I-9 & E-Verify Update: Solutions to Be Compliant & Audit Ready. Seven Deadly Sins of Impact Evaluation. Seven obstacles to making good decisions about impact evaluations and how to avoid them. Impact evaluations—typically, third-party studies that seek to prove a program model’s effectiveness—seem to be all the rage in social sector circles these days. Maybe in part that’s because the process seems so straightforward: Just commission one when the time is right, and, when all goes well, proudly show off your “stamp of approval.”
You’ll soon receive the resources you need to grow your organization and to influence all the other nonprofits in your field. The problem is that it’s rarely that simple in practice. Consider one youth-serving organization we know, which undertook an impact evaluation—at great expense and with high visibility to its funders—only to have the process cut short when the evaluators discovered that the organization’s numerous sites were implementing its program model in wildly different ways. 1. 2. 3. 4. 5. 6. 7. I-9, Employment Eligibility Verification. Check the URL (web address) for proper spelling and completeness; Use our A-Z Index or Site Map; Type what you are looking for in the “Search our Site” box near the top of this page; or, Ask Emma, our virtual assistant, when she appears.
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Relationships are built person-to-person, not person-to-organization. So put your people forward! Pithy, punchy staff bios–with photos–can work to introduce prospects to your organization at a personal, emotional level, motivating them to dig more deeply into the details of what your nonprofit has to offer or how they can get involved. Here are some well-tested guidelines for crafting bios that will help audiences connect with your organization, illustrated by models from the field: 1. Start with these bio basics Staff bios are simply a story-based version of the information you’d usually include in a resume. Even organizations that do so much right, like the Appalachian Mountain Club, can misstep here. 2.
Here’s why: Examples: 3. 4. 5. Management Tip: 4 Ideas For Spotlighting Your Mission. Withholding Tax Jurisdiction Lookup. Afterschool Alliance :: The 2011 State-by-State Afterschool Progress Reports and Consumer Guides. Charities Oppose Plan to End Their Postal Discounts. Charities are protesting Congressional plans to gradually phase out the discounts they receive for mail appeals and other materials. Today nonprofits pay 26 percent less, on average, than businesses to send direct-mail solicitations and other communications to supporters. Those mailings are important for many big groups; while electronic appeals have taken off in recent years, few large nonprofits have found anything as effective for fund raising as direct mail. More Suggested Content: Spending on Internet Fundraising Increased in 2009 April 21, 2010 From News April 21, 2010, Chronicle of Philanthropy — Large nonprofit organizations continued to invest in online fund raising in 2009.
Of the 176 charities that responded to The Chronicle's survey of online giving, 71 groups provided information about how much they spent on their Internet fund-raising efforts in 2008 and 2009. Improve your knowledge daily | SmartBlog on Leadership. This guest post is by Art Markman, a professor of psychology and marketing at the University of Texas at Austin, executive editor of the journal Cognitive Science and a member of the editorial board of Cognitive Psychology. Follow him on Twitter at @abmarkman. Knowledge is a key driver of business success. Innovative ideas emerge when people are able to apply their knowledge to new problems. Unfortunately, in the modern business environment, the desire to learn new things is often trumped by the need to respond to the next item on the to-do list.
Here are five things you can do to maximize the quality of your knowledge. Stop and organize. Related Posts Recent Trackbacks October Favorites « S2designs's Blog [...] SAGE. Four Destructive Myths Most Companies Still Live By - Tony Schwartz. By Tony Schwartz | 11:17 AM November 1, 2011 Myth #1: Multitasking is critical in a world of infinite demand. This myth is based on the assumption that human beings are capable of doing two cognitive tasks at the same time. We’re not. Instead, we learn to move rapidly between tasks. If you’re on a conference call, for example, and you turn your attention to an incoming email, you’re missing what’s happening on the call as long as you’re checking your email. On average, according to researcher David Meyer, switching time increases the amount of time it takes to finish the primary task you were working on by an average of 25 percent.
Difficult as it is to focus in the face of the endless distractions we all now face, it’s far and away the most effective way to get work done. Myth #2: A little bit of anxiety helps us perform better. Think for a moment about how you feel when you’re performing at your best. Myth #3: Creativity is genetically inherited, and it’s impossible to teach.