Evaluation
Strategy Session
Turn Your Data Into a Growth Driver: A Roadmap to Grant Success
Even with years of experience and impactful programs, many nonprofits struggle to leverage their data effectively. Do any of these sound familiar?
The Strategic Disconnect
You have plenty of data, but it's not clearly aligned with your organizational goals or telling your impact story.
The Grant Gap
Your funders want compelling proof of impact, but your current evaluation approach isn't delivering the insights they need.
The Implementation Challenge
Your team collects mountains of data, but transforming it into actionable insights feels overwhelming.
The Resource Drain
You're investing significant time and resources in data collection, but you're not sure if you're measuring what matters most.
If you're an established nonprofit nodding along, you're ready for a strategic reset.
Introducing: Chart Your Course
A two hour strategic intensive to transform your data from a burden into an asset
With 14 years of experience in evaluation and learning—spanning school systems, nonprofits, and higher education—I’ve helped organizations turn data into actionable insights. As a former Director of Evaluation and founder of a nonprofit, I know how to tackle challenges like yours and create a roadmap for measurable, sustainable impact
Here's How We'll Chart Your Course
Before Our Session:
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Brief pre-session assessment of your current evaluation practices
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Review of your key grant requirements and reporting challenges
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Opportunity to share pressing evaluation questions or concerns
During Our Session:
Strategic Assessment
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Evaluate your current evaluation capacity against best practices
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Identify critical gaps in your measurement approach
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Review your most pressing funder requirements
Solutions Mapping
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Develop a high-level roadmap for strengthening your evaluation framework
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Explore strategies for building internal evaluation capacity
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Discuss options for executive-level evaluation leadership support
Action Planning
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Define immediate next steps for improving your evaluation practices
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Outline resource needs and capacity requirements
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Consider pathways for sustainable evaluation leadership
What You'll Walk Away With:
Strategic Evaluation Framework
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Clear assessment of your current evaluation strengths and gaps
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Priority metrics aligned with funder expectations
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Recommendations for your most pressing evaluation challenges
90-Day Direction
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3-5 immediate action items to strengthen your evaluation approach
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Clear next steps for addressing key gaps
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Resource allocation recommendations
Expertise Backed by Real Results
Here's what former collaborators have said about my work in evaluation and learning:
⭐ "Christian played an invaluable role in helping us recognize that the first thing we needed in order to measure our impact was to create a logic model. Her guidance and feedback produced both short- and long-term outcomes that have been game-changing."
— Esther Drake, Vice President, Adult Learning & Knowledge, Teach For America
⭐ "Christian worked side-by-side with our team to articulate our goals and define the behavior changes we wanted to see. As a result, we saw a ten-fold increase in the targeted behavior, directly related to her work."
— Carrie Ramsey, Deputy Chief of Academic Achievement, KIPP Texas Public Schools
Investment: Starting at $1,750
This 2-hour strategic session is perfect for organizations that:
- Have established programs but need a stronger evaluation approach
- Manage multiple grants requiring sophisticated impact reporting
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Want to use evaluation strategically for growth and funding
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Are ready to invest in building evaluation capacity
