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

Oct 30

The Robin Hood Foundation

Organizations take different approaches to evaluation and the use of metrics to maximize impact.  The Robin Hood Foundation is a fascinating case studies of an organization which has great success utilizing metrics for predictive and evaluative purposes.  The foundation strives to reduce poverty and health issues in NYC.  In addition to financial support, Robin Hood …

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Oct 15

Bereishit – In the Beginning

This past weekend I was asked to give a Dvar Torah at a leadership retreat organized by the Jewish Federation of Greater Washington and I thought I would share some parts of it with all of you: This week, Jews around the world began a new cycle of reading the Torah.  The parsha name Bereishit …

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Oct 07

Marketing vs. Evaluation

I recently read an interesting article by David Henderson from Idealistics Inc., who tweeted the question “if you had to choose between an evaluator or a marketer for your #nonprofit org, which would you pick and why?”  His blog post about responses he received shed light on the perspective many non-profits approach the decision of …

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Oct 02

Yom Kippor Reflections

I was sitting in Yom Kippor services this week and flipped to the front of the prayer book to some texts for reflections. There I read an interesting quote on repentance: “How is one proved a repentant sinner? Rav Judah said ‘If the object which caused the original transgression comes before the repentant sinner on …

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