application has not changed in more than three years, it may not reflect your current goals, strategies, or priorities. If your organization values equity, diversity, inclusion, or innovation, does your application reflect that?

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Eric Jacobsen Blog

AUGUST 5, 2014

Timm that you can use to evaluate your organization''s customer service via the phone: 1. Did the employee reflect the best image for the company? So, here''s a checklist that is primarily from sales expert and author Paul R. Was the phone answered after two rings or less? Did the employee use an appropriate greeting?

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Bloomerang

NOVEMBER 22, 2021

At the end of a recent strategic planning retreat, each participant shared brief reflections on the day. Reviewing the results gives board and staff members the opportunity to reflect on organizational strengths and challenges, which helps them understand what is most important to focus on at the retreat.

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Nimble AMS

JUNE 4, 2022

To gain further perspective on which goals your organization should set, you’ll need to evaluate the type of members you hope to recruit. Start by reflecting on how your association defines an ideal member. Here’s how you can use membership aims and innovative technology to successfully surpass your association goals. .

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John Kenyon

APRIL 11, 2024

This training data reflects the racial biases, stereotypes, and disproportionate perspectives of the world where the data comes from. Rigorously evaluate an LLM or AI’s performance across sensitive demographics before anything else. How can we navigate this tension of racial bias in AI/LLMs? Invest in de-biasing.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

MARCH 25, 2014

As one of my great teachers said, ”You are not good at what you do unless you are always learning and reflecting on your practice.” 6 Tips for Evaluating Your Training Session. Her photoshop skills were used in service of the star wars theme, including adding a red hat to Yoda. ” In that spirit, a few thoughts.

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Tech Soup

NOVEMBER 3, 2011

Pacific time for Short Evaluations of Real Websites. Some questions the experts will be asking are: Does the website accurately reflect the mission of the organization? Curious to see what website experts really think when they look at a website? Join us on Thursday, November 10 at 11 a.m. Does the website have original content?

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Bonterra

APRIL 10, 2024

Lauren Sly Vice president of programs, Communities in Schools – Greater Tarrant County Learn more "Having flexibility with our Impact Management solution to adjust how we're collecting data to continually reflect programming on the ground has been key, because when the data reflects the work, the providers are more interested in their data."

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