Insight on Effectively Using Your Social Media For Nonprofits In a pandemic era, it is more important than ever to practice good digital communication especially since you may not be able to network at conferences or use other in-person methods for attracting new volunteers or donors. For this week’s blog, we are excited to introduce …
How Do You Maximize Your Effectiveness? Hear From Guest Expert, Donna Catalano, MS, PMP, with Eastlake Solutions During a global pandemic, many nonprofit organizations are short-staffed and face reduced budgets. How do they maximize their effectiveness with limited resources? Our guest and REC partner, Donna Catalano, provides some practical guidance. Q: Nonprofit leaders often feel like …
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Finding Stakeholders Needs in Pandemic Has your organization changed because of COVID-19? Are you still meeting the needs of your stakeholders? Who are your stakeholders? Stakeholders include your program staff, clients, funders, volunteers, and board members. In a time of global crisis, these stakeholders are more interconnected now than before. Finding stakeholders’ needs in pandemic …
Strategically Navigating Your Organizations Pivot Is your organization willing to make long-term changes to your strategy and plan ahead? Could you need to redefine what success looks like to your organization and how this impact is measured? Is it time to update or create your program’s logic model? COVID-19 and the Need to Pivot …
Sharing Your Nonprofit Impact: Practical Tips What do you say when your funders or other stakeholders ask you, “How is your organization making a difference during COVID-19?” Today’s blog offers five suggestions for sharing your nonprofit impact in a practical way! 1. Make sure you are measuring your impact effectively. A global pandemic does not …
Identifying and showcasing the content that matters most is crucial for effective communication in your organization. This blog post provides five tips to communicate your organization’s impact as part of your communication strategy. Tip #1: Know Your Audience Before drafting an impact report or email campaign, make sure you know your audience. Here are some …
Surveys are fantastic tools for evaluation. They help your organization determine what is working, what can be improved, and provide information to tell your story of impact. Surveys also allow for more complex analyses using descriptive and inferential statistics. This blog provides 5 tips for creating a survey when your organization is ready for evaluation and …
The Decision Should your organization hire an external evaluator or evaluation firm? The answer is that it depends. When to Work with Internal Staff Some nonprofits are poised to conduct evaluation internally. These organizations have qualified staff who know how to conduct evaluations, design surveys, collect data, analyze findings, and report results. Often, …
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Important Questions How do you know your organization is making a difference? How do you decide what programs or services to offer? What do you tell your funders? How do you know your organization is ready to evaluate? Program Evaluation Informs Decisions These are all important questions and ones that nonprofit leaders grapple with daily. Whether you …
How do you know when your organization is ready for evaluation? Implementing evaluation is something that takes time, planning, and support. All nonprofits can benefit from an evaluation. However, not all are ready for evaluation. This blog discusses 4 tips that will help your organization assess whether you are ready for an evaluation or can …
