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Doctoral Research Study: Please Participate and Share

Greetings fellow Foundant Community members,

I am in the final stage of my doctoral dissertation research, and I need your help! I am writing to ask for your assistance with my study to develop and validate an instrument that measures the public value and social impact created through cross-sector collaboration. I value your insight as practitioners who have partnered with other organizations to address complex social challenges in your community. Your input will greatly enhance my ability to create a valid and reliable evaluation tool. Please complete the survey and share it with your network.

Please click here to access the survey

As a former nonprofit executive and current foundation community impact analyst, I am interested in using this instrument to help public sector organizations track partnership progress and impact. This research study has been reviewed and approved by the Institutional Review Board at the University of Central Arkansas (IRB#21-145).

Your responses will remain confidential, and no personally or organizationally identifiable information will be captured. The time commitment to complete this survey is approximately 10 minutes.

SharonLanier

Re: Having a gratitude attitude

Gratitude is not only proper to do; it can be very simple. Sadly, many NPOs are after the funds and do not follow up until they ask again. Taking the time to say Thank You should be automatic. It makes the donor feel valued and more likely to give again and give more significant donations. All of us want to feel connected!

Colleagues, remember, there is a lot of competition. If you do not connect with donors, your competitor will!