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Jul

2012

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Tell the Packard Foundation’s Organizational Effectiveness Program How You Think They Should Do Their Work!

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Tell the Packard Foundation’s Organizational Effectiveness Program How You Think They Should Do Their Work!

Note from Beth:   This is an ongoing series from the Organizational Effectiveness Program team at the Packard Foundation about developing their program funding strategy in an open way or what has been dubbed “Learning In Public.”   In March, at the  GEO Conference (Grantmakers for Effective Organizations) Kathy Reich, Director, Organizational Effectiveness Program at the Packard Foundation and Jared Raynor, Director of Evaluation at TCC Group and I shared some lessons learned about “learning in public,” including case study about how the OE program analyzed its “goldmine” of grantee data to lay the ground for the development of the funding strategy.  … Read More

Apr

2012

09

Packard Foundation OE Launches Their Strategy Refresh Site

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Packard Foundation OE Launches Their Strategy Refresh Site

Note From Beth: Last month I had the pleasure of co-presenting at the GEO Conference (Grantmakers for Effective Organizations) with Kathy Reich, Director, Organizational Effectiveness Program at the Packard Foundation and Jared Raynor, Director of Evaluation at TCC Group, that helped OE analyze its “goldmine” of grantee data.  

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Jan

2012

12

Learning Out Loud – Guest Post by Linda Wood – Evelyn and Walter Haas, Jr. Fund

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Learning Out Loud – Guest Post by Linda Wood – Evelyn and Walter Haas, Jr. Fund

Note from Beth: One of the themes I’ve been exploring over the last few years related to networks is transparency.   We devoted a whole chapter to the topic in the Networked Nonprofit. In my next book, “Measuring the Networked Nonprofit”  my co-author KD Paine and I take a look at how you measure it.  

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Dec

2011

09

Power and Light: Transparency and Effectiveness in the Nonprofit and Philanthropy World

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Power and Light: Transparency and Effectiveness in the Nonprofit and Philanthropy World

I’ve been heads down working on my next book about measurement and networked nonprofits with KD Paine and our editor, Bill Paarlberg.    One of the chapters is about measuring transparency.  So, when I heard that the Foundation Center and the Center for Effective Philanthropy were hosting an event “Transparency and Effectiveness,”  I was curious, especially given the speakers and the framing:

Foundations are pressed to be more transparent about how they work andmore effective about achieving impact.

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Dec

2011

06

Money for Good Study: Sharing Information About Your Org’s Results Can Attract More Donors

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Money for Good Study: Sharing Information About Your Org’s Results Can Attract More Donors

MFGII summary findings Nov 2011  

GuideStar and Hope Consulting have released the results of new study, Money for Good II (MFGII).

The findings suggest that if nonprofits are more transparent in sharing information about their results online that they could attract more donors.… Read More

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