Streamlining Social Service Workflows Across Sectors Foundations, nonprofits, and government agencies share a common goal of delivering meaningful services that improve lives and strengthen communities. Yet across all three sectors, a significant portion of time and resources is often consumed by administrative tasks, reporting requirements, and fragmented data systems. Most social service organizations operate [...]
Why Tracking Outcomes, Key Results, and Performance (OKRs + KPIs) Isn’t Enough Clear Impact Scorecard is a highly customizable platform that supports the tracking of OKRs, KPIs, and other performance management frameworks. Its greater value, however, lies in helping organizations go beyond measurement alone by applying the Results-Based Accountability™ (RBA) framework to improve outcomes [...]
Why Visual Dashboards Are the Future of Impact Communication In today’s environment, static reports are no longer enough. Public health, education, and workforce development are sectors that are under constant pressure to show progress, prove outcomes, and keep stakeholders informed. The problem is that traditional reports often take too long to build and become [...]
From Requirements to Results in Workforce Funding Across the country, state workforce agencies, local workforce boards, American Job Centers, and training providers are preparing for modifications to the Workforce Innovation and Opportunity Act (WIOA) State Plans for Program Years 2026 and 2027. Federal guidance makes clear that states must update their strategies, reassess labor [...]
Why Rural Health Transformation Grantees Need a Unified Data System Rural Health Transformation Program (RHTP) grants usually involve three factors: Multiple partners (clinics, hospitals, behavioral health, public health, social services) Multiple goals (access, quality, workforce, cost, equity) Multiple reporting requirements (federal, state, internal governance) Without a shared system, data lives in silos, reporting becomes [...]
5 Ways to Align Community Partners Towards Community Impact Aligning community partners towards driving community impact is a topic almost every community in the world is trying to grapple with. Every community wants to improve conditions of well-being for its residents. Every community wants a clean environment, healthy people, children succeeding in school, [...]
Breaking Down Data Silos: How CDFIs Can Modernize Impact Reporting and Strengthen Community Outcomes Community Development Financial Institutions (CDFIs) are more than lenders — they’re change-makers. From financing small businesses to supporting affordable housing, their work fuels local economies and creates opportunities for communities often left behind. But while their missions are ambitious, their [...]
By: Christian Ragland February 24th, 2023 Strategic Planning, alternatively referred to as "Vision-Based Community Impact Planning," is a systematic approach to planning for the future, adapting to changes, and making a community impact vision come to life. Strategic planning in the social and public sectors greatly benefits from the use of [...]
By: Christian Ragland and Kayleigh Weaver February 01st, 2023 Organizations engaging in Collective Impact know that effective collaboration and communication are critical to achieving impact within a large network of partners. This is also true when it comes to managing the data that informs performance and impact measurement efforts. One way [...]
In the philanthropic funding space, having good intentions does not always mean good results. As hard of a pill as this may be to swallow, it's an important fact that every funder should accept. Sometimes we try to get by on our good intentions, but as my friend and mentor Mark Friedman says in [...]
