7/16/21 By: Jaqueline Blanco The Opioid Crisis. Since the late 1990s, the United States has been facing an opioid crisis that impacts thousands of Americans every day, causing them to become addicted or die from drug misuse. In 2017, more than 47,000 Americans died of opioid overdose and in 2019, nearly 50,000 more Americans [...]
July 13th, 2021 By: Henry Malone After thousands of lives lost to opioids, big pharmaceutical companies are paying billions to make up for it. Although the COVID-19 pandemic seems to be nearing its presumed end, a different epidemic continues to sweep the nation despite decades of counteractive efforts. Most of those efforts have been in [...]
Do you know if you are making progress on your most important organizational goals? Do you know how many of your performance metrics are trending in the right direction? How often are you analyzing your metrics? Designing a weekly performance check-in, accompanied by a "win your week" program, can help you answer all three of [...]
When it comes to community-based work, we hear a lot about accountability. We want accountability for results, for keeping our word, and for spending donor dollars effectively. We face demands from our superiors, our communities, our boards, and our regulatory bodies. Even amongst the well-intentioned and passionate, it's a daunting task. Accountability is vital, but [...]
Why Meet Weekly? For the 14 years Clear Impact has been in business, I have avoided weekly meetings until this past year. They were hard to schedule for a consistent time, I didn't have a clear idea of what to do in the meetings, and I was worried I would be wasting everyone's time, especially [...]
E ngā mana, e ngā reo, e ngā karangatanga. Tēnā koutou kātoa. With respect, greetings to all people, all voices, and all affiliations. -Sharon Shea, Principal, Shea Pita & Associates About 12 years ago, I was working in the New Zealand health system and searching for a way that would help me to focus on [...]
Currently, there are at least 1.425 million nonprofits in the United States. These nonprofits (including charities and foundations) spend nearly $2 trillion annually….that’s 12 zeros. If you stacked $100 bills on top of each other, $1 Million would reach 3.3ft. That means $2 Trillion in $100 bills would reach 1,262 miles into space (it only takes about 62 [...]
The following is the third in a 3-part blog series on the benefits of measuring Diversity, Equity, and Inclusion in your organization. Read part 1 here. Read part 2 here. This blog will explore 3 equity measures for businesses. What is Equity? A society is equitable when all people have the opportunity to participate, [...]
There is a wide range of case management and data collection software systems available. Recently, our email subscribers reported using at least 21 different systems to manage their case data. Unfortunately, many needed multiple systems (some paid, some free) to cover the full range of required activities. Suppose you are a public sector entity [...]
The following is the second in a 3-part blog series on the benefits of measuring Diversity, Equity, and Inclusion in your organization. You can stay up to date by signing up for our newsletter to the right of this post. Read part 1 here. What is Inclusion? Inclusion is the degree to which diverse [...]
