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Why Needs Assessments are Critical to Solving Complex Social Problems

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How Recently Has Your Organization Conducted a Needs Assessment? As a nonprofit or government agency professional, your goal is to deliver solutions that improve complex social problems such as poverty, social inequities, addiction, homelessness, and lack of access to quality education. Have you ever wondered why, despite your best intentions, your overall community’s population-level outcomes […]

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Data-Driven Strategic Planning Moves Missions Farther Faster

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You may be familiar with Benjamin Franklin’s famous quote, “If you fail to plan, you are planning to fail.” For most social sector leadership teams, the question isn’t why you should develop a strategic plan, but rather how can you develop a strategy that will drive your organization to reach its mission as fast as

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5 Data-Driven Methods to Enhance Stakeholder Trust and Transparency

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Stakeholder trust is a key to success for any government or nonprofit organization. Funders, clients, and even taxpayers fund, engage, and support the organizations they know, like, and trust. The challenge with trust is that it cannot be bought, rather it must be earned and practiced across all levels of the organization. Trust is generated

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Measuring Impact, Not Counting Individuals

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Western Youth Services (WYS) is a nonprofit organization that provides mental health services on behalf of children and their families throughout Orange County, California. WYS has decades of experience and expertise in treatment for those with diagnosable mental health conditions. In addition, a current focus is on prevention and early intervention services for at-risk youth

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Social Enterprises Test New Social Impact Seal

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COLUMBUS, Ohio, 14 November 2018—SocialVentures and Better Business Bureau of Central Ohio (BBB), in collaboration with Measurement Resources Company (MRC), are advancing a pilot program to develop a new service that will review, validate, and communicate the social impact created by social enterprises in Central Ohio. Thirteen social enterprise pilot participants will market test a

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5 Tips for Collaborative Strategic Planning

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A major foundation convened 40 mission-driven leaders who were committed to revitalizing their neighborhood. The goal was to discuss developing a coordinated community plan, which would allow them to better align their work to achieve more sustainable solutions to improve the economic vitality and prosperity of this area’s residents and communities. Philanthropists, non-profit executive directors,

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Develop a Sustainable, Data-Driven Culture

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New Option for Implementing Performance Measurement to Achieve Increased Social Impact Through Continuous Improvement It’s no secret that high-performing organizations are successful because they are focused and consistently use data to drive strategic decisions predictably. Increasingly, social sector leaders recognize the value of taking data-driven approaches to improve mission impact and organizational outcomes. And the

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Measurement Resources Leads Needs Assessment for Youth Homelessness

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Community Shelter Board has been awarded a $6M demonstration grant from the U.S. Department of Housing and Urban Development to reduce youth homelessness in central Ohio. Columbus, OH (August 23, 2018)—Measurement Resources Company (MRC) will lead a needs assessment research project to better understand youth homelessness in central Ohio. In conjunction with Community Shelter Board’s

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Organizational Culture as a Predictor of Mission Outcomes

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Is the social sector focused on the things that are most predictive of success? And if these organizations are not focused on the right things, how can nonprofit leaders bring their organizations back into alignment?  So often, the urgency to demonstrate results for funders and donors supersedes any attention to internal outcomes. Although the intention

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Charly Bauer

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Charly Bauer, executive director for Measurement Resources, leads the team of data analysts and subject matter experts to help purpose-driven organizations use measurement to move their missions forward. Prior to joining Measurement Resources in early 2022, Charly served as C-suite executive and co-founder of Jeni’s Splendid Ice Creams, where he supported the growth of the company from one to 58 scoop shops in 16 cities. He also managed the company’s philanthropy efforts and led the organization through the process of becoming a Certified B Corporation in 2013. He currently serves on nonprofit boards, including BuddyUp for Life and Besa, and has previously served on the boards of Leadership Columbus, the Short North Business Association and Short North Alliance, and the North Market Development Authority, where Jeni’s had its first retail location. Prior to Jeni’s, Charly served as a product manager at OCLC, Inc., the global library technology and research organization.

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