Arizona Students Helped An International Nonprofit Measure Its Performance
University of Arizona students taking up Program Planning and Evaluation collaborated with Tucson-based Beads of Courage to develop a model for self-evaluation. The self-evaluation process will help the nonprofit make data-informed decisions about their programs and...In It For The Money? Huge Pay Disparity Between Nonprofit Sectors
A Chronicle of Philanthropy study involving more than 10,000 nonprofit employees from 865 organizations revealed that top-level officers from hospitals and private colleges earns so much more than their colleagues in other sectors. Here is an excerpt from a report...To Get The Right Data, Ask The Right Questions
Effective learning is the key to effective evaluation say Julia Coffman and Tanya Beer of the Center of Evaluation Innovation based in Washington D.C. The two assert that nonprofits must constantly ask the right questions and fight their own biases in order to employ...Donors, Nonprofit Leaders Weigh In On Measuring Impact
As more and more donors begin to demand evidence-based reports of the impacts of their donations, nonprofits will have to say goodbye to the anecdote-based chronicles of yesteryear that relied on heartwarming stories but few measurable facts. Salesforce.org’s...They Don’t Teach This in Business School: Financial Metrics Fail to Measure Nonprofit Impact
The metrics people learn in MBA programs are not the best way to measure the effectiveness of nonprofits, asserts Phil Buchanan, CEO of the Center for Effective Philanthropy. Just because you can gather measurable data does not mean that particular mass of data is...Listen to Our Civic Development Podcast!
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