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Shifting Power Dynamics: Are We Ready to Share?
Learn to Listen and Listen to Learn– and Why it Matters
Shifting the Upside-Down Nature of Data-Use in the Social Sector
Questions: A Powerful Tool to Learning
Data Practices & Elevating the Voices of Lived Experiences
Racial Injustice & COVID-19 – Inform Your Actions
ResultsLab
ResultsLab delivers the data mindset, skill set, and tool set established nonprofits need for programmatic success.
We are thrilled to welcome Kerry Kozuki to our team! 👋
His extensive experience driving consulting teams focused on #nonprofit #capacitybuilding and his focus on #diversity, #equity and #inclusion will be a great asset to both our team and our clients. Learn more about Kerry here: https://www.resultslab.org/blog-kerry-kozuki-joins-resultslab/
Today we'd like to highlight our client Assuring Better Child Health & Development
It's been exciting to be a part of their journey going back to our first #ImpactAccelerator project several years ago. We've seen the incredible work that the team has been doing to align and mobilize pediatric and community partners to improve early childhood developmental outcomes, and are excited to see the continued #impact this organization is driving.
https://www.resultslab.org/blog-setting-a-baseline-for-program-improvement-growth/
"It all depends on the relationships, and pay attention to them." https://www.ted.com/talks/kent_pekel_getting_relationships_right
Interesting TED Talk from Search Institute's ED, Kent Pekel on adult-youth relationships
We know relationships are critical to improving youth outcomes, but we are largely under-investing in developing these relationships.
#ExpressCare #ChallengeGrowth #ProvideSupport #SharePower #ExpandPossibilities
"...failure is a necessary corollary to innovation and failures should be reframed as productive learning experiences. Adopting this ethic instills a culture of innovation that ultimately fuels faster growth."
#leanimpact #learningculture #socialimpact #scalingimpact
https://leanstartup.co/how-to-optimize-impact-by-embracing-failure-three-questions-you-should-be-asking-at-your-organization/
Is your organization ready to harness the power of #data to make informed decisions, gain new insights and accelerate #impact for the collective good of our communities?
Join our Impact Accelerator waitlist - https://www.resultslab.org/resource-impact-accelerator/
For Jaclyn Sablosky, data is a tool to drive greater impact and build learning cultures in organizations. Read more about Jaclyn's hopes for the social sector, her background, and her hobbies outside of work. #MeetTheTeam #socialimpact #learningculture
https://bit.ly/3r00vMB
"Too often, foundations get in the way of nonprofits doing the work they know best. This can slow down progress, perpetuate inequities, and obstruct nonprofit growth and innovation. Trust-based philanthropy reimagines that dynamic, building a world in which funders authentically partner with grantees in a spirit of service."
https://trustbasedphilanthropy.org/resources-articles/tbp-overview
#buildtrust #nonprofit #philanthropy
We are looking for 3 people to become a part of our team! #hiring
Amazing opportunity to help organizations build capacity to create a culture of learning and embrace data to drive program quality and effectiveness.
Apply now: https://www.resultslab.org/careers/
#impactmanagement #evaluation #programeval #capacitybuilding
Great tip from Storytelling With Data (SWD): "connect the dots for your audience"
When presented the right way, data can be a powerful catalyst for change. Often the value of our ideas isn't what's holding us back, but rather the inability to communicate that value meaningfully.
https://www.storytellingwithdata.com/blog/2016/1/26/connecting-the-dots
#powerofdata #datastorytelling
"Since COVID-19 began its devastating course, foundations of all types and sizes have stepped up with new commitments of support... this can mean converting project-based funding to unrestricted support and making new grants as unrestricted as possible, among many other steps."
Will foundations adopt these funding changes for the long-term or will they return to the status quo in the aftermath of COVID-19?
Read more:https://ssir.org/articles/entry/how_much_we_give_is_important_but_how_we_give_it_is_too