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What
are you measuring, and is it improving your practice?
Presented by Rob Fischer, Ph.D., Research Associate Professor
Co-Director, Center on Urban Poverty & Community Development Mandel
School of Applied Social Sciences Case Western Reserve University
June 10, 8-9:30 AM
Sheraton Suites,
1989 Front Street, Cuyahoga Falls, Ohio 44221
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A full breakfast buffet will be served
Networking and breakfast will be from 8 a.m. to 8:30 a.m.
The
presentation will be from 8:30 - 9:15 a.m.
$15 members • $22 non-members • MasterCard and Visa accepted
Reservations Required • Deadline:
June 5, noon
Learn some basics of developing a meaningful “dashboard” for a
nonprofit organization or a development office. Dr. Robert
Fischer, a dashboards guru from Case’s Mandel Center for
Nonprofit Organizations, will provide an overview of measuring
performance in the nonprofit sector and consider with our
members how it can apply to the fundraising profession.
Robert L. Fischer, PhD, is a Research Associate
Professor at the Mandel School of Applied Social Sciences of
Case Western Reserve University. In this capacity, he conducts
evaluation research and teaches evaluation methods to students
in social science administration and nonprofit management. He is
also Co-Director of the Center on Urban Poverty and Community
Development. Currently, he coordinates various evaluation
projects including the evaluation of Invest in Children, a
county-wide early childhood initiative that includes home
visiting, children’s health, and child care components. From
1994-2001, Dr. Fischer served as Director of Program Evaluation
for Families First, a nonprofit family and children's agency in
metropolitan Atlanta, conducting evaluations of family
interventions dealing with issues such as divorce, teen
pregnancy and parenting, and homelessness.
Dr. Fischer has presented the findings from his research at
national and international conferences in the evaluation and
social work research fields and has published these results in
various professional journals. Dr. Fischer is an active member
of the American Evaluation Association (AEA) and currently
serves as the co-program chair of the Social Work Evaluation
topical interest group. He is also the current president of the
Ohio Program Evaluators’ Group, a state-wide professional
organization affiliated with the AEA. He has served as an
evaluation methods consultant in the areas of social work
intervention, organ donation promotion, faith-based programming,
arts and culture education, and alternative education for youth.
He is the 2006 recipient of the Teacher of the Year Award from
the Mandel Center for Nonprofit Organizations and the 2003
recipient of the Emerging Scholar Award from the Association for
Community Organization and Social Administration. Dr. Fischer
received his Ph.D. from Vanderbilt University in policy
development and program evaluation and holds a masters degree
from Vanderbilt’s Peabody College of Education, and a bachelors
degree from Duke University, both in public policy studies.
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Save
the dates!!
2008 Program Schedule
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June 10:
Benchmarking for Non-Profits
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September 19:
Career Success Institute
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September 19:
AFPNCOH 20th Anniversary
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October 16: The
Impact of Regionalism on the Non-Profit Sector
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November 14:
National Philanthropy Day
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December:
Preparing Younger Generations for Becoming Philanthropists
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