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 [...]
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, [...]
The following is the first 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 2 here. What is Diversity? Diversity represents the mixture of one or [...]
Summary of Client Results: The work of funded partners is now tied to strategies that align with results and indicators. Increased consistency in how they articulate performance measurement. Enhanced communication throughout measurement and reporting processes. Established a system for communicating outcomes for the GRF. Wedged between Houston's massive sprawl and the warm embrace of the [...]
Last updated: 1/30/22 In public sector work, we can't just try hard and hope for the best. An organization's executives, boards, funders, investors, and communities demand and deserve proof of impact. People want to know whether their time, money, and efforts are making a difference – and why shouldn’t they? Understanding the type, quality, [...]
By: Kayleigh P. Marques Jan 29th, 2018 (updated Aug. 1st, 2024) **NOTE: PHAB has updated its Standards and Measures since the publishing of this blog in January of 2018. Therefore, the exact Domain, Standard, and Measure names in this blog may not match the updated versions. However, PHAB still requires the use of [...]
We get asked questions like this all the time: We have a case management (or data) system. Why would we need another one? I like the sounds of a performance improvement system, but where does the data come from? I have lots of data, but no one is using it. Can [...]
