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Flat, Tall, or In Between—Is It Time to Evaluate Your Organizational Structure?

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The organization may still be boxed into a structure that’s been the same for 20 years or more. How do you know that your organizational structure might need retooling? Upper-level managers don’t have the bandwidth to vet or supervise new projects. It’s a structure that preserves accountability. You can do it.

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An Evolution of Evaluation in Grantmaking With a Participatory Lens

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Power Imbalance in Traditional Evaluation As grantmakers, we tend to monitor and evaluate our strategies and programs using metrics that we deem important. On its face, evaluation seems like a neutral activity, designed to help us understand what’s happened, and to change course where needed. Who decides what is measured?

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How to Craft a Post-Event Case Study

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By compiling data and looking at the bigger picture, case studies help you identify the subtle trends and missteps that occurred during the planning and execution of a project, giving you deeper insight into how you can improve in the future. In this article, we’ll show you the power of a post-event case study and how to create your own.

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How Nonprofits Practice Continuous Improvement

Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

Rather than start at the beginning, I’m starting at the end by sharing some tips for a formal reflection process that can lead to improving results of a project or event. A structured reflection process generates insights about what worked and what could be improved. Review it together in a meeting and summarize.

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The ongoing revolution in philanthropy: An open-ended reading list

Deborah Elizabeth Finn

Letting grantees lead: What we’re learning from the BUILD evaluation. The Power of Dialogue about Nonprofit Data and Evaluation. Joint Statement of Associations Advancing Equitable Evaluation Practices. Evaluating a Culture. Trust-Based Philanthropy Project. Justice over greatness: A new year’s reflection.

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Your ‘’Day After” GivingTuesday Plan

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Less than one in five new donors who donated on GivingTuesday will give a second gift, according to the Fundraising Effectiveness Project. Reflect and analyze Review your results from GivingTuesday , including the total amount raised, donor demographics, and the success of your different approaches and social media channels.

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The Quick Guide to Nonprofit Board Responsibilities

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An effective nonprofit board helps with planning your fundraising strategy, properly allocating resources, and evaluating your strategy’s performance. Different types of nonprofit boards Nonprofit boards can operate under various models–each with its own structure and approach. What are common board roles?

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