Guest authors Diana Davenport and John Craig discuss how The Commonwealth Fund has sought to improve their staff satisfaction through empowerment.
Creating Community at The Commonwealth Fund
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The CEP blog aims to offer a range of perspectives, experiences, and opinions related to effective philanthropic practice. We welcome submissions that address crucial issues facing individual and institutional donors and are not self-promotional in nature. The views expressed in these posts are not necessarily CEP’s own.
Survey Says: Understanding Employees’ Perceptions Helps Drive Improvement
Guest author James R. Knickman shares his perspective on empowering employees at the New York State Health Foundation.
Data Point: Donor Motivations for Initially Establishing Funds at Community Foundations
Grace Nicolette shares a data point about donor motivations relevant to the ongoing debate over the charitable tax deduction and the fiscal cliff.
What do you want to be when you grow up? Satisfied with your job!
Ellie Buteau introduces new research, drawn from our Staff Perception Report, that illuminates the keys to employee empowerment and satisfaction.
Forging Ahead: A Refresh for the GPR in 2013
Kevin Bolduc concludes his series celebrating the 10th anniversary of our flagship assessment tool by announcing a new format and exhanced features for the Grantee Perception Report.
Fueling Change Through Feedback
Kevin Bolduc continues his series at the 10-year anniversary of the GPR, explaining how both funders and CEP have used constituent feedback to improve their work.
From Vision To Reality
Kevin Bolduc looks back at the origins of the Grantee Perception Report 10 years ago and thanks the funders who supported it from the beginning.
Searching for Certitude in the Nuance of Numbers
Guest author Cindy Gibson reflects on the danger of assuming data is an end in itself and offers suggestions on how to make the most of the wave of data currently being collected.
We Just Need To Listen
YouthTruth Executive Director Marny Sumrall applauds recent efforts to raise the profile of student feedback in education reform.
Measuring Our People: A Metrics-Based Approach to Talent Management
CEP Director of Talent & Administration Brian Hughes presents his approach for applying data to talent management.
Which Data? And Who Will Pay for It?
Phil Buchanan shares insights on the importance of credible data and robust nonprofit performance management systems in light of the recent push for “big data.”
Grantee Feedback: A Tool for Assessing Program Officers
Senior Research Analyst Elizabeth Kelley offers points to consider when using individual program officer level feedback from grantees.
It Takes Dedicated Funding to Do Leadership Development Right
Guest author Linda Wood ruminates on the obstacles to getting grantees to use funding for leadership development.
Designing a Better Partnership
Nathan Hutto of Horizons for Homeless Children proposes a new way to structure the relationship between funders and grantees to improve performance assessment.
Philanthropy’s Innovation Pile Up
Jeff Raikes of the Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation discusses obstacles in the way of realizing the full potential of innovative solutions.
Shifting Priorities in the Nonprofit Sector: Creating a Performance Management Culture
Cynthia Figueroa of Congreso de Latinos Unidos comments on the themes she sees threaded through our “Room for Improvement” report.
A New Phase for Nonprofit Performance Measurement
David Pritchard of New Philanthropy Capital relates the findings in “Room for Improvement” to similar research NPC is doing in the UK.
Five Hurdles to Nonprofit Performance Assessment
Guest author Lauren Gilbert of Building Educated Leaders for Life (BELL) presents a series of obstacles that nonprofits face in their attempts to complete rigorous, valuable performance assessment.
Recasting the Relationship Between Foundations and Nonprofits
Guest author Dan Cardinali discusses how foundations can remove the impediments to better nonprofit performance assessment infrastructure.
A Wake-Up Call for Funders: Effectiveness Requires More Support for Grantees’ Assessment Efforts
Elizabeth Boris of the Urban Institute reacts to the findings of our “Room for Improvement” report, describing foundations as missing in action.