For Nonprofits: How to Use Logic Model Heat Mapping February 2, 2017 By Visceral_Dev_Admin In this 8-minute video, learn how your nonprofit organization can use logic model heat mapping as an effective tool to determine where your group is most active with regard to its stated activities and goals.
Capacity Building 3.0: How to Strengthen the Social Ecosystem January 11, 2014 By Visceral_Dev_Admin The social sector has evolved to incorporate multiple stakeholders and organizations to solve social issues, working together in a larger ecosystem to increase efficiency, effectiveness, and scale. The process of building the systems, structures, and skills necessary for success in this environment, commonly referred to as “capacity building,” has played an active role in the … Continued
Ten Keys to Successful Strategic Planning for Nonprofit and Foundation Leaders January 1, 2004 By Visceral_Dev_Admin A successful plan is, by definition, a usable plan—one that informs the organization’s activities as well as its long-range view, and one that yields meaningful improvements in effectiveness, capacity, and relevance. Although the challenges of funding, governing, and managing each organization are unique, certain lessons apply across the board. The features of a good planning … Continued
Fortifying L.A.’s Nonprofit Organizations: Capacity-Building Needs and Services in Los Angeles County January 4, 2010 By Visceral_Dev_Admin What resources do Los Angeles nonprofits need to grow, thrive, and accomplish their missions? How readily can they currently access needed resources? And how can those who are concerned about the management, leadership, and governance of Los Angeles nonprofits assure that capacity-building resources are sufficient? This report presents the findings of a study funded by … Continued
Change Management: Strategies to Help Nonprofit Leaders Make the Most of Uncertain Times January 3, 2009 By Visceral_Dev_Admin TCC Group offers guidance to help organizations manage change—be it transitions in leadership, organizational structure, or programmatic focus. We identify ideas, strategies, and examples that can help nonprofit executives and their boards successfully navigate the change process.
What Makes an Effective Coalition? Evidence-Based Indicators of Success January 1, 2011 By Visceral_Dev_Admin What are the crucial ingredients for an effective coalition or network, and how can they be cultivated and evaluated? Based on a literature review and TCC Group’s own knowledge and experience, this briefing paper shares research on best practices with regard to effective advocacy coalitions. This work was commissioned by The California Endowment, a leading … Continued
Success by Design: How R&D Activates Program Innovation and Improvement in the Nonprofit Sector July 2, 2011 By Visceral_Dev_Admin It’s time to bring a staple of the for-profit sector into the nonprofit community: Research and Development. An R&D approach to measurement requires adherence to distinct principles, enabling an organization to translate information into immediate action and program improvement.
When Things Fall Apart: Building Organizational Strength of Humanitarian Aid Organizations January 2, 2008 By Visceral_Dev_Admin Humanitarian aid organizations (HAOs) constantly balance competing demands: developmental change with emergency relief; visible and immediate impact with long-term sustainability; and donor and media demands with the needs of the population. HAOs are usually the first on the scene in the wake of a disaster, and as more organizations enter the field and solicit public … Continued
Advocacy Campaigns and Embedded Evaluators: Lessons Learned January 2, 2017 By Visceral_Dev_Admin From 2014 to 2016, TCC Group (TCC) partnered with Pre-K for PA Campaign and Campaign for Fair Education Funding (CFEF) to act as their embedded evaluator. For each advocacy campaign, TCC’s focus was on the quality of strategy, progress on short- and long-term goals, and internal capacity. Working with CFEF and Pre-K for PA provided … Continued
Unique Methods in Multi-Stakeholder Evaluation February 2, 2017 By Visceral_Dev_Admin Authors: ORS Impact, Spark Policy Institute, TCC Group A seminal resource in the advocacy evaluation field, “Unique Methods in Advocacy Evaluation” (Coffman & Reed, 2010) increased evaluators’ awareness of methods uniquely positioned to evaluate advocacy. This second brief adds to that toolbox, this time focusing on methods that have been successfully used to understand multi-stakeholder … Continued
Evaluating Legal Advocacy: A How-To Guide for Evaluators, Funders, and Advocates January 22, 2016 By Visceral_Dev_Admin This guide introduces funders, advocates, and evaluators to thinking about evaluating legal advocacy work. In addition to legal impact, we explore how to measure the quality of the work and how to measure impact outside of the legal arena.
Stepping into the Fight: A Guide for Nonprofits to Understand and Engage in Legal Advocacy January 12, 2016 By Visceral_Dev_Admin This guide introduces advocates to the concept of legal advocacy, shares implications that legal advocacy can have for other kinds of advocacy work, talks through partnering for legal advocacy, and finally shares what outcomes can be achieved through using legal advocacy as a strategy.
Effective Strategies to Support Advocacy Campaigns: Considerations for Funders and Advocates February 24, 2017 By Visceral_Dev_Admin This briefing paper shares collected insights from funders and advocates across the country, in the hope that their observations will helpfully contribute to other funding and campaign efforts. These respondents noted that while considerable attention has been paid to factors informing the development of sound campaign strategy, comparatively less attention has been paid to the … Continued
TCC Group’s <i>CCAT</i><sup>®</sup> January 1, 2006 By Visceral_Dev_Admin Strengthen your nonprofit. TCC Group’s Core Capacity Assessment Tool (CCAT) is the premier organizational assessment tool nonprofits use to become resilient and sustainable, and to determine how to deliver programs and services most effectively. Capacity building is about increasing your nonprofit’s ability to achieve its mission both now and in the future as the world … Continued