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Collective Impact with Equity at the Core

Collective Impact with Equity at the Core Collective impact as a strategy to address community challenges has generated a great deal of attention, growing in scale and number globally. It’s attractive, providing social sector organizations opportunities to draw on each participating organization’s unique strengths and resources to tackle our communities’ most complex social issues. Based […]

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Why measurement efforts fail

Why Measurement Efforts Fail – Part III

Sidestepping four common mistakes that account for why measurement efforts fail can help social sector organizations develop successful, action-oriented performance and outcome measures that save time, money, and increase impact. Creating high-performance measurement cultures in the social sector leads to greater efficiency, effectiveness, revenues and overall impact. These are cultures where decisions are based upon

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“What Works” Requires Investment in Data Collection: Hot Topic #2

Over the last two years, I’ve been traveling the country talking to government and nonprofit leaders teaching them how to align their culture, mission, and measures for ultimate organizational impact. Based on these conversations, I have noticed the following six shifts emerging as things that will shape the future of the sector, one of which

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Prepare for the Accountability Shift: Social Sector Hot Topic #1

Two years ago Jossey Bass released my book Impact & Excellence Data Driven Strategies to Align Mission, Culture and Performance in Nonprofit and Government Organizations.   Impact & Excellence opened the doors for me to talk to and work with thousands of government and nonprofit leaders and funders all over the United States.  In honor of

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Three Approaches to Data Management: The Good, the Bad, and the Ugly

Is your organization a Dust Collector, Compliance Officer, or Coach? Ideally, your approach to data management results in desired outcomes, such as improved performance, increased funding, and improved public relations. Has this been your experience? Or are you like many organizations that have spent countless resources on software and measurement systems, only to find the

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Charly Bauer

Executive Director

Charly Bauer, executive director for Measurement Resources, leads the team of data analysts and subject matter experts to help purpose-driven organizations use measurement to move their missions forward. Prior to joining Measurement Resources in early 2022, Charly served as C-suite executive and co-founder of Jeni’s Splendid Ice Creams, where he supported the growth of the company from one to 58 scoop shops in 16 cities. He also managed the company’s philanthropy efforts and led the organization through the process of becoming a Certified B Corporation in 2013. He currently serves on nonprofit boards, including BuddyUp for Life and Besa, and has previously served on the boards of Leadership Columbus, the Short North Business Association and Short North Alliance, and the North Market Development Authority, where Jeni’s had its first retail location. Prior to Jeni’s, Charly served as a product manager at OCLC, Inc., the global library technology and research organization.

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  • Leadership Columbus