I recently had the honor of spending time in Los Angeles speaking at a conference with the wise and very fun Katie Delahaye Paine, author and Queen of Measurement.
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Katie discussed measurement effectiveness for nonprofit organizations and shared these Six Steps to Success.
(For more information check out Measuring the Networked Nonprofit, the best-selling book Katie co-authored with Beth Kanter.)
I got to follow with a session I love to deliver: Using Dashboards to Dazzle Your Staff and Board. (My slides can be found on SlideShare.)
When I asked Katie, “What is the ONE THING” that staff and board leadership should focus on in their measurement, here’s what she said:
My session then took the data and measurement discussion a step further where we discussed how to best SHOW your data in interesting easy to understand displays.
The message both Katie and I underscored is to identify and share data that is clear and inspires action from others.
The goal with any dashboard, chart or graph is simple:
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