How to Conquer the Fear of Feedback: 3 Strategies for Nonprofits
By Yvette Williams Organizations new to Listen4Good (L4G) often feel nervous when starting our program, given past unpleasant experiences with giving and receiving feedback. After coaching nearly 60 organizations over the last four years with Listen4Good, I’ve learned strategies to help nonprofits to move past their trepidation, allowing them to use feedback as an opportunity…
Centering Community Voice: Perspectives from a Nonprofit and a Funder
Image credits: Trellis for Tomorrow This blog was originally published by Philanthropy Network. Listen4Good (L4G) recently invited Trellis for Tomorrow and The Nelson Foundation, an L4G participant and funder, respectively, to share their journey engaging in feedback programming and building their own muscles for community listening and engagement. The following two interviews have been condensed and edited for clarity. Nonprofit Experience:…
Launching Listen4Good: Shared Insight’s Signature Feedback Initiative Goes Independent
Image credit: Adobe Stock This blog was originally published by Fund for Shared Insight. By Melinda Tuan For nearly a decade, Fund for Shared Insight has worked to advance its mission — helping funders and nonprofits listen and respond to those most impacted by their decisions, so that people and communities are better off in ways…
Closing the Loop: How Listen4Good Changed Its Approach
By Rebecca Klein, Rebecca Koladycz You’ll often hear us at Listen4Good say that the final step in the five-step feedback loop process, Closing the Loop, is arguably the most important one. As you may have guessed, Listen4Good regularly closes the loop with our participating organizations. As Listen4Good has grown in size and complexity over the…
Overcoming Language Barriers in Feedback
COVID prevention poster in English and Spanish By Kelly Ranieli Access to affordable, quality healthcare is a challenge for many low-income families, and Volunteers in Medicine (VIM) in Wilkes Barre knows this well. VIM is located in Luzerne County, Pennsylvania where, according to the U.S. Census Bureau, 20.4% of the families in this former coal-mining region live in…
