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How can nonprofits and funders create mutually agreeable performance measures?

ASU Lodestar Center

posted by Whitney Herr-Buchholz, Fall 2019 Alumna, ASU Master of Nonprofit Leadership & Management Director of Operations & Advancement | University of Arizona School of Dance. Performance measurement (PM) informs strategic decisions. Use participatory processes to define metrics and methods of data collection.

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How you can foster sustainable innovation within your nonprofit

ASU Lodestar Center

It must be articulate enough to measure progress against, inspiring enough to move people to action, and still broad enough to withstand the test of time. This is where participatory practice comes in to play. The goals must be SMART (specific, measurable, attainable, realistic and measurable).

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What strategies can nonprofit leaders use to move program beneficiaries into program partners?

ASU Lodestar Center

This could be something as simple as a memo to the staff of the organization or as big as a strategic plan, such as a Balanced Scorecard, suggested in Strategic Performance Measurement and Management , or a theory of change approach, such as the one in The Center for Theory of Change. Use participatory evaluation , as Rabinowitz suggests.

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