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MANAGEMENT & GOVERNANCE
How to keep your
Mission RELEVANT
and what to do
when it’s NOT.
WHAT
Ideally, you should be using
current data and
community input to
regularly verify that your
Mission is still important
and addresses a real need.
WHY
Communities are constantly in
flux. The needs of this decade
aren’t the same as previous
ones...
HOW
You have to know who your
focus population is.
Collect meaningful data.
Give your focus population a
voice in your organization.
HOW: Collect Meaningful Data
Formative & Summative
Collect data during and at the end of
projects or events.
Qualitative
Data that can’t be measured. Examples:
anecdotes, interviews.
Quantitative
Data that can be measured, like attendance
at events or # of individuals served.
Make a friend at the library
HOW: Collect Meaningful Data
Ask orgs serving similar populations.
Chances are, they have some of the data
you’re looking for, or didn’t even know
you needed :).
Design project evaluations with the
Mission in mind.
Whether you have an outside evaluator or
not, conduct your own surveys,
interviews and other data collection
techniques (and have some procedures
in place for how to process and make
sense of the data).
HOW: Give Your Focus Population a Voice
On your board
Be ‘constituent-led’
In committees
At least one member of
each committee is ideal.
As staff and volunteers
How are you recruiting
HOW: Give Your Focus Population a Voice
During project development
As you plan something
new, take time to get
feedback.
Social media!
Make sure you are
leveraging Facebook and
others to engage a
FOR MORE:
Grantiply.com -> Storyboard Your Project
https://www.facebook.com/grantiply/

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How to Keep Your Nonprofit Mission Relevant

  • 1. MANAGEMENT & GOVERNANCE How to keep your Mission RELEVANT and what to do when it’s NOT.
  • 2. WHAT Ideally, you should be using current data and community input to regularly verify that your Mission is still important and addresses a real need.
  • 3. WHY Communities are constantly in flux. The needs of this decade aren’t the same as previous ones...
  • 4. HOW You have to know who your focus population is. Collect meaningful data. Give your focus population a voice in your organization.
  • 5. HOW: Collect Meaningful Data Formative & Summative Collect data during and at the end of projects or events. Qualitative Data that can’t be measured. Examples: anecdotes, interviews. Quantitative Data that can be measured, like attendance at events or # of individuals served. Make a friend at the library
  • 6. HOW: Collect Meaningful Data Ask orgs serving similar populations. Chances are, they have some of the data you’re looking for, or didn’t even know you needed :). Design project evaluations with the Mission in mind. Whether you have an outside evaluator or not, conduct your own surveys, interviews and other data collection techniques (and have some procedures in place for how to process and make sense of the data).
  • 7. HOW: Give Your Focus Population a Voice On your board Be ‘constituent-led’ In committees At least one member of each committee is ideal. As staff and volunteers How are you recruiting
  • 8. HOW: Give Your Focus Population a Voice During project development As you plan something new, take time to get feedback. Social media! Make sure you are leveraging Facebook and others to engage a
  • 9. FOR MORE: Grantiply.com -> Storyboard Your Project https://www.facebook.com/grantiply/