This is our third and final post in a series sharing tips from The IllumiLab team and members of our community of practice for nonprofits that are preparing to hire their first internal evaluator. In our last post, we shared some tips and questions to consider as you decide what type of support your evaluator[…]
Nonprofit professionals are do-ers. We are fixers. Heck, we build planes while we fly them, right? Believe it or not, these penchants for action and for fixing can actually interfere with sound problem solving, data-informed decision-making, and continuous improvement. In our rush to make changes and improvements, we skip important steps that shortchange our understanding[…]
In our last post, we highlighted the importance of recognizing the significance and impact of change efforts and preparing our teams for change. This post is about how to sustain changes to make lasting improvements. It is springtime, which means the lessons I have learned from nature, many of which I learned the hard way[…]
The only constant is change, so they say. Nonprofits are constantly adapting to changing needs, demands, and circumstances. We react, adapt, pivot, and make do. It can be exhausting and unsettling. Change is so common and constant that we often fail to see it at all, much less recognize that it is something that needs[…]