Zen and the Art of Nonprofit Technology

SEPTEMBER 12, 2009

Beth Kanter tweeted about an article by Gale Berkowitz relating to evaluation, which I found really fascinating – it is a must read. to evaluation for program improvement (“What did we learn that can help us make the program better?”). But it should be. But it should be. I’ve talked about this before.

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Gyrus

DECEMBER 13, 2023

Evaluate LMS options wisely! Dive into user reviews to choose the perfect Learning Management System for an enriched e-learning journey.

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Zen and the Art of Nonprofit Technology

SEPTEMBER 12, 2009

Beth Kanter tweeted about an article by Gale Berkowitz relating to evaluation, which I found really fascinating – it is a must read. to evaluation for program improvement (“What did we learn that can help us make the program better?”). Write a report at the end of each project with lessons learned.

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Candid

MAY 7, 2021

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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Get Fully Funded

JUNE 27, 2022

When you’re halfway through the year, it’s a good time to conduct a midyear fundraising evaluation. A midyear evaluation will show you how you are doing and highlight areas where you need to improve. And you’ll know exactly how much you need to raise during that season if you take the time to do a midyear evaluation now.

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.orgSource

OCTOBER 17, 2023

Even with a friendly name like “feedback, check-in, or coaching,” a performance evaluation can be uncomfortable, or possibly downright scary. That’s probably why more organizations don’t have a process for evaluating the board of directors, or if they do, that assessment is not continuous. I’ll get on my Association 4.0

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Bloomerang

FEBRUARY 13, 2023

You’ll learn the steps to consolidate, analyze, and visualize your program information to create data-driven messaging that will fuel more program funding from grants, partners, and major gifts donors. &nbsp The post Fuel Your Program Funding with Data-Driven Evaluation Reporting appeared first on Bloomerang.

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ASU Lodestar Center

OCTOBER 16, 2020

This call spurred the increasing demand for program evaluation. In your organization, this may look like negative attitudes toward evaluation, poor research designs and collecting data but not using the data. The root problem here is poor evaluation capacity. The root problem here is poor evaluation capacity.

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Gyrus

MAY 15, 2023

Learn how to evaluate training programs and ensure success by understanding the levels, models, requirements, and challenges.

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Nonprofits Source

OCTOBER 30, 2023

To help simplify your nonprofit event planning processes , this guide will evaluate the three most popular event formats: in-person, virtual, and hybrid. You’ll learn what the benefits and drawbacks of each format are, empowering you to make an informed decision for your next event. Let’s get started! Community building.

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NonProfit PRO

NOVEMBER 3, 2023

Download this Buyer’s Guide to learn how to evaluate and choose the solution that’s the best fit for your organization. Texting software for NPOs that’s best-in-class allows you to personalize messages, automate features, and report on valuable metrics.

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Gyrus

NOVEMBER 6, 2023

Looking to create an inclusive learning experience? This guide explores the importance of LMS accessibility and details key LMS features to evaluate.

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Nucleus

OCTOBER 1, 2020

The Nucleus data analytics platform has two dedicated and ready-to-use packages for precisely these types of analysis: Learning Management and Certifications. Organizations that solely offer courses will want to deploy the Learning Management package. Which courses are most commonly taken after the completion of a given course?

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Gyrus

FEBRUARY 7, 2023

LMS buyer guide: Use this comprehensive LMS buying guide to evaluate, select, and deploy the right enterprise learning management system (LMS) for you and your business. Click to learn more!

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Media Cause

AUGUST 19, 2023

Project retrospec tives play a pivotal role to capture lessons learned. Let’s delve into how each of these improvements comes to life: Enhancing Internal Collaboration and Workflow One of the key benefits of project retrospectives is the opportunity to evaluate internal collaboration and workflow.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

FEBRUARY 18, 2014

Using the ADDIE for designing your workshop, you arrive at the “E” or evaluation. ” While a participant survey is an important piece of your evaluation, it is critical to incorporate a holistic reflection of your workshop. There are two different methods to evaluate your training. Use Learning Theory.

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Get Fully Funded

JANUARY 18, 2023

As we collectively take stock of what we’ve learned from the pandemic so far, we need to take a look at the ways parents and teachers evolved school fundraising to meet today’s needs. Ready to learn how to use these lessons from the pandemic to raise more for your school? We learned to make conscious efforts to keep up in other ways.

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.orgSource

FEBRUARY 13, 2023

Evaluating where the blind spots lie in your organization is one way to begin approaching these difficult conversations. They are activities that are frequently governed and controlled by policies and procedures, such as: Evaluating where the blind spots lie in your organization is one way to begin conversations about risk.

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NTEN

OCTOBER 21, 2014

"Check your assumptions at the meeting room door" and other lessons learned from NTEN's meta-evaluation process. Evaluating our evaluation. And in evaluating our evaluation process, we found that it was the people and not the data that needed to be addressed further.

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DonorDock

MAY 30, 2024

Learn strategies for evaluating necessity, prioritizing simplicity, optimizing processes, and leveraging data-driven insights for continuous improvement. Discover how nonprofits can navigate the customization dilemma by finding the right balance with their software.

