Deep Dive on Data Collection (3-Part Tech Impact Course)

Deep Dive on Data Collection (3-Part Tech Impact Course)
Thursdays, March 10, 17, & 24 | 11:00 AM – 12:15 PM ET | 3-Part Tech Impact Web Series

Offered in Partnership with: Tech Impact

We are told over and over about the importance of using data to make informed decisions, but we aren’t often told how to actively go about collecting different data points.

In this deep dive, you will learn different tactics and best practices beyond the data you are passively collecting from your website or social media, to actively finding and collecting data. You will learn more about who you are serving and understand if those you serve are satisfied with services as well as what impact services have on them. Results from your findings can also be used to report to your funders or other stakeholders.

This course will cover:

• Surveys – How to design surveys with different formats and the purpose of each, what options are available for low-cost survey tools, tactics to increase survey response, and important statistical concepts
• Interviews and focus groups
• Privacy and Ethics – Committing to principles like getting permission and allowing individuals to control their own data along with basic guidelines to determine whether and how to share data, some IT practices and tools like information protection, security awareness programs, and encryption that should be in place when collecting sensitive data.

REGISTER NOW

Registration to be completed via Tech Impact’s website – use discount code PA2022 for 20% off!

Tech Impact will send the access code and dial-in information for the web series to the email address you use to register. All registered participants will have access to recordings and slide decks for each session.

Cost:
$120 for PANO Members (use discount code PA2022) | $150 Regular Price

About the Instructor:

Dr. Jessica Berrett, Assistant Professor, University of Colorado

Dr. Jessica Berrett is an Assistant Professor in the School of Public Affairs at the University of Colorado-Colorado Springs. She earned her Ph.D. in Public Administration at North Carolina State University’s School of Public and International Affairs. She also holds an MBA with a focus on nonprofit management and social entrepreneurship from Syracuse University and a BA in Integrative Physiology from the University of Colorado-Boulder. Her area of specialization is nonprofit management, with a research focus on nonprofit financial and performance management.

Dr. Berrett’s research has been published in Nonprofit and Voluntary Sector Quarterly, Nonprofit Management and Leadership, VOLUNTAS, and the Journal of Public and Nonprofit Affairs. Her strong commitment to the social sector is reflected in 18 years of experience in nonprofit fundraising, management, and consulting. She is also the CEO of Three Stones Consulting, a strategy firm for the social sector that she founded in 2010.

Jessica resides in Woodland Park, CO, with her husband, border collie Ally, and a dozen neighborhood deer. When not teaching or conducting research, she is outdoors exploring the mountains.

About Tech Impact’s Idealware:

Idealware is a program of Tech Impact, a nonprofit on a mission to use technology to better serve the world. As the authoritative source for independent, thoroughly-researched technology resources for the social sector, our publications, assessments, and training resources save you time and money by providing impartial guidance that gives you the knowledge and confidence you need to decide what’s best for your organization. Learn more at www.techimpact.org and visit the Technology Learning Center at www.techlearningcenter.org.

PANO is proud to partner with Idealware to make these programs available to nonprofit professionals in PA. PANO members, don’t forget to use discount code PA2022 for 20% off the registration fee!