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Dashboards
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What gets measured, gets done.
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Facing Out
Indianapolis Museum of Art
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Facing Out
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Principles of Creation1. Define your audience
• Internal or external2. Ask what they need to know3. Pick the right data – status or
progress4. Automate as much as you can5. Always display it in context
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DOsKeep it to one pageGive context – graphs, trends, colorsKeep to high level informationChoose the right displayColor code to help interpret dataHighlight what is most important
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DONTs
• Angst over fancy graphics
• Make something that takes hours to update
• Has so much color you can’t see straight
• Fudge the numbers• Neglect context
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Numbers
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Parts of your business: Program Outcomes• Balance between outputs and outcomes
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Parts of your business: Finance• Working Capital• Cash Balance to Current Assets
• Days in Cash• Unrestricted Net Assets• Cash Flow
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Parts of your business: Development• Overall Progress Year to Date• Scorecard on a Donor• Scorecard on an Event• Retention• Conversions
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Parts of your business: Development
http://www.slideshare.net/seattledrury/beyond-cash-fundraising-management-dashboard
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Parts of your business: Strategic Planning• Celebration or management
• Timeline or objectives
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Parts of your business: Social Media
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Parts of your business: Board Governance• Strategic Planning• Financial Data• Fundraising Data• Tell the story that matters
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Parts of your business: Board Governance
http://www.docstoc.com/docs/121810825/sample-dashboard---Nonprofit-Risk-Management-Center
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Exampleshttp://www.dosomething.org/files/2012-q2-small.pdf
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Examples
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“Perfection is achieved, not when there is nothing more to add, but when there is nothing left to take away.
– Antoine de Saint-Exupery
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Tools
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Sparkwise
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