Join the Nonprofit Center and your Clay County nonprofit peers for the third in our Program Evaluation series, Choosing the Right Measures of Success. You understand your program goals, and the work that will help achieve them. Perhaps you even have a logic model or project plan? But how do you measure success? This training…

Data obviously provides the basis of your metrics, but numbers without any kind of organization will impede success. In this session, we will help you determine the best methods for feedback collection through surveys and other tools and how to go about using that data to help you to evaluate your programs. The Nonprofit Center…

Do you need to develop a clear purpose, vision and direction for your nonprofit organization? Do you want to get your board aligned around an agreed upon set of priorities? Then it’s time to develop a strategic plan. This workshop will help you pull together the basics to develop a strategic framework to guide your…

Logic models are a tool used by program leaders, funders, and managers to design, implement, and evaluate the success of a program or project. Logic models help build agreement and buy-in during the planning stage of a program, organize implementation strategy, and track outcomes in a manageable, clear blueprint. This hands-on workshop will walk participants…

In this session participants work through a template for emergency business continuity and leave with an addendum focusing on the 14 most important questions you need to answer right now to better address the impact of COVID-19 and its aftermath on your nonprofit.  The Nonprofit Center believes that Organizational Learning and Measurement is one of the…

While for-profit organizations would never rely on volunteers to perform essential business services, nonprofits accept these risks every day. That choice creates numerous training, supervision, and motivational challenges. In this workshop, participants collaboratively identify the threats and leave with an arsenal of actionable ideas to protect and enhance their nonprofits’ volunteer operations and maximize volunteer…

*This workshop is part of the 2021 Grants Mini-Series: Design, Measure, and Fund the Change You Seek. To register for the full series, Click here. You have clear goals, and a strong understanding of what your program does (and why). In this workshop, you will design an evaluation and measurement plan that is the right…

This is Part 2 of a Risk Management series being offered specifically to Clay County Nonprofit organizations at no cost. If you have not already registered for Part 1: Resilience 101 – click here. In this session, we expand on Resilience 101 using a fictitious nonprofit showing how each of the tools is used through…

Do you have a successful program, but want to refine it or better understand and share its results? Do you have a great new idea for social change, but need a structure to bring it to life and get it funded? Are you looking to strengthen your organization’s approach to measuring outcomes and making data-driven…

*This workshop is part of the 2021 Grants Mini-Series: Design, Measure, and Fund the Change You Seek. To register for the full series, Click here. In this workshop, you will define goals for your organization or program, develop a roadmap for it, and understand how to build and communicate your strategy based on evidence.  Whether…