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An Evolution of Evaluation in Grantmaking With a Participatory Lens

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Power Imbalance in Traditional Evaluation As grantmakers, we tend to monitor and evaluate our strategies and programs using metrics that we deem important. On its face, evaluation seems like a neutral activity, designed to help us understand what’s happened, and to change course where needed. Who decides what is measured?

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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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Use These 11 Metrics To Evaluate Your End-Of-Year Fundraising Campaign

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After you’re done celebrating your wins, it’s time to evaluate the success of your end-of-year fundraising campaign. . Why you should evaluate your end-of-year fundraising campaign . Taking stock of how your results compare to your campaign’s goals is the best way to set yourself up for future success. . Key Messages .

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RESULTS: An Acronym For Nonprofit Success

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So here’s why reflecting on the acronym “RESULTS” is so worthwhile in our efforts to achieve nonprofit success! Evaluate your initiatives regularly, set up feedback boxes on your website, and create regular nonprofit focus groups. They cancel down core ideas and are remarkably useful aids to recall advice.

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Keep Calm and Write It Down: How Reflective Practice Leads To Better Results for Nonprofits

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This is a design aspect called “ Transformative Capacity Building ,” where a cohort of peer organizations come together to practice a skill and get better results. Ask team members to reflect on their lessons learned. In other words, how to scale reflective practice in age of connectedness?

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Evaluating Event Formats: In-Person, Virtual, or Hybrid

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To help simplify your nonprofit event planning processes , this guide will evaluate the three most popular event formats: in-person, virtual, and hybrid. This results in a lower level of engagement and can make it more difficult for attendees to connect with your event and your nonprofit. Lowered engagement.

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Six Tips for Evaluating Your Nonprofit Training Session

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Using the ADDIE for designing your workshop, you arrive at the “E” or evaluation. There are two different methods to evaluate your training. But, if you use reflection, documentation,pilot tests, and iteration, it is like tasting your soup while there’s still time to make adjustments. I use both.