by JK Stewart | Oct 28, 2025 | Strategy
The Dashboard Delusion Dashboards are supposed to fix everything. Track performance. Show transparency. Keep everyone accountable. Except they don’t. If dashboards truly motivated people, your entire staff would be sprinting toward KPIs right now. Instead, the charts...
by JK Stewart | Oct 27, 2025 | Strategy
\When “Data-Driven” Becomes “Data-Drowned” Every nonprofit loves to say they’re data-driven. But most? They’re data-drowning. You’ve got spreadsheets in five formats, dashboards nobody checks, and reports that get emailed to the board… but never change a single...
by JK Stewart | Oct 25, 2025 | Strategy
Data Alone Doesn’t Inspire Decisions You’ve been there—PowerPoint slides filled with charts, percentages, and heat maps. Everyone nods politely. Then someone asks, “So… what does this mean for us?” That’s the problem. Data informs, but it rarely *moves* people. If...
by JK Stewart | Oct 24, 2025 | Strategy
The Problem With Guessing Who Your Donors Are Every nonprofit thinks they know their donors. You’ve probably even said it—“Our typical donor is a middle-aged woman who cares about education.” Okay, cool. But how do you know that? Is it data or just a vibe? Here’s the...
by JK Stewart | Oct 23, 2025 | Strategy
The Secret Weapon Hiding in Your Donor Data Most nonprofits think donor retention is a mystery. Donors give once, disappear, and everyone shrugs like it’s inevitable. But the truth? You already have the answer buried in your data. It’s called donor cohort analysis—and...
