evaluationroundtable.org
Evaluation Roundtable - What We Do
http://www.evaluationroundtable.org/about.html
The Evaluation Roundtable is housed at the Center for Evaluation Innovation. A Washington D.C.-based nonprofit that is pushing evaluation practice in new ways and into new arenas. Ben is co-founder and director of the Institute for Voluntary Action Research. And has more than 25 years' experience with the voluntary sector as a volunteer, manager, trustee, and researcher. Ben is an Honorary Research Fellow of Birkbeck, University of London and Strategic Adviser to the Center for Evaluation Innovation.
dragonflyflight.wordpress.com
Dragonfly Consultation, Counselling & Research AND Flight – More DRAGONFLY
https://dragonflyflight.wordpress.com/author/dragonflyflight
A blog for critical yet caring, thought, dialogue and practice in human and social services. What We Have to Say. Author: Dragonfly Consultation, Counselling & Research AND Flight. Introducing the Social Justice Seminars! May 2, 2015. Dragonfly Consultation, Counselling & Research AND Flight. The Social Justice Seminars. How Can We Measure Up? Sharing Key Learning in the Evaluation of Wicked Problems. November 20, 2014. November 27, 2014. Dragonfly Consultation, Counselling & Research AND Flight. We will...
atlaslearning.org
No More Half Measures: A new brief on supporting advocacy capacity and policy campaigns — Atlas Learning Project
http://atlaslearning.org/blog-atlas/2016/10/12/no-more-half-measures-a-new-brief-on-supporting-advocacy-capacity-and-policy-campaigns
No More Half Measures: A new brief on supporting advocacy capacity and policy campaigns. October 12, 2016. In a segment earlier this year on her show. Samantha Bee raised an important lesson for foundations about the consequences of half measures in their advocacy work. That interview aired this past February -. 43 years and 1 month. After Roe v. Wade was decided. Few policy wins are conclusive now, if they ever were at all. It’s rare that advocacy and policy work simply ends with the passage of a bi...
atlaslearning.org
Atlantic’s Big Bet to Put Advocacy Lessons to Use — Atlas Learning Project
http://atlaslearning.org/blog-atlas/2015/5/1/atlantics-big-bet-to-put-advocacy-lessons-to-use
Atlantic’s Big Bet to Put Advocacy Lessons to Use. April 30, 2015. Enter for Evaluation Innovation. Is excited to announce the Atlas Learning Project, a three-year effort supported by The Atlantic Philanthropies. To synthesize and strategically communicate lessons from the advocacy and policy change efforts that Atlantic and other funders have supported in the U.S. The Atlantic Philanthropies occupies a unique space in the field of philanthropy, not only as the largest foundation in history to conclude g...
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Step Into The Fight: New Video and Reports on Philanthropy's Role in Legal Advocacy — Atlas Learning Project
http://atlaslearning.org/blog-atlas/2016/5/2/step-into-the-fight-new-video-and-reports-on-philanthropys-role-in-legal-advocacy
Step Into The Fight: New Video and Reports on Philanthropy's Role in Legal Advocacy. May 02, 2016. Over the last year, TCC Group. Has been conducting a field review into the world of legal advocacy in the nonprofit sector. Partnering with the Center for Evaluation Innovation. And the Atlantic Philanthropies. As part of the Atlas Learning Project. As well, we encourage you to visit TCC Group's legal advocacy page. To learn more, access new legal advocacy guides for funders and advocates, and sign up to re...
atlaslearning.org
Could Foundations Have Mounted A Better Defense of the ACA? — Atlas Learning Project
http://atlaslearning.org/blog-atlas/could-foundations-have-better-supported-advocates-defense-of-the-aca
Could Foundations Have Mounted A Better Defense of the ACA? September 14, 2016. It came sometime after the You lie! Outburst and the false claims of death panels, but before two potentially fatal US Supreme Court decisions and sixty-seven consecutive votes to repeal in the US House of Representatives. Given the ongoing vulnerability of the ACA, what could philanthropy have done differently to better support advocacy around implementation and help shore up this nascent law? Sought to explore what supporti...
planning.continuousprogress.org
How it Works | Advocacy Progress Planner
http://planning.continuousprogress.org/node/22424
Skip to Main Content Area. Ready to get started? Start a plan now. Log in to access your Plans. Want to see the APP in action? See a sample plan. The Advocacy Progress Planner (APP) is a free online "logic model" for advocates who want to start thinking about planning and evaluation. The APP enables advocates to:. Make realistic predictions about feasible accomplishments. Record information to make improvements along the way. What change needs to happen? Who can make it happen? What else is going on?
planning.continuousprogress.org
How it Works | Advocacy Progress Planner
http://planning.continuousprogress.org/how-it-works
Skip to Main Content Area. Ready to get started? Start a plan now. Log in to access your Plans. Want to see the APP in action? See a sample plan. The Advocacy Progress Planner (APP) is a free online "logic model" for advocates who want to start thinking about planning and evaluation. The APP enables advocates to:. Make realistic predictions about feasible accomplishments. Record information to make improvements along the way. What change needs to happen? Who can make it happen? What else is going on?
socialvelocity.net
Guest Post: An Emergent Approach to Philanthropic Strategy | Social Velocity
http://www.socialvelocity.net/2015/07/guest-post-an-emergent-approach-to-philanthropic-strategy
Download a free Financing Not Fundraising e-book when you sign up for email updates. Guest Post: An Emergent Approach to Philanthropic Strategy. Note: As I mentioned earlier. I am taking a few weeks away from the blog to relax and reconnect with the world outside of social change. But I am leaving you in the incredibly capable hands of a rockstar set of guest bloggers. Next up is Kelly Born, program officer at the Hewlett Foundation. Here is her guest post…. In exploring this problem of congressional dys...
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