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Digging Into Program Data

About this event

This event is produced in partnership with Idealware. Registration is through the Idealware website.

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NAO Members get $10 off this webinar series by using the discount code on the Members Only Page. You must be logged in to view this page.

In our increasingly data-driven world, nonprofits need more than ever to be able to measure and monitor the effectiveness of their programs. It’s difficult to improve program services or reach without first measuring current effectiveness. How many meals served at a soup kitchen, the number of students in a mentoring program who graduate from high school, the percent of the target population without access to affordable housing—number like these can help organizations identify the areas where they can improve their programs.

Through participation in this course, you will:

  • Learn how to ask the right questions of your data.
  • Explore the many places where data can live.
  • Understand various analysis techniques and tools.
  • Evaluate multiple strategies for presenting your data.
  • Dive into case studies of real organizations using data to make decisions.

Participants will also be given weekly “homework” assignments. Registration includes an invitation to join the live broadcast for each webinar, as well as a recorded version that participants can view at their convenience.

Schedule

December 15: Asking the Right Questions

December 16: Hunting Down the Data

December 17: Presenting and Using Your Data

About the Presenter

Laura Quinn has been working in the software sector for nearly 20 years. As Idealware’s Director of Partnerships and Knowledge, she works with partners and helps guide content into high quality resources—including leading an extensive research project with the Bill + Melinda Gates Foundation to understand how program results data is shared across the sector, and leading Idealware’s work with thousands of nonprofits on outcomes management strategies. Prior to founding Idealware, Laura was an independent consultant helping nonprofits create internet strategies, select appropriate software, and then build sophisticated websites on limited budgets. She has also selected software, designed interfaces, and conducted user research for multimillion dollar software and website implementations with such companies as Accenture and iXL. Laura is a frequent speaker and writer on nonprofit technology topics.

Cost

$85 NAO Members

$95 Nonmembers

Individual sessions are not available.

This event is produced in partnership with Idealware. Registration is through the Idealware website.

REGISTER HERE

NAO Members get $10 off this webinar series by using the discount code on the Members Only Page. You must be logged in to view this page.