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Compelling Longer-term Change Impact Stories


The vast majority of social sector partners simply CANNOT measure the longer-term impact for their clients. So how do you tell compelling impact stories about the longer-term change you expect your clients to achieve? This week’s blog post walks you through the critical must-haves to tell this important impact story.

September 24, 2024

VIDEO: Compelling Longer-term Change Impact Stories


VIDEO: The vast majority of social sector partners simply CANNOT measure the longer-term impact for their clients. So how do you tell compelling impact stories about the longer-term change you expect your clients to achieve? This week’s blog post walks you through the critical must-haves to tell this important impact story.

Systems Change is a Goal, NOT a Destination


I constantly see posts and blogs about the importance of the social sector making meaningful systems change. While systems change is a crucial goal, it’s not something we’re actually able to measure or be sure we can even ever accomplish. This is hard to explain – but I’m going to give it a first try here.

September 11, 2024

VIDEO: Systems Change is a Goal, NOT a Destination


VIDEO: I constantly see posts and blogs about the importance of the social sector making meaningful systems change. While systems change is a crucial goal, it’s not something we’re actually able to measure or be sure we can even ever accomplish. This is hard to explain – but I’m going to give it a first try here.

Trust-based Partnerships Make Way for Systems Change


It’s through the collective efforts of Trust-based Philanthropy, the Equitable Evaluation Initiative, Capitalize Good, Grantmakers for Effective Organizations, the Council on Foundations, the Council of Nonprofits, Fund for Shared Insight, Listen4Good, and their sister organizations, that we are moving closer to shifting power across the sector and toward the systems change we all envision.

August 27, 2024

VIDEO: Trust-based Partnerships Make Way for Systems Change


VIDEO: It’s through the collective efforts of Trust-based Philanthropy, the Equitable Evaluation Initiative, Capitalize Good, Grantmakers for Effective Organizations, the Council on Foundations, the Council of Nonprofits, Fund for Shared Insight, Listen4Good, and their sister organizations, that we are moving closer to shifting power across the sector and toward the systems change we all envision.

Scientific Rigor in the Social Sector


Basic and applied research require scientific rigor, Nonprofits and their funders are practitioner. Practitioner rigor is also important, but it looks very different than scientific rigor.  You do not – and cannot – be scientifically rigorous with your data. But, you do need to thoughtfully and intentionally engage in rigorous practices. Let’s call these high quality practices.

August 14, 2024

VIDEO: Scientific Rigor in the Social Sector


VIDEO: Basic and applied research require scientific rigor, Nonprofits and their funders are practitioner. Practitioner rigor is also important, but it looks very different than scientific rigor.  You do not – and cannot – be scientifically rigorous with your data. But, you do need to thoughtfully and intentionally engage in rigorous practices. Let’s call these high quality practices.

Prosperity Now Scorecard – Custom Reports


Use the tools here to download reports and graphics summarizing the data for your state or local area and the strengths and weaknesses of your state’s policies. You can create and customize data and policy reports that you can share with stakeholders or use as “leave-behinds” when meeting with policymakers. You can also create graphics that break down state policy adoption as well as data by race and over time, which can easily be inserted into reports or presentations. You can also create data tables that allow you to download the Scorecard data in table format. 

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July 23, 2024

Part 3: Project GROWS Links Individual Success with a Vision for Systems Change


Project GROWS uses their Strategic Impact Map™ to plan out how they track mission fulfillment. This is a second blog about the first step of the ImpactStory™ Strategy – and how creating a Solid Framework provides the basis for telling powerful impact stories.

June 4, 2024

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