David Manchester

Author's details

Name: David Manchester
Date registered: July 15, 2012
URL: http://evaluatingeffectiveness.com

Biography

David’s work often revolves around measuring the impact that organizations and companies are having. A former operations analyst in the corporate sector, he believes it is essential for non-profit organizations to being implementing internal evaluations to continually strive for effectiveness and alignment with institutional goals in the work they carryout. David’s experience in both for-profit and non-profit organizations positions him to explain concepts and offer ideas to non-profits in an easy to digest. David advises many organizations nationwide. The Washington Jewish Week included David on their 2012 Minyan list of the 10 most interesting Jews in the Washington, DC. David now lives in Cambridge, MA where he works for a sociological research center. David tweets @djmanchester

Latest posts

  1. Jewish Preschools Need To Address Family Needs Not Be Free — December 6, 2016
  2. The Jewish vote may swing key undecided counties, study says — October 14, 2016
  3. Bring the Call to Action #C2A to the Conventions — October 28, 2015
  4. An Argument for Optimism — October 9, 2015
  5. The Numbers Behind the Headlines from the Middle East — July 29, 2014

Author's posts listings

Jul 29

The Numbers Behind the Headlines from the Middle East

The news out of the Middle East has been pulling at my emotions for days now, and with a degree in foreign policy and a career in metrics I wanted to look deeper and put some of the numbers we have all seen in the news into a context.

Continue reading »

Permanent link to this article: http://evaluatingeffectiveness.com/the-numbers-behind-the-headlines-from-the-middle-east/

Jun 30

Most Generous Cities in America 2014

A few days ago Blackbaud released a report analyzing the “most generous online cities.”  As this analysis only includes contributions through their system, it is likely that major gifts are not included as those most likely utilize checks rather than online credit card donations.  While this could limit some analysis, it also will focus analysis …

Continue reading »

Permanent link to this article: http://evaluatingeffectiveness.com/most-generous-cities-in-america-2014/

May 30

VHS: An Example of Failed Management by Metric

VA Logo

Today’s announcement about the resignation of Gen. Eric Shinseki capes a week’s news cycle that spotlights the ramifications if an attempt to manage by metrics is poorly implemented.  With good intentions, Gen. Shinseki committed in 2009 that the Veterans Heath Administration (VHA) would reduce the lag for primary care appointments from 30 days to 14 days.  …

Continue reading »

Permanent link to this article: http://evaluatingeffectiveness.com/vhs-an-example-of-failed-management-by-metric/

Jul 31

Jewish Question Bank released by BJPA

This week’s release of the Jewish Survey Question Bank by the Berman Jewish Policy Archive is a major step for the promotion of more frequent and standard evaluations of Jewish programs. As Sarah Bunin Benor alluded to in her July 23rd article in eJewish Philanthropy after deciding to conduct a study, one of the first …

Continue reading »

Permanent link to this article: http://evaluatingeffectiveness.com/jewish-question-bank-released-by-bjpa/

Older posts «

» Newer posts