Founded in 2015, ResultsLab exists to help established nonprofit organizations build their capacity for using data to accelerate positive change. We partner with teams in the social sector to maximize their outcomes and demonstrate the impact they co-create with communities. We uniquely equip our clients with the data mindset, skill set, and tool set necessary to be more successful and expand smartly.
WE’RE DEDICATED TO LASTING CHANGE
We’re Dedicated to Lasting Change
We see a future where all individuals—especially those facing inequity—have the opportunity and ability to achieve their dreams. A world where every nonprofit and humanitarian-focused social enterprise manifests its mission and lifts up communities. A reality grounded in equity.
“I launched ResultsLab because I saw a real need for organizations to better utilize data and elevate voice to strengthen programs and drive real solutions that are centered to meet the needs of our communities.”
ResultsLab is a woman-owned social enterprise that propels organizations, communities, and networks to the next level of impact through quality design and effective use of data. We are reinventing impact management by providing strategic design and capacity building for data informed decision-making to organizations and networks that exist to drive change for our communities. Our goal is to make data approachable and deepen our clients’ ability to make informed decisions to create greater impact. Our diverse team is passionate about sharing their expertise to help clients to be more effective.
We believe in the power of voice in the data-use process. We have worked with organizations of all sizes from large scale state and government agencies and nonprofits, to smaller community-based grassroots organizations and have hands-on practical experience across many sectors – locally, nationally and globally.
When you partner with ResultsLab you are more confident and equipped to engage with data. You will have team alignment and a clearer understanding of program goals, desired outcomes and how to measure and use data to deepen impact. Together, we develop a culture of data that is sustainable – driving growth and transformative change.
WHY RESULTSLAB?
- Direct access to field experts: Over 50 years of combined experience in several industries across the social sector.
- Customized Approach: Our process works. Success building data capacity and sustainable practices to embrace data that are grounded in learning.
- Engaging and Emergent: Being a small firm, consultants are flexible, innovative, and nimble. We continuously evolve our approach to best meet needs of our clients.
- Passion for Social Good: We love this work and teams love working with us – we make data fun and approachable.
Values That Define Us
Bypass Boundaries
To create new solutions for the world we must try new things, learn, change, be bold and bypass the boundaries.
Pursue Impact
We bring a spirit of tenacity to all that we do. We focus on impact and good in the world. That is our bottom line.
Play as a Team
Trust and contribute to the team and organizational needs. We put team contribution first with joy. Together we will go places we couldn’t go alone.
Be Excellent (with Balance)
Excellence for our clients is what we strive for while balancing work with living life. We strive to deliver excellence at the level the project needs, without letting excellence get in the way of progress.
We’re Dedicated to Lasting Change
We see a future where all individuals—especially those fighting inequity—have the opportunity and ability to achieve their dreams. A world where every nonprofit and humanitarian-focused social enterprise manifests its mission and lifts up communities. A reality grounded in equity.
Designing Programs
That Deliver Results
“ResultsLab is technically rigorous and excellent at engaging all levels of staff. They deliver high-quality results.”
– Julie Van Domelen, Executive Director, EFAA
What’s Holding Back Your Possible Good?
ResultsLab
ResultsLab delivers the data mindset, skill set, and tool set established nonprofits need for programmatic success.
Katrina shares her experience working with nonprofits that are understaffed, juggling multiple responsibilities, and feel too overwhelmed to “do data.”
"In the end, it’s about making data less intimidating and more accessible."
Read more on Katrina's experience with data in the social sector.... and the latest hobby she's learning about when she's not working. 👩🏼🌾
https://resultslab.com/meet-the-team-katrina-naeve/
#MeetTheTeam
Since working with Kupenda for the children, we’ve seen firsthand the sincere drive and passion that this team has in supporting their mission to “transform harmful beliefs surrounding disability to those that improve children’s lives.”
They’re using data in innovative ways to understand the results of their programming, and to uncover opportunities to continuously improve and drive outcomes.“ResultsLab has helped us turn our existing data into meaningful insights with actionable next steps, and build an infrastructure to make sure that we’ll be set up for future success.” Jessica Charles, Communications and Development Director at Kupenda.
Learn more about Kupenda and the children they’re supporting: https://kupenda.org/
#actionableanalytics #datainformed #socialimpact #strongeroutcomes
How self-aware are you?
Self-awareness is a powerful skill that...
- allows us to understand things from multiple perspectives
- frees us from our assumptions and biases
- helps us build better relationships
Yet, org psychologist and researcher Tasha Eurich found that while 95% of us think that we’re self-aware, the reality is closer to 15%.
Great podcast episode on how we can better tap into our self-awareness 👇
https://podcasts.apple.com/ph/podcast/how-to-tap-into-your-self-awareness-and-why-it-even/id1544098624?
"Very early on in the process, we begin to introduce performance scales. These scales help our clients interpret their work as either being performative, compliance-related, or strategic.”– Dwinita Mosby Tyler, The Equity Project LLC
What's driving your organization to focus on DEI and are you committed to doing the work?
If you want to educate yourself on what effective and courageous organizational leadership in the DEI space looks like, understand what it's like from the consulting side. Read more ⬇️
Sistahbiz Global Network
#EarthDay is a good reminder for us to continually be stepping up our environmental efforts.
Great use of #data and imagery to tell the story of our climate crisis. Thanks for sharing #GoogleDoodle
Among her many skills in research, Cheryl excels in helping organizations ask the right questions and get actionable answers.
Learn more about what inspired Cheryl to pursue a career in evaluation and data use, and why she went nearly 25 years with no TV. https://resultslab.com/meet-the-team-cheryl-arndt/
#MeetTheTeam
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Excited to share we have been announced as a finalist for the Colorado Companies to Watch award, and to be alongside a select group of other amazing Colorado companies!
#CCTW #CCTFinalists
We're #Hiring! Apply now, or share with your networks, if you or someone you know is a purpose-driven jobseeker looking to use data to drive change & deepen impact.
https://resultslab.com/careers/
If you want to shift control from funders to communities, here are 5 recommendations from field and community leaders about what it takes to recognize and resource frontline strength and leadership
1. Be responsive to the way people and movements organize themselves.
2. Support organizational capacity, as well as the capacity of individuals, networks, and coalitions
3. Make space for divergence and debate in movements, rather than force consensus and uniformity.
4. Ask your partners what they need to be healthy and present in their work.
5. Provide long-term, flexible (general operating) resources at a level that allows leaders to dream, build, implement, and realize the change they seek.
https://ssir.org/articles/entry/philanthropic_leadership_means_following_the_frontlines
#equitableoutcomes #communityvoice