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November 20, 2025 10:00 AM MST

Designing Data Collection That Works - A Practical Guide for Nonprofits

Every nonprofit collects data. Most of it sits in forms, reports, or spreadsheets that never connect to the bigger questions leaders need answered. This session is designed to change that.

In this webinar, we will unpack the structure behind good evidence and show how to connect day-to-day information from programs to the questions that define strategy and accountability.

You will learn how to design data collection that works at two levels at once: detailed enough for program teams, consistent enough for the organization as a whole.

Together, we will map the foundations needed to answer three questions every organization should be able to answer with confidence:


- Who are we serving? Understanding reach, representation, and participation over time.
- What is happening in our programs? Seeing service activity, engagement, and experience through a consistent lens.
- What results are emerging, and for whom? Interpreting outcomes, stability, and signals of progress or return.

For each question, we will outline the specific data elements that make those answers possible and demonstrate how to balance program-specific detail with organizational comparability. Participants will leave with a practical framework they can apply immediately, with clarity on what to collect, how it connects, and how to use it to drive decisions at every level of the organization.

Whether you are a CEO shaping strategy, a program lead managing operations, or the person responsible for reporting and systems, this session will help you see your organization’s data as an interconnected whole and use it to tell a clear, consistent story about your work.

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