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Nonprofits & Strategic Data Collection
I had this wonderful opportunity to speak with Jay Smack on The Good Eye Podcast about the straightforward strategy I’ve developed that ensures nonprofits have data that helps them do work, and which communicates return on investment for funders – all this while being no more difficult to manage than a budget.
- Blog - Extras
- Blog - Masterful Data Viz
- Blog - Masterful impact Stories
- Blog - Powerful Data Analysis
- Blog - Programming that Works
- Blog - Simple Data Collection
- Blog - Solid Framework
April 19, 2023
The Trick to Getting Buy-in from Funders
Impact Statements allow nonprofits to show why we can all reasonably assume clients working with you are on a path to longer-term change. [Funder: “Wonderful! It sounds like you have a solid and likely successful plan. I’m in!”]
March 28, 2023
How to Adjust Evidence-based Practices
Use expertise to adjust the program to meet the needs of your specific clients, your budget, the context.
March 21, 2023
2 Reports You Should Read
When I was making a presentation last week, one of the nonprofit leaders in the group said “I’m realizing I’m not the only one not getting it right. It’s clearly a problem that smaller nonprofits have with measuring and talking about impact. Just hearing this is validating.”
- Blog - Extras
- Blog - Masterful Data Viz
- Blog - Masterful impact Stories
- Blog - Powerful Data Analysis
- Blog - Programming that Works
- Blog - Simple Data Collection
- Blog - Solid Framework
March 14, 2023
Financial Health and Wealth Dashboard
This dashboard uses financial health metrics (credit, debt, savings, assets, and wealth) to help local leaders create solutions for narrowing the racial wealth gap. Dashboard users can search by city or zip code anywhere in the United States to see financial data at the local level.
Tags: Advocacy & Policy & Government, Anti-Poverty & Self-Sufficiency & Workforce Development, Social Justice & Equity, Tools and Tutorials
December 29, 2022
Funding & Grant Resources for Nonprofits Focused on Arts & Culture
This article contains a comprehensive list of regional, national, and global funding sources for nonprofits that focus on performing arts, artists, art education programs, museums, visual arts, and beyond.
Tags: arts and culture
The Opportunity Atlas
Which neighborhoods in America offer children the best chance to rise out of poverty? The Opportunity Atlas answers this question using anonymous data following 20 million Americans from childhood to their mid-30s. Now you can trace the roots of today’s affluence and poverty back to the neighborhoods where people grew up. See where and for whom opportunity has been missing, and develop local solutions to help more children rise out of poverty.
Tags: Children & Youth Development, Data Source, Social Justice & Equity, Tools and Tutorials
Pexels
This website has stock photos and videos that anyone can use free of charge. It is an excellent resource to use when your organization is in need of images for websites, pamphlets, social media, and more.
Communicating Data is About Handling Egos and Emotions
Learn how to communicate your data in a way that brings people into the conversation about the story you are telling. This article will help you learn how to answer tough questions and disruptive participants.
Tags: Advocacy & Policy & Government, Nonprofit Metrics & Impact, Storytelling Tips & Resources
Five First Steps to Data Visualization
Before even beginning to format a graph, the question we need to ask first is not “how do we visualize data,” but “how do we find the story in the data?” The five steps outlined in this article will save you time and effort before you dive straight into design.
Tags: Advocacy & Policy & Government, Data Collection & Analysis Tips and Resources, Data Visualization Resources, Nonprofit Metrics & Impact, Storytelling Tips & Resources
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