The exponential nonprofit September 16, 2013 Steve Boland Article, Measurement, Technology 1 comment The average smart phone is a miracle of functionality. These mini-computers provide over a billion people with such amazing features as […] Read more
The present value of money September 4, 2013 Steve Boland Article, Management, Measurement No comments yet Aphorisms abound about money and value, and they are common because they are so quickly instructive. “A bird in the […] Read more
Ballmer: Cautionary tale for nonprofits August 23, 2013 Steve Boland Article, Management, Technology Comments Off on Ballmer: Cautionary tale for nonprofits The biggest of the big can still fall victim to wishful thinking about the past. Microsoft’s CEO Steve Ballmer announced […] Read more
Aligning nonprofit budgets and evaluation August 21, 2013 Steve Boland Article, Management, Measurement Comments Off on Aligning nonprofit budgets and evaluation Nonprofits are at a turning point. The ability to track how we use resources and how we produce impact (not […] Read more
Evaluation + transparency = trust August 19, 2013 Steve Boland Article, Measurement Comments Off on Evaluation + transparency = trust This American Life is a fantastic program for many reasons. Their story on nonprofit program evaluation is great in that […] Read more
Evaluate. And Disseminate. May 31, 2013 Steve Boland Article, Communications, Measurement Comments Off on Evaluate. And Disseminate. Demonstrating good work is how nonprofits gain support. Helping our communities understand how our good work makes long-term change over […] Read more
Taming Big Data. May 7, 2013 Steve Boland Article, Measurement, Technology No comments yet The first step for nonprofits toward the use of Big Data is getting access to large sets of information that […] Read more
Lessons from eBenchmarks 2013. April 10, 2013 Steve Boland Communications, Measurement, Technology No comments yet Nonprofit data geeks across the interwebs rejoiced last week with the release of the 2013 eNonprofits Benchmarks study. Any nonprofit communications or […] Read more
Measure twice, Tweet once. March 13, 2013 Steve Boland Communications, Measurement No comments yet The social media sphere is just another set of tools, though if you read the hype, you might think it’s […] Read more
Tech tools for nonprofit evaluation. January 23, 2013 Steve Boland Article, Measurement, Technology No comments yet Program evaluation is the “eat your vegetables” of the nonprofit sector. Everyone agrees this is a good idea, but often […] Read more