Tag Archives: data

Webinar: Effective Strategic Planning

From 4GoodResources a merger of IdeaEncore, Nonprofit Webinars and Nonprofit Direct. Measure, Monitor, Report When: 5/15/13  1:00-2:00pm Cost: Free Register Today This webinar rounds out our strategic planning series with a look at selecting what to measure and how to use, track and report the data. Conducted by Sam Frank of Synthesis Partnership. Learn more. [...]

Survey of Financial Services for Vermont Nonprofits

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This month, Common Good Vermont partners with Davis & Hodgdon Associates, a Vermont based CPA firm specializing in the nonprofit industry, to better identify the financial management priorities of Vermont’s nonprofit organizations. Complete the Survey The results will pinpoint the specific accounting services that will assist nonprofits as they strive for financial sustainability. Results citing [...]

VIDEO: Got Data?

At the Vermont Nonprofit Conference 2013, UVM’s Center for Rural Studies presents how to access, use and best present federal and locally produced data to conduct market research, write grant applications and evaluate programs. Panelists include CRS staffers Michael Moser and Florence Becot. See the full Vermont Nonprofit Conference 2013 Report.  

News: Nonprofit Finance Fund Releases 2013 Survey Results

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The Nonprofit Finance Fund just released their 2013 State of the Nonprofit Sector Survey, supported by the Bank of America Charitable Foundation. Here is the short story: Nearly 6000 respondents from all 50 states–34 from Vermont–reported financial and management details showing the substantial changes that many organizations are making after years of economic stress. In the [...]

News: The 2013 eNonprofit Benchmarks Study is here

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Here it is, your annual dose of data. How’s it taste? Sweet! Online revenue was up 21% last year. Monthly giving was positively booming, up 43%. Refreshing! Social media audience sizes skyrocketed in 2012. Nonprofits increased their Twitter followers by 264% last year. Kinda bitter! A whole bunch of email metrics weren’t looking so hot, [...]

Vermont Nonprofit Conference 2013 Presentation Support Materials

This year’s Vermont Nonprofit Conference was attended by 265 nonprofit leaders from 191 organizations on March 21st 2013 at Lake Morey Inn in Fairlee Vermont. Thanks to our generous presenters,  we’ll be posting their materials and video here. If you don’t find the link here, it is coming soon!  Review and share widely. Agenda for [...]

SOLD OUT: Vermont Nonprofit Conference 2013

Common Good Vermont, Benchmarks for a Better Vermont and our nonprofit colleagues are getting ready for the networking and learning event of the year! We have sold out! If you would like to be included on a Waitlist, include your name here. 250 folks from all sectors will attend the Vermont Nonprofit Conference 2013: The [...]

Workshop: Usable Knowledge for Public Policy and Management

Thanks to Tom Barefoot for sharing this event at UVM-MPA. UVM’s Master’s in Public Administration is hosting a  talk on Community Based Research (CBR) in Generating Usable Knowledge for PPM by Dr. Naim Kapucu on March 28, from 2-3pm in the Dean’s Conference Room in Morrill Hall.  Dr. Kapucu is a professor at the University [...]

Who’s Coming to the Vermont Nonprofit Conference 2013?

Excitement is building as we prepare for the Vermont Nonprofit Conference on March 21st at Lake More Resort. More than 250 people from 150 organizations are registered– from every corner of the state and New England. This conference will have professionals, not only from across the region but across a variety of sectors. Over twelve [...]

Webinar: Coffee Break Series from the American Evaluators Association

The American Evaluators Association is offering a webinars on evaluation for the data-driven and the data-phobic alike. The American Evaluators Association is  pleased to offer a series of short coffee-break-length demonstrations of 20-minutes each that introduce tools of use to evaluators. You can view and PREregister for upcoming webinars at the AEA website. If you [...]