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...
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...
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...
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...
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...
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...
Are you accomplishing what your organization set out to accomplish? We know you're doing important work at Transform Consulting Group (TCG). We also know you are passionate about serving your community. But are you actually doing it? And if so, how do you prove it?...
We often talk with clients who identify barriers to their success, but they don’t realize that they may need to create a strategic plan in order to accomplish their goals. In other cases, our clients do recognize their need for a new strategic plan, but they lack the...
The data is out! We now have access to giving trends from 2021 and are looking at the implications these numbers will have on your organization’s strategies moving forward. Giving USA 2022: The Annual Report on Philanthropy for the Year 2021 shows that national...
More and more organizations are working towards building a data-informed culture. This blog discussed what it means to be a data-informed organization. As we have been working with organizations to develop and strengthen their culture to be data-informed, an essential...
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