Here’s Dominick Dudley’s blunt way to explain why young people like him working outdoor jobs through a California youth employment program need to have good relationships with their supervisors: “I’m not walking down into that creek when it’s pouring rain if I don’t like you.” Through Listen4Good surveys, Conservation Corps North Bay heard from Dominick and his…
Read how South Carolina First Steps worked with Listen4Good (L4G) to solicit and act upon authentic feedback from its early childhood stakeholders throughout the state. Using the data collected through its work with L4G, First Steps successfully built a centralized feedback system with providers across the state, drove impressive family response rates, and engaged and educated state legislators on the impact of supporting early childhood programs and services.
Measuring with equity means incorporating a range of voices and viewpoints, including those with the least traditional power. In this report, The Bridgespan Group explores the topic of equitable measurement and how it can be used to drive decision-making that includes community voice. Case studies include Compass Working Capital, CAMFED, Noble Schools, and the Boston Public Health Commission.
This post can also be found at Fund for Shared Insight. — In 2015, the philanthropic collaborative Fund for Shared Insight initiated a range of investments to build the field of feedback in philanthropy and the social sector. Beyond supporting individual organizations, Shared Insight introduced infrastructure and field-level grants to make systematic listening — and…
Several direct-service nonprofits in the northeast region of Pennsylvania shared their learnings and experiences of working with Listen4Good’s feedback system through the pandemic. They included Children’s Service Center, Maternal and Family Health Services, Outreach – Center for Community Resources, United Way of Lackawanna and Wayne Counties, Volunteers in Medicine, and Women’s Resource Center. These grantees were supported by the NEPA Funders Collaborative.
This post can also be found at The Center for Effective Philanthropy. ______ In the past few years, there have been a lot of urgent conversations about the need to center work on communities, commit to equity, and rethink how systems like philanthropy and services are carried out. However, in some circles these conversations have avoided grappling…
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