ASU Lodestar Center

JANUARY 11, 2013

continuing weekly series, each Friday we invite a nonprofit scholar, student, or professional to. With the recent scarcity of grant funding, excellent program evaluation practices are becoming a distinguishing element of effective and grant-competitive nonprofit organizations. There are different approaches to evaluating a program.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

NOVEMBER 18, 2014

The concept was genius — providing an app and free cell phone to the individuals in exchange for filling out the surveys. Completing the survey would get them more cell phone time. The concept included enlisting a telco partner who would provide the phones and data cards. My Nonprofit Needs A Data Nerd!

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Get Fully Funded

MARCH 2, 2023

Project your future needs and allocate resources accordingly. Assemble and track collected data from surveys, assessments, and interviews all in one place to efficiently manage your foundational impact statistics and more. Check your budget and resources when determining the types and amounts of data you’d like to collect.

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ASU Lodestar Center

FEBRUARY 16, 2016

A student at Ochoa Elementary in Tucson proudly displays her bounty of carrots after harvest day. They devised “kid-friendly” survey instruments, including a “Fun Food Bingo” game, to determine if students are eating the vegetables they grow and are learning about nutrition. Photo by Nick Henry).

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Qgiv

OCTOBER 27, 2021

They walk dogs at your animal shelter, ask for donations on your behalf, and spend their Saturday afternoons tutoring students. Take the time to assess your operations and evaluate any gaps that volunteer work could fill. Use current volunteers as a resource. But volunteers don’t just appear out of thin air.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

NOVEMBER 29, 2012

.” They provide free web analytics consulting to non-profits and NGOs around the world by matching analytics professionals, students, and charities. They are teaching digital measurement best practices by connecting great causes with experienced mentors and motivated students.

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Bloomerang

MAY 24, 2021

Whatever you did, evaluation is in order to assess what worked, what didn’t and why. You may have sent a donor survey to find out how your supporters felt about engaging with your mission during this period, and when they might feel ready to re-engage more robustly. Do this via survey, focus group, or one-to-one interviews.

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NTEN

FEBRUARY 3, 2012

A survey of their clients indicates that nonprofits are going to focus on social media and mobile strategies in 2012. If you’re interested in new media and health care, you may want to register for their workshop: Evaluating Outcomes of New Media-based Public Health and Health Communication Programs! Have more news to share?

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Bloomerang

NOVEMBER 10, 2023

Evaluate external threats and opportunities. Consider your nonprofit’s current fundraising strategies and staff capacity to determine whether your goals are realistic based on your resources and available time. Send a survey if you don’t hear back. As you set goals for your major giving efforts, be realistic, but optimistic.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

JANUARY 27, 2014

” ADDIE is an instructional design method that stands for Analysis, Design, Development, Implementation, and Evaluation. It takes several iterations of your survey to develop one that works, but you really gain a good understanding of the level of your audience. This is evaluation. Development.

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ASU Lodestar Center

OCTOBER 26, 2012

continuing weekly series, each Friday we invite a nonprofit scholar, student, or professional to. Last year, Opportunity Knocks commissioned a report 1 to evaluate this question of engagement across the nonprofit workforce. 84% of employees surveyed enjoy working for their organization because they believe in its mission and values.

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Tech Soup

APRIL 9, 2012

SMS messaging can also help you conduct surveys, provide quick answers, and gather information on-the-go. Quinn mentioned a few interesting examples of how nonprofits can use mobile to facilitate conversations with their constituents, including: Engaging volunteers and conducting surveys. Having two-way conversations. Photo: Alex E.

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ASU Lodestar Center

APRIL 15, 2011

Assistant Professor, ASU School of Community Resources & Development Welcome to Research Friday! 2] To better understand the skills and knowledge needed by nonprofit professionals, we conducted a needs-assessment study based on surveys of NMI instructors, advisory board members, alumni, and participants in NMI courses since 2007.

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Museum 2.0

SEPTEMBER 26, 2012

It’s not solely about how museums can serve communities but rather what are the communities’ resources, knowledge and interests that can inform museum practice? They stress community engagement should be an asset- over needs-based approach. Furthermore, how can museums and communities work together to share strengths in the community?

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Bloomerang

SEPTEMBER 18, 2021

If a capital campaign is on the horizon for your organization, Aaron Bishop and Brian O’Neil will share strategies and resources available to confidently predict your project costs and resources needed. There are so many resources available to ensure that your organization has a successful campaign. Brian: Let’s go. .

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Connection Cafe

OCTOBER 31, 2011

A third (33%) of nonprofit executives take over from someone who was fired or forced to resign, according to the 2011 Daring to Lead report, which surveyed 3000 nonprofit executive directors earlier this year. Staff & resource calendar. Author: Jennifer Darrouzet. Are there plans to train someone on this common function?

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Have Fun - Do Good

FEBRUARY 8, 2007

It is a collaboration between American students and residents of Sikoro, a dusty periurban town of 65,000 people outside the capital city of Bamako, Mali. The CHAG is given considerable liberty with what they do, but they must rely mostly on local resources and advocacy. What is the Sigida Keneyali Project? But it is THEIR hard work.

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EveryAction

APRIL 1, 2016

The Alliance Management Institute (AMI) is the only national conference expressly designed to prepare 400+ college students for a career in the social sector. Cultivating Student Philanthropy. Cultivating Student Philanthropy. Nonprofit Leadership Alliance / Houston, TX / $250. Leadership / #AMI16 / @NPL_Alliance. Leadership.

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Museum 2.0

FEBRUARY 4, 2015

Since 1982, the NEA has conducted a Survey of Public Participation in the Arts. This survey focuses on attendance to traditional arts institutions--museums, theaters, symphony halls. Does this mean that we should try to make school tours disproportionately accessible to these students? evaluation inclusion research visitors'

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

JANUARY 14, 2014

While the primary goal is for students to learn about strategic use of networks and social media for international organizations, I will also be covering some practical career skills such as effective networking and self-directed professional learning (also called “Social Learning”).

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Museum 2.0

MARCH 17, 2010

Here's the breakdown of who responded to the survey: Now on to the good stuff. Here's the breakdown of who responded to the survey: Now on to the good stuff. Participants included museum professionals, academics, students, and a few folks from related fields (community centers, arts management). Who Participated and Why?

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Bloomerang

JUNE 19, 2021

Sarah: And some key challenges that we can face as organizations when working with a young professionals group, first, is just the staff and funding, the resources that we have to provide it. And yes, I would say, even with high school and college students, you might have people who want to identify that way.

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NTEN

NOVEMBER 12, 2009

Flickr Photo: clevercupcakes I recently got an email from an NYU graduate student in Public Relations, Paola Christina Lamarca. Fifty percent of the nonprofits I surveyed said they have used social media for fundraising purposes (most of them have raised from $50,001 to $250,000). So here are her questions and my answers.

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