After people, data is your organization's most important asset. Data can and should be used to help your organization make smarter decisions about the work you do now and to shape the way you work in the future.
As more data becomes available to us and the tools to understand it all become more user-friendly, nonprofits have an opportunity - even a duty - to use data to gain a more robust understanding of our work, the communities in which we work, and the impact we're making.
Our upcoming three-part series, "Being Data Driven to Advance Your Mission", will help you transform the way you think about and manage data.
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Last Fall, more than 400 people attended our first Data series, so we've brought it back with new presenters and topics. We'll cover:
- Principles of Data Tracking
- What Data You Are Able to Collect
- Deciding What Data to Collect/How it is Meaningful
- How to Collect Data
- How to Store Data
- Ways to Retrieve/Present Data
- Using Data to Make Decisions
- Ongoing Process - Changing as Data Needs Change
- How to Apply All This to Your Organization
We'll discuss case studies from organizations doing amazing things with data throughout the series.. There will be a worksheet which will help participants come away with a data management strategy for their own organization. Most organizations' data falls into one of four categories: fundraising, marketing/outreach, administrative and programs. While they are all linked, the primary focus of this series is on data related to programs and services.
Webinars in this series will include:
March 9 - Becoming a Data Driven Organization
We'll discuss the awesome possibilities that data has to help organization's use data to drive mission and make decisions that further their work.
March 16 - Using Data to Drive Decision Making
Once you have a good data strategy and are collecting the right data, what are ways to retrieve, present and use data effectively. How do you change your process as your data needs change (new programs, new reporting requirements, etc)?
March 23 - Where Data Comes From: Implementing Constituent Relationship Management (CRM) to Advance Your Mission
We'll cover tactics and strategies for applying excellent data management practices in your organization, along with CRM data techniques.