by Josh Aranda | Oct 14, 2021 | Data, Information Management, Technology
In 2008, the App Store on IOS was released. I can still remember being on a trip to New York in December of 2008 with my wife and using AroundMe for the very first time. It was mind blowing. Most of us as individuals were all so amazed and exited to jump into the...
by Gretchen Pettet | Jun 17, 2020 | Data, Data Management, Information Management, Information Systems, Nonprofit, Salesforce, Technology
By Gretchen Pettet and Jason Ott Listen, we get it. Getting your nonprofit started in the tech space or upgrading your current system is probably pretty low on the list of things you want to do. We’ve been in this business almost ten years and we’ve heard...
by Josh Aranda | Feb 27, 2020 | Data, Data Management, Entrepreneur, Expertise, Impact, Information Management, Leadership, Measuring, Mission, Nonprofit, Operational Excellence, Strategic Plan, Values
Years ago, I worked at an organization that held a regular monthly meeting to review its most important programmatic outcomes. The meeting was made up of the executives and directors within the organization. The goal was to make sure everyone was on the same page...
by Josh Aranda | Jan 24, 2020 | Data, Data Management, Information Management, Leadership, Measuring, Strategic Plan
By: Shaun Lee Many successful nonprofits embrace the use of data to demonstrate impact, and yet there is still so much work needed to align the day-to-day missional work to the reports used to quantify impact. Often there is a significant feeling of...
by Fervor Admin | Aug 16, 2017 | Data, Data Management, Information Systems, Measuring, Salesforce, Technology
Fortunately, nonprofits are full of doers. People who are willing to get it done. Folks who are accustomed to figuring things out. Staff that know how to do more with less. Despite that drive and resourcefulness “bringing it in house” doesn’t always make sense. ...
by Fervor Admin | Aug 1, 2017 | Data, Impact, Measuring
While the concept of differentiating between your outputs and outcomes is nothing new to non-profits, the reality is that many still struggle to clearly define them. The concept of measuring outcomes emerged in the funding community a couple decades ago and...
