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Session Title: Redefining The Way We Give
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Panel Session 674 to be held in Room 105 in the Convention Center on Friday, Nov 7, 3:25 PM to 4:10 PM
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Sponsored by the Non-profit and Foundations Evaluation TIG
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| David Hunter,
Hunter Consulting LLC,
david@dekhconsulting.com
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| Abstract:
Together, David Hunter, former foundation executive and current consultant helping nonprofits implement evidence-based programming and better align their efforts to producing measurable outcomes and Steve Butz, who leveraged his human services expertise and commitment to outcomes measurement to found Social Solutions, a software company that through its Efforts to Outcomes Software promotes the benefits of relating efforts to outcomes to improve the effectiveness of social service delivery, will discuss the desire for accountability and transparency among charitable givers and funders and the impact that has on the way organizations function. Hunter and Butz will detail the evolving expectations on organizations by those who are giving, the metrics necessary to evaluate nonprofit effectiveness, and the way organizations must transform their efforts through active measurement and performance management to reach a more effective state and successfully fulfill the new demands made by those supporting them.
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Tying Efforts to Outcomes and the Changing Impact of Nonprofit Organizations
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| Steve Butz,
Social Solutions,
steve@socialsolutions.com
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We know what matters most is not the number of classes taught or students who attended, but the real changes in the lives of those affected. That's why Steve Butz leveraged his own human services expertise and commitment to outcomes measurement to found Social Solutions, a software company that promotes the benefits of relating efforts to outcomes to improve the effectiveness of social service delivery. Butz will speak to the importance of tools, including technology, in assisting organizations in managing their performance through evaluation. Butz will also discuss the necessity to relate organizational efforts to outcomes, rather than merely outputs, in order to guarantee effective evaluation and the success of programs, funding, and the organization as a whole. In closing, he will detail the need for organizational evaluation, properly linking efforts to outcomes, for ideal effectiveness in meeting the evolving expectations set forth by both funders and charitable donors.
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Social Investing and the Need for Accountability
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| David Hunter,
Hunter Consulting LLC,
david@dekhconsulting.com
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While the commercial investor relies on well-developed and thoroughly tested metrics to guide and assess the potential of an investment and then understand its return, this has not been the case when it comes to nonprofits. Many donors, foundations, and corporations have a desire to make a difference, but often fail to engage in the proper research, analysis and oversight to ensure their social investments achieve desired results.
Hear from David Hunter, a nonprofit performance management consultant and managing partner of Hunter Consulting LLC, who will introduce the concept of social investing, an idea and a tool involving a series of metrics that, when applied, produce a more reliable and effective methodology for allocating funds to organizations. Learn how social investing will change the old approach of giving and usher in a new wave of responsible investing, benefiting both those who give and high-performing organizations who produce measured results.
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