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Understanding the Child Care Gap: A Workforce Development Study in Boone County

Jul 11, 2025 | Education, Nonprofit

We are proud to support communities as they invest in early care and education to build a stronger workforce. Recently, Boone County, Indiana, took a major step forward by commissioning a county-wide early childhood study to better understand the current landscape of child care. Our team was honored to play a role in that effort. Understanding the Child Care Gap: A Workforce Development Study in Boone County

4 Strategies For An Effective Annual Report

Nov 15, 2022 | Nonprofit, Fundraising Strategies, Project Management

Never underestimate the purpose and power of your agency’s annual report! We know your organization is doing important work, and an annual report is an impactful tool. Why tackle developing an annual report? When done well, this report communicates impact, provides...

Besides an ask, did you say thank you for your donation?

Nov 2, 2022 | Fundraising Strategies, By Industry + Nonprofit, Communities, Nonprofit

Research shows nearly a third of giving happens at the end of the year, so now is the time to focus on communication and donor stewardship. Hopefully, your year-end campaign will bring in new donors as well as repeat donors. Throughout your campaign, don’t forget to...

6 Strategies to Maximize #GivingTuesday

Nov 1, 2022 | Fundraising Strategies, Communities, Education, Nonprofit

Year-end giving can always be a challenge as everyone is trying new strategies to make the most dollars in a small window of time (check out our 10 tips to implement here). One strategy to include in your campaign is #GivingTuesday. Giving Tuesday falls on the Tuesday...

Using Data to Tell Your Story

Oct 30, 2022 | Evaluation, By Industry + Nonprofit, Communities, Education, Government, Nonprofit, Research & Analysis

We say we’re #datanerds at Transform Consulting Group. However, for a communication and marketing person like myself, I will admit that data intimidates me. I prefer using words and emotions to convey ideas rather than numbers and excel sheets. So, how does that...

Build a Data Dashboard in 7 Steps

Oct 19, 2022 | Data Dashboard, Communities, Education, Evaluation, Head Start, Nonprofit, Research & Analysis

We love data! If you’ve followed our team long, then you’ve heard this before, but we really are proud #datanerds. We also love utilizing data tools like dashboards to help visualize data (we break down why in this blog). Check out some of the dashboards we have...

Interactive dashboards: 4 reasons we love them

Sep 30, 2022 | Research & Analysis

We’ve said it in the past and will repeat it; we are proud #datanerds at Transform Consulting Group (TCG). Too often, we work with clients who have data but don’t know how to use it. Or maybe they lack a systematic approach to acquiring data or managing projects. We...

“Act” in the PDSA Process

Sep 28, 2022 | Education, Communities, Evaluation, Government, Nonprofit

Give yourself a pat on the back. You’re now at the final stage of the Plan-Do-Study-Act (PDSA) cycle (review other steps here and here)! You’ve planned out your process, conducted your intervention, studied the results, and now it’s time to decide how to act. The Act...

“Do” and “Study” in the PDSA Process

Sep 14, 2022 | Education, Evaluation, Government, Nonprofit

We’re continuing our Plan-Do-Study-Act (PDSA) series, and today are taking a closer look at “Do” and “Study.” As a reminder, the PDSA framework helps organizations implement a Continuous Quality Improvement (CQI) process. You can find a complete overview of PDSA...

“Plan” in the PDSA Process

Sep 9, 2022 | Nonprofit, Evaluation, Government

You’ve completed your program evaluation (review those steps here) and returned your data results. Now what? After looking at your results, plan to take a moment to assess. Are the results what you expected? Are there things you don’t like about the numbers? Did it...

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Understanding the Child Care Gap: A Workforce Development Study in Boone County

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6 Strategies to Maximize #GivingTuesday

Using Data to Tell Your Story

Build a Data Dashboard in 7 Steps

Interactive dashboards: 4 reasons we love them

“Act” in the PDSA Process

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