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		<title>MESI 2010: Many foundations don’t use evaluation</title>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 01 Apr 2010 13:13:58 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[Photo by cambodia4kidsorg As mentioned in previous posts, Ricardo Millett was a keynote speaker at the 2010 MESI. During his talk, Millett shared that according to the Center for Effective Philanthropy, around 75% of foundations don’t use evaluation for their programs/processes. Additionally, the foundations that do use evaluation tend to expect it from those they [...]]]></description>
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		<title>MESI 2010: Foundations and the lack of a clearly defined strategy</title>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 24 Mar 2010 15:42:05 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[Photo by Leo Reynolds As mentioned in previous posts, Ricardo Millett was a keynote speaker at the 2010 MESI. In his talk, Millett cited the Center for Effective Philanthropy, and said that most foundations believe that it is important to have an explicit strategy to manage and inform decisions for grantmaking – yet few foundations [...]]]></description>
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		<title>MESI 2010: Many foundations have “wrong” mindset about evaluation</title>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 23 Mar 2010 17:03:34 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[Photo by Xanxhor At this year’s MESI, Ricardo Millett was one of the keynote speakers. Millett gave an intriguing and thought-provoking talk about foundations and their role in evaluation. I will be posting a few posts with some great points he made in his talk. Many foundations are still stuck in the mindset that evaluation [...]]]></description>
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		<title>MESI 2010</title>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 23 Mar 2010 16:39:26 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[I attended the annual Minnesota Evaluation Studies Institute again this year to further my evaluation knowledge and gain insight into what others in the field are doing. It was a great experience, and I learned a lot. Over the next week or so I will post some thoughts, tips, and highlights from the conference. I [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Reader Question: Starting a new program and convincing foundations to fund?</title>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 26 Feb 2010 19:29:27 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[Photo by tacomabibelot I recently did a session on Programs: Developing, Managing, and Evaluating for the Emerging Nonprofit Leadership Network and I was asked a question by a participant about starting a new program. The participant was wondering how does convince a foundation to fund a new program when you have never done it before, [...]]]></description>
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