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Forj

MARCH 28, 2024

When combined with the capabilities of modern community and learning technology that wisdom can be transformative. The path toward understanding, defining, and improving member engagement metrics is a difficult one, but there is wisdom to be gained from the struggles and successes of others.

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.orgSource

MARCH 4, 2024

This methodology was used to evaluate expanding the American Board of Medical Specialties, ABMS CertLink®, platform into new markets. The platform removes burdensome activities, provides an ongoing learning and assessment process, and continues to offer the public a reliable marker of trust. That idea might seem a little miraculous.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

SEPTEMBER 25, 2013

Last spring at the “ Advancing Social Media Measurement for Foundations ” meeting convened by Robert Wood Johnson Foundation, practitioners from social media, measurement, evaluation, programs, communication, and philanthropy worked on a synthesis of these disciplines to address measurement. Technology!

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Nonprofit Tech for Good

MAY 4, 2022

The pandemic has caused many mission-driven organizations to re-evaluate their mission, reconsider their strategic plan to accomplish it, and then engage donors and advocates from this new position. How to Evaluate the Options Objectively. Below are a few of the criteria in the evaluation methodology. In Summary.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

DECEMBER 9, 2013

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? I followed the developmental evaluation thread most closely. Here are my notes.

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Candid

FEBRUARY 2, 2022

Issue Lab is where Candid collects, preserves, and shares research reports, whitepapers, evaluations, case studies, issue briefs, and more, published and/or funded by social sector organizations. Filtering on an issue combined with document types such as "evaluation", "literature review", or "case study" will likely yield on-target results.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

SEPTEMBER 13, 2009

Note from Beth: This post, Evaluation for Learning , was originally published as a guest post on the Good blog as a response to “ How Might We Celebrate Learning through Evaluation? Learn more about the conversation here. Improvement should be continuous, and we should learn from our mistakes.

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.orgSource

JANUARY 2, 2024

Learn to Reinvent By definition, transformation means a dramatic change. The most successful organizations learn to ride that wave. He said, “In a rapidly changing world, the only sustainable competitive advantage is to learn faster than the competition.” The digital piece was a success. And what do people fear most?

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.orgSource

JUNE 25, 2023

A spontaneous cruise of the office was an effective strategy for evaluating a variety of business indicators. The desire to be fully aware of the strengths and weaknesses of your team drives this type of evaluation. Then, as you learn more about their challenges and opportunities, you can narrow the scope.

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VisionLink

AUGUST 31, 2023

Learn more and apply on Indeed. Learn more and apply on Indeed. WITHINREACH OPENINGS Senior Manager for Data Systems and Evaluation Location: Remote - This is a remote position, but employees must live and work in WA state. Learn more at WithinReach. Solution Engineer Note: This is not a software development position.

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DNL OmniMedia

JANUARY 15, 2021

A nonprofit technology assessment is an evaluation of the digital maturity of your organization. To learn about conducting your tech assessment with Team DNL, or any of our other services, contact us today. The post Nonprofit Technology Assessment: Evaluate Your Tech appeared first on DNL OmniMedia, Inc.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

OCTOBER 20, 2011

I entered the community as a foundation evaluator wanting to find the best strategies and tools for documenting and learning about networks but also for measuring those difficult-to-pin-down outcomes and impact. Evaluation can also help foundations get the feedback they need to modulate their role and influence.

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Deborah Elizabeth Finn

JANUARY 28, 2018

It took Tech Networks of Networks almost two years to organize and implement a series of candid dialogues about data and evaluation for grantors and nonprofit grantees, and now it’s complete. Mine are based on what I learned during the dialogue series, and also on untold numbers of public and private conversations on the topic. __.

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Zen and the Art of Nonprofit Technology

MARCH 10, 2008

Home About Me Subscribe Zen and the Art of Nonprofit Technology Thoughtful and sometimes snarky perspectives on nonprofit technology Reflection and Evaluation March 10, 2008 Michele Martin, one of my fave bloggers, has a great post today on Reflective Practice. Unfortunately, none of them had an answer to that question.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

MAY 23, 2013

How do you learn? When you want to acquire a new skill or apply some new knowledge, do you learn by passively sitting and listening to an expert lecture for 90 minutes without a break and 150 PPT slides? The brain science literature suggests that learners understand and remember more when they talk about what they are learning.

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Nonprofit Tech for Good

FEBRUARY 26, 2024

Data capabilities: Learn what metrics the tool can track, along with reporting functionality. 4) Evaluate your team’s capabilities As often as not, nonprofits overbuy when it comes to their marketing application. When choosing an application, you can’t just evaluate your needs and the tool’s functions.

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Gyrus

OCTOBER 25, 2016

The Ultimate Benefit of Learning Management Systems. The Benefits of a Learning Management System (LMS) are quite wide and can contain everything from basic functionality to cool recently implemented features. LMS are not only for E-learning activities! Who needs additional learning? One Stop Location.

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