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Common Good Vermont: Data Visualization, Edward Tufte Style 04/02/2013

Edward Tufte is widely recognized as the thought leader in the visual representation of data. A statistician, Yale Professor and a sculptor, Tufte's recent work and major publications can be reviewed at www.edwardtufte.com. CCTV staff recently attended a day-long Tufte lecture, "Presenting Data and Information". Lauren-Glenn Davitian summarizes his salient points, including the six principles of design, web-based and print based examples of elegant information presentation, and the moral and ethical nature of presenting and consuming non-fiction data and information.

Common Good Vermont: Vermont Nonprofits & the Culture of Accountability: Working Together to Improve Vermont’s Well-Being 03/21/2013

Vermont nonprofits are part of a long tradition of working together to improve the quality of life for our people and communities. Collaborations to improve nonprofit effectiveness are gaining steam across the state (and country)—with a focus on improving our “collective impact” and organizational “outcomes”. The morning panel highlights the exciting initiatives of nonprofit partners who are changing the way we do business, and can teach us how to better measure and manage our work–so we can make a bigger difference for Vermont.Find more information on the Conference.cot

Common Good Vermont: Real Life Application of the Culture of Accountability 03/21/2013

In 2012, seventeen Vermont nonprofits took up the challenge to strengthen their measurement capacity, better serve their clients and increase their sustainability through a federally funded project called Benchmarks for a Better Vermont. Leaders from the 12 month BBVT Performance Institute discuss what they have gained and learned, along with the challenges of building their internal capacity for performance management using Results Based Accountability (RBA).

Presented at the Vermont Nonprofit Conference 2013 held at Lake Morey Resort on March 21st. Find more information on the Conference.

Panelists: Dolly Fleming, Executive Director/Mercy Connections
Sue Graff, Community Investment Director/ United Way of Windham County
James Lockridge, Executive Director/Big Heavy World
Dr. Stacey Miller, Managing Partner/ The Consortium for Inclusion & Equity
Lee Trapeni, Shelter Case Manager/Morningside Shelter
Diana Wahle, Developmental Assets Coordinator/Windham Southeast Supervisory Union
Karina Ware, Executive Director/Youth Safety Council of Vermont

Common Good Vermont: Results Based Accountability 101 with Trine Bech, Esq. 03/21/2013

Trine Bech presents Results Based Accountability 101 at the Vermont Nonprofit Conference 2013 held at Lake Morey Resort on March 21st. Find more information on the Conference.

Results Based Accountability ™ provides nonprofit organizations with a powerful, practical way to measure impact, manage performance, build partnerships and tell your story in ways that strengthen your organization, increase sustainability and improve community well-being. The workshop features:

Overview of the RBA framework,
Models of the five steps for developing Performance Measures, and,
Examples for “turning the curve” on Program Accountability.

RBA is outlined in “Trying Hard is Not Good Enough” and pioneered by Mark Friedman. RBA was first adopted in Vermont more than a decade ago, under the leadership of Con Hogan and the Vermont Agency of Human Services and by the United Way of Chittenden County–among others. Currently, Benchmarks for a Better Vermont is implementing a federal grant to increase the number of nonprofits using the RBA model and to connect them with policy makers to “turn the curve” on pressing community challenges.

Presenter: Trine Bech, Esq., Executive Director/ Vermont Parent Representation Center, Inc.

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Common Good Vermont: Getting the Right Things Done: Strategies for Busy Nonprofit Leaders with Porter Knight 03/21/2013

At the Vermont Nonprofit Conference 2013, Porter Knight, CPO of Productivity Vermont presents tips and resources to reclaim your precious time and energy. The hours in a day are finite yet the demands on your time seem limitless. How can you effectively be a data-driven non-profit when you’re pulled in so many different directions? This workshop will put you back in charge of your day so you can focus on what’s important. Find more information on the Conference.

Common Good Vermont: Got Data? Getting the Most from Public Information 03/21/2013

At the Vermont Nonprofit Conference 2013, UVM's Center for Rural Studies presents how to access, use and best present federal and locally produced data to conduct market research, write grant applications and evaluate programs. Panelists include CRS staffers Michael Moser and Florence Becot. Find more information on the Conference.

Common Good Vermont: Leadership Vermont 02/18/2013

Mark Furnari host a conversatoin with Winton Goodrich on Leadership Vermont.

Common Good Vermont: Mark Friedman on Results Based Accountability (Not for sale) 02/08/2013

This year Mark Friedman, founder of the Results Based Accountability(TM) framework, addresses a joint meeting of the Vermont House and Senate to offer a framework for guaging policy and public investment: What are we doing? How well are we doing it? Is anyone better off?

Common Good Vermont: Vermont Nonprofit Legislative Day 2013: Mark Friedman on Results Based Accountability 02/07/2013

This year marks Common Good Vermont’s fourth annual Vermont Nonprofit Legislative Day, a unique opportunity for nonprofit organizations, activists and community leaders from across the state to unify across sectors and raise awareness about the crucial role nonprofits play in supporting communities, strengthening our economy and making Vermont a better place to live.

Media Maven: 7th Annual Media Maven Luncheon: A Picture is Worth 1000 Words: Data Visualization for Nonprofits 09/21/2012

At the 7th Annual NPO Luncheon, CCTV and Common Good Vermont presented a lively panel to outline what it takes for your organization to become a data driven culture and use data visualization (Maps and Infographics) to tell your organization's story. Panelists include: Lauren-Glenn Davitian (on the data driven nonprofit), cartographer Bill Morris (on Burlington Neighborhoods Mapping Project), Leslie Pelch (Vermont Center for Geographic Information) and Peter Kriff (of SILK on Best Practices in Infographics). Complete links and Resources may be found here.

Andrea Learned, co-author of Don’t Think Pink: What Really Makes Women Buy – and How to Increase Your Share of This Crucial Market (AMACOM, 2004), will give some marketing tips. Andrea is an internationally respected gender marketing expert, speaker and writer. While she focuses on women as the leading indicators of consumer behavior, she also emphasizes that 21st Century men are starting to travel similar buying paths. Andrea believes that storytelling and cause marketing are key ways to present a brand’s facts and attributes to today’s consumer – no gender about it. Andrea contributes to a wide range of publications/blogs, including HuffingtonPost.com, MPDailyfix.com, TomPeters.com, Women-omics.com, and LearnedOnWomen.com - where she presents her most current analysis of consumer/cultural shifts and marketing best practices. She presents regularly to global business audiences, and her opinions have been cited in publications from Adweek to the Christian Science Monitor and The New York Times. Andrea has a B.A from the University of Michigan, and resides in Burlington, Vermont. Find her at: http://learnedonwomen.com , or on Twitter: @AndreaLearned. Join us for 90 minutes of stimulating talk and a good lunch (for only 5 bucks). Maybe you'll think-- "we should become members of CCTV!" (We'd love that!)

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CCTV Receives NEH Grant to Support Community Archives

CCTV Center for Media & Democracy is pleased to announce receipt of a National Endowment for the Humanities (NEH) Humanities Collections and Reference Resources grant alongside 32 peer archival institutions across the country. This $49,927 grant award will support efforts to preserve and expand access to audio/visual community history materials in the CCTV Archives. Read more about this opportunity here!