🌟 Supporting Youth Mental Health in 2025 🌟
Did you know that Taylor Newberry Consulting has 15 years of experience working with over 200 organizations on projects related to mental health. đź‘Ź We
Sometimes, You Learn More on a Hike
The First in our Series Entitled: Finding the Right Methods We recently completed a three year evaluation of The Lawson Foundation’s Outdoor Play Strategy, which
Evaluation of Market Greens: The role of incentives in in promoting food access
Partner: Community Food Centres Canada CFCC’s Market Greens pilot program was designed to promote food access by offering fruit and vegetable incentives to 320 families
Creating Surveys that can Detect Small but Meaningful Changes: Lessons Learned in our Work with Big Brothers Big Sisters Canada
A good evaluation survey is one that accurately measures the things we want to know. One common challenge with getting accurate results is ceiling effects
Developing your learning and evaluation plan: A workbook to support your grant recipients
Many traditional grant application forms require nonprofits to include evaluation plans as part of their submission. We know that this part of the application is
Advocating for Equity Through Our Work
At TNC, we often use our evaluations as an avenue to support equity seeking groups and advocate for their needs. We believe that evaluations being
Who Shapes the Evaluation and Learning Ecosystem? Organizational Culture and Trust-Based Philanthropy
Andrew Taylor and Ben Liadsky, Taylor Newberry ConsultingJulia Coffman and Albertina Lopez, Center for Evaluation Innovation In this blog post, we share some thoughts on
What it takes to learn during crises: Reflections
Ben Liadsky and Andrew Taylor, Taylor Newberry ConsultingJulia Coffman and Albertina Lopez, Center for Evaluation Innovation In this blog post, Albertina Lopez, Julia Coffman, Ben
Approaches to Learning Amid Crises: Reflections from Philanthropy
Ben Liadsky and Andrew Taylor, Taylor Newberry Consulting Julia Coffman, Tanya Beer, and Albertina Lopez, Center for Evaluation Innovation Early 2020 sparked an urgency for
Can Foundations Radically Transform How They Learn?
In partnership with the Center for Evaluation Innovation and with funding from Wellspring Philanthropic Fund, Andrew Taylor and Ben Liadsky have been exploring themes and
Nonprofits and Nuclear Reactors: A Father-Son Conversation about Learning
I chose a very different career path from my Dad, Bob. He is an engineer who spent his career in the nuclear power industry. He
How is TNC being Called to Respond in the “New Normal?”
Today marks the beginning of TNC’s 10th anniversary year. Â This is the first of a series of posts reflecting on our practice and
Evaluating Connectivity in Waterloo Region – Phase 2 Findings
WHAT IS CONNECTIVITY? Connectivity is the name of the Waterloo Region “Situation Tables”, which bring police, health and social service agencies together at a weekly
Falling in Love with the Rules
NOTE: A version of this post was originally published at Tamarack’s Communities Collaborating Institute Online. Here at Taylor Newberry, when we do evaluation work, we try
Simple Tips for Communicating about Impact
This blog was written by Ben Liadsky of ONN and Andrew Taylor of TNC. It was originally published on the website of the Ontario Nonprofit
Addressing Risk through System Collaboration: Evaluating CONNECTIVITY Waterloo Region
UPDATE:Â CLICK HERE FOR OUR PHASE 2 EVALUATION (2017) OF CONNECTIVITY, FOCUSING ON THE OUTCOMES OF WATERLOO REGION’S SITUATION TABLES! WHAT IS CONNECTIVITY? Connectivity is
Why Evaluators and Networkers Need Each Other
Reflections from the Ontario Nonprofit Network Annual Conference Our byline at TNC is “evidence, insight, action,” and this website includes a number of
Mapping the Mental Health System in Peel Region
United Way Peel commissioned Taylor Newberry Consulting to conduct a community research project to gain an improved understanding of the mental health and addictions system