Measure & Accelerate Belonging: A Principles-Focused Evaluation Toolkit

How do you measure the impact of your equity and inclusion initiatives so that you can learn what’s working and what needs course correcting? Global experts Dr. Michael Quinn Patton, a world renowned organizational development and program evaluation expert in systems transformation, and Jessie Sutherland, the founding director of Intercultural Strategies and the award-winning Belonging […]

UVic MA in Community Development – Zoom info Session

Join the UVic School of Public Admin advising team for an info session about the phenomenal MA in Community Development (MACD) program. Learn more about the program highlights, the application process and have all your questions answered! The application for May 2024 Program start has been extended until November 15th, 2023.

Engage Your Collaborators with Data Parties

You’ve been tasked with doing an evaluation, research project, or collecting data for your nonprofit program, and have analysed the data. Your next task is to write a final report…or is it? What about hosting a data party? Data parties are a participatory session where you sit down with your partners, collaborators, and other stakeholders […]

Accreditation: Is it right for your organization?

Is your organization ready to become accredited?

What’s your nonprofit’s impact?

Nonprofits are increasingly expected to measure impact – but what are funders really looking for?

Reporting fundraising expenses

Canadians think charities have a long way to go when it comes to reporting fundraising expenses. How does your organization measure up?

Evaluation: Your tool to volunteer program success

This article describes a comprehensive and multi-faceted approach to volunteer program evaluation.

An introduction to grant reports

No matter what the guidelines or deadlines for your particular grant, you’ll eventually need to sit down and explain to your funder how you spent all those dollars and cents.

Outcome Measurement: Collecting the data

This is the fifth in a series of six articles that discuss outcome measurement. This month, we will discuss how to design and pre-test your data collection instruments and methods.

Outcome Measurement: Defining your program

This is the third in a series of six articles that discuss outcome measurement. This month we will look at defining outcomes and logic models for the programs you have selected for measurement.