California Immigration Advocacy
Ehren D. Reed

A statewide policy reform collaborative is turning 10 years old and wants to gauge its impact on California’s low-income immigrant population. » Read on to learn how Innovation Network's evaluation approach will be used to meet the project's objectives.

Training for Leadership
Sharon Grevious

A brand new nonprofit organization is working to develop, educate, and support current and future leaders within the Jewish community. Find out how they plan to begin working towards their mission and how Innovation Network will help them. » Read the full text

Advocacy Evaluation Project Update
Lily Zandniapour and Johanna Gladfelter

Since July, we've added 30 new resources to the Advocacy Evaluation Resource Center and have developed a 12-member Advisory Board. » Click here for full updates on the project.

A Recipe for Information
Jennifer Bagnell Stuart, Dahna Goldstein, and Heather Peeler

Our last newsletter featured the first part of a re-printed article from Foundation News & Commentary about the importance of data integration. The second part, presented here, explores data integration as it relates to an organization's operational and structural capacity. » Read the full text
[Reprinted with permission from Foundation News & Commentary, www.foundati onnews.org, (800) 771-8187]

Upcoming Conferences & Speaking Engagements
Sharon Grevious

Since our last issue in July, we presented our work at the CTCNet, Alliance for Nonprofit Management and CNI conferences. More recently, Innovation Network Executive Director Dan Baum participated as a facilitator at the 2006 Nonprofit Congress. » Find out where we will be in November.

Evaluation Capacity Building Think Tank
Jennifer Bagnell Stuart

Jennifer recently attended a think tank on Evaluation Capacity Building in Minneapolis. » Find out what ECB really is, and how key players in the field are working to promote the need for ECB funder support.

Results Accountability: Right for You?
Veena Pankaj

Veena examines Mark Friedman's Results Accountability framework. » Find out what it is and if it could be a good fit for your organization.

Evaluation Tools for Community Development
Simone Parrish

Having issues navigating through the maze of available monitoring and evaluation resources? Not sure which assessment tool is right for your organization? NeighborWorks® America has a new resource to help guide you in the right direction.» Read more

Continuous Progress: Web-Based Guides to Planning Advocacy Evaluation from the Aspen Institute’s Global Interdependence Initiative
David Devlin-Foltz, Director, Global Interdependence Initiative, The Aspen Institute

Continuous Progress is a set of practical, web-based guides to help donors and advocates work together to plan, evaluate, learn from and improve their foreign policy advocacy efforts. » Find out more about this initiative from the Aspen Institute.

Community Faces: Guido Sanchez, HudsonPride Connections
Kyle Wanamaker

In this edition of Community Faces (formerly Featured Users), we find out how an organization that serves the LGBT community in Jersey City uses Innovation Network's Organizational Assessment Tool to work toward their mission and improve their operational processes. » Read Guido's story here.

What You Have to Say about Point K
Simone Parrish

The innonet.org User Advisory Group has taken several surveys about Point K over the past year. » Here's what they've told us and how we addressed the issues raised.

Webmaster Q&A
Simone Parrish

In this section, Simone answers a few recent questions from the Point K community. » Get the latest Point K tips