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Don’t Let Staff Turnover Affect Your Grantmaking Data Quality

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According to The Council of Nonprofits 2023 Nonprofit Workforce Survey , almost three quarters of nonprofits that completed the survey have current openings at their organization. Record that institutional knowledge in an accessible Policies and Procedures manual.

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My Notes from Next Generation Evaluation Meeting

Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

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? These methods included: Developmental Evaluation , Shared Measurement , and Big Data.

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Research Friday: Does your nonprofit have an outcome-driven culture?

ASU Lodestar Center

1 Even those who are eager to conduct evaluations often lack the funding and knowledge to evaluate their programs appropriately. Outcomes usually imply changes in behavior, condition, skills, attitudes or knowledge in the individual, community or other target population. There are different approaches to evaluating a program.

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How Can Nonprofits Make the Most of Overhead Funds?

ASU Lodestar Center

Four methods to address the challenges of slim administrative budgets are: 1. In early 2012, The Nonprofit Research Collaborative collected data from almost 1,800 nonprofit organizations on board engagement and reported: “Survey results show organizations that have engaged board members are more likely to meet fundraising goals.”

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Data Are Not Information

NTEN

Data un-communicated, or ineffectively communicated, amount to personal knowledge or useless raw material. My measurement of "hot" and "humid" remains my personal data/knowledge until I walk back into the house and tell my wife. Information results from discovering something and then telling others about it.

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Social Impact Investments

ASU Lodestar Center

As a result, an emerging method of investment, called social impact investment, has investors monitor the outcomes produced by their donations while simultaneously producing profit from their investment. Annual Impact Investor Survey. Bayan Dwaik is a graduate of Arizona State University. 2016, May). Monitor Institute.

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How We Learn – Capitalize On Knowing

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Before I start, it is best to issue a few disclaimers: I am not a neuroscientist; this blog post is not written with appropriate scientific method. Some people are able to see something once, and commit that piece of knowledge into their memory for the rest of their lives. Knowing this has aided me immensely in my quest for knowledge.