“If you don’t know where you are going, how are you gonna’ know when you get there?” Yogi Berra We have the privilege of working with organizations to help them create their “road map” or strategic plan for the next 3-5 years. In the course of completing these...
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Collaborative Grants Lead to Greater Impact
Since the beginning of the COVID-19 pandemic, more children and youth have experienced anxiety, depression, low self-esteem, and distress due to social isolation and economic conditions. Remote learning has led to learning loss across the country, evident in the drop...
Using a Collective Impact Framework to Support Your Community
Do you see a community issue or need that goes beyond what your organization alone can address? Are you striving to create collective impact by strengthening the talent pipeline, growing the population, upscaling the workforce, expanding childcare, addressing food...
Besides an ask, did you say thank you for your donation?
Research shows nearly a third of giving happens at the end of the year, so now is the time to focus on communication and donor stewardship. Hopefully, your year-end campaign will bring in new donors as well as repeat donors. Throughout your campaign, don’t forget to...
6 Strategies to Maximize #GivingTuesday
Year-end giving can always be a challenge as everyone is trying new strategies to make the most dollars in a small window of time (check out our 10 tips to implement here). One strategy to include in your campaign is #GivingTuesday. Giving Tuesday falls on the Tuesday...
Using Data to Tell Your Story
We say we’re #datanerds at Transform Consulting Group. However, for a communication and marketing person like myself, I will admit that data intimidates me. I prefer using words and emotions to convey ideas rather than numbers and excel sheets. So, how does that...
Build a Data Dashboard in 7 Steps
We love data! If you’ve followed our team long, then you’ve heard this before, but we really are proud #datanerds. We also love utilizing data tools like dashboards to help visualize data (we break down why in this blog). Check out some of the dashboards we have...
“Act” in the PDSA Process
Give yourself a pat on the back. You’re now at the final stage of the Plan-Do-Study-Act (PDSA) cycle (review other steps here and here)! You’ve planned out your process, conducted your intervention, studied the results, and now it’s time to decide how to act. The Act...
3 Steps to Establish Clear Outcomes
Evaluation is key in determining if your program is making the desired impact. While critical, evaluation can be an overwhelming and intimidating process for organizations. We have worked with several clients to help them embark on the journey of evaluating their...