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Challenging Conversations—Tackling Risk

.orgSource

These conversations are limited to bottom-line issues. The conversation can easily devolve into unproductive speculation. Evaluating where the blind spots lie in your organization is one way to begin approaching these difficult conversations. Evaluate New Initiatives Strategic risk is a different story.

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Your Foundation Grant Report Is Due, But You’re Short On Your Goals. Now What?

Bloomerang

5 steps to take when youve fallen short on your grant proposal goals For nonprofits in this situation, two things are vitally important: 1) an evaluative mindset , and 2) an honest, open relationship with the funder. Evaluate – Take the time to gather all relevant parties and think critically about the problem.

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Using reinforcement learning for dynamic planning in open-ended conversations

Google Research AI blog

Dynamic planning, namely the capability to look ahead and replan based on the flow of the conversation, is an essential ingredient for the making of engaging conversations with the deeper, open-ended interactions that users expect. To begin, the assistant steers the conversation to sharks via a sound quiz.

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From Ning to Causes to Ideablob: Why We Need a New Way of Building

Amy Sample Ward

If investment was required to get a tool, I believe many groups would be willing to participate in evaluations, provide feedback, submit user stories and help in the development of the tool. Your invitation : Join this conversation. And share your ideas with your friends and colleagues to further the breadth of the conversation.

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Trustworthy leaders drive organizational success in the face of rapid change

Fast Company Tech

We also found that when employees trust one another, managers get better performance evaluations. Activities that promote team cohesion and open communication can significantly enhance trust within the team. Consider integrating trust metrics into performance evaluations to emphasize their importance. Promote collaboration.

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Report calls for shift to more equitable evaluation practices

Candid

A report from the Equitable Evaluation Initiative (EEI) and Grantmakers for Effective Organizations highlights how foundations are working to integrate an equity lens into their evaluation practices. In their engagement with the framework, practitioners identified three key shifts in mindset: from “doing” to “being” (i.e.,

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5 Things to do When Evaluating ELT/ETL Tools

Towards Data Science

A list to make evaluating ELT/ETL tools a bit less daunting Photo by Volodymyr Hryshchenko on Unsplash We’ve all been there: you’ve attended (many!) Create a rubric You can find a million articles on evaluation criteria for data integration tooling (I really like this one !),