Monitoring and Evaluation’s role in donor engagement, retention and reporting (and how to get started) (WEBINAR)
Course Information:
At the Connecting Up Conference in May Gus Quiroga from IBM Watson asked the question “What is stopping you from achieving you mission at scale? This webinar will explore some the trends we are seeing by putting a spotlight on the role that Monitoring and Evaluation can play to providing insights and data to engage your funders whether they be traditional donors, corporates, trusts and foundations or government.
- Why Monitor and Evaluate
- Getting Ready
- Understanding Common Evaluation Terms
- Identifying Output and Outcomes
- Identifying What Data to Collect
- Methods for Collecting Data
- How to Use Data Collected for Funder/Donor Engagement
What is not included in the program?
- A highly technical difficult to implement theory based approach
- An M&E Framework – more the tools to start planning
Course Outcomes:
By the end of this webinar your organisation will have:
- Questions to prompt top down and bottom up thinking to support Board/Staff engagement
- Understanding funder expectations to help secure and retain grants/donations
- Some first steps to get started with planning - aligned to a Human Services Maturity Model
A better understanding of what funders want to know and why which will help attendees to think about demonstrating how they are delivering their mission
Audience
This webinar is suitable for:
- Board Members
- CEO’s and Executive Directors
- Fundraising Team
- Marketing and Communications Team
- Programs Team
- IT and Finance
About the Presenter:
Greg Simmons
Greg is the Outcomes Business Manager at Blackbaud Pacific and also the President/Chair of Down Syndrome NSW. Through the good fortune of having a daughter born with Down Syndrome, Greg has spent almost 22 years sitting on not-for-profit boards and finance/fundraising committees.
In 2012 he co-founded (with his mentor, the late Barry Easy OAM) the Kuring-gai Chase Community-based Fun Run to raise money for his local Special Olympics program. His passion comes from 17 years of providing pro-bono fundraising advice to charities and helping them apply client-focused software to achieve their mission.
Jo Garner
Jo Garner, Director of Strategic Grants, has worked with non-profits since 1994 and established Strategic Grants in 2009.
Jo and the team work with peak bodies, funders and charities across Australia and New Zealand to help non-profits increase their capacity to win grants and deliver vital community projects, while also encouraging effective philanthropic support.
Strategic Grants assists hundreds of organisations through training, education, advisory services, critiquing, application writing and board and strategic planning for an effective grants program. The team has worked on successful philanthropic and government grants and tenders ranging from $5,000 to $50Million. Strategic Grants is now also assisting a growing number of funders with defining their grant application guidelines and application processes.
Jo holds the international accreditation CFRE (Certified Fundraising Executive) and a degree in Commerce with majors in Marketing and IT and was made a Fellow of the Fundraising Institute Australia (FIA) in 2015. In 2017 she was awarded the 2017 Arthur Venn Fundraiser of the Year.
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