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Telling a compelling story: Communicating program impact in a grant proposal

Candid

How are you measuring progress? A narrative that illustrates your nonprofit’s program impact The logic model is a classic framework for illustrating a program’s impact. A narrative that illustrates your nonprofit’s program impact The logic model is a classic framework for illustrating a program’s impact.

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From Data Deluge to Impactful Decisions: Mastering Data in Grantmaking

sgEngage

Applications, proposals, progress reports, impact metrics – the data collected throughout the grantmaking lifecycle is vast and ever-growing. The Data Deluge in Grantmaking: Drowning in Information Remember the days when grantmaking relied on paper proposals and handwritten reports?

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Four Critical Elements of Managing Development Officers

sgEngage

Set criteria for contacts, proposals, planning, and forecasting. Be clear in how you measure job performance so everyone on your team understands their duties and the expectations around their role. Measure the most important goals that lead to results. Help create solidarity in your team with agreed-upon metrics.

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Timing is Everything… Proposals in the Prospect Tab of The Raiser’s Edge®

Connection Cafe

Lately I have seen some discussion groups, listservs, and blogs on when to create a proposal in the Prospect Module of Raiser’s Edge® or for that matter in any fundraising legacy system. The timing or stage at which you create a proposal is truly up to each nonprofit organization. Identification. Assignment. Cultivation.

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Better Blog Museum Metrics

Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

I just discovered that one of my blog colleagues in Australia, Seb Chan, is writing about a topic of mutual interest - social media metrics (my blog ramblings here and my wiki/presentations here ). I am also prepping a panel on the topic for NTC (more about that later) Seb Chan is focusing specifically on blog metrics for museums.

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Guide to Blackbaud Fundraiser Performance Management

DNL OmniMedia

It involves examining the data and performance metrics of individual major gift officers, as well as the team as a whole, to understand what’s working and what leaves room for improvement. Close examination of major gift metrics allows you to discover: Any obstacles that are holding individuals or your entire team back.

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Book Review: The Nonprofit Business Plan

Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

” His model moved to real time planning, although there is some tension between having a strategy and strategic plan. ”But something was missing, strategic plans were not enough, especially with so many broken nonprofit models. How will they measure success? Risk (and Risk Mitigation): What are the risks?

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