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Session One: Getting Grounded
Advancing Practice Series from the Nonprofit Quarterly and Luminare Group
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Jara Dean-Coffey Kelly Hannum Jeanne Bell
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Claiming Your Results Making Evaluation a Core Organizational - - PowerPoint PPT Presentation
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Claiming Your Results Making Evaluation a Core Organizational Practice Session One: Getting Grounded Advancing Practice Series from the Nonprofit Quarterly and Luminare Group Jara Dean-Coffey Kelly Hannum Jeanne Bell c Luminare Group 2019
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How to Get the Most Out of Tis Series
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Commit to a process Calendar the four sessions and Facebook Live events Print each session's handouts in advance Engage on social media! #AdvancingPractice
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About the Series
Organizational Identity & Strategy Strengthening Your Inquiry Practice Getting Grounded
Session 1 Session 2 Session 3
Developing Practical Systems
Session 4
#AdvancingPractice Facebook Live Q&A Sessions on May 23, June 4, and June 18.
May 23rd May 30th June 13th June 27th
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History, trends, and context Te opportunity Exploring readiness
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Past to Present
Charity Impact Networks/ Movements Doing Good Work
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Key Forces
Demographic Changes Racial Equity Political Context Leadership Changes Urgency & Crisis Response Critique & Reflection
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Where We Are
Confusion about the roles & purposes of strategy, evaluation, and learning Data collection & databases are viewed as evaluative practice No specific or reasonable ends in mind No transferable knowledge base about what works and why Struggle to demonstrate progress
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Consequences for Nonprofit Leaders
Biting off more than the organization can—and should—do Underselling our results Not playing to our true organizational strengths
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Changing the Narrative
Lack of investment in developing an evaluative culture limits the ability of social sector and philanthropic organiza- tions to understand and demonstrate their true effectiveness. Social sector and philanthropic organi- zations will never be wholly effective until they develop an evaluative culture.
Current Reframe
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Opportunities of an Evaluative Organization
Recognize the inherent value of evaluation as a core competence Commit resources to build the muscle organization-wide Link design and accountability at the onset Have conversations about the promises and limitations of your work
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Assessing Your Organization’s Readiness In the Homework Assignment for Session 1, you will explore:
Evaluative readiness Evaluative practice and use Leadership Stakeholder relationships
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Next Steps
Complete Evaluation Complete the Homework Assignment Join the Live Q&A ?
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We’ll see you soon for Session #2. Don’t forget to complete your brief evaluation.
Tis document and webinar series was created in partnership with Luminare Group. Design: Benzamin Yi (benzaminyi.com) Art: Stream Running Trough Barrens by Ruslan Khais (saatchiart.com/ruslan_khais)
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