The nocost way to improve your organization on a daily basis Most nonprofits are already benchmarking informally. This unique book defines a formal way to benchmark. Youll learn how to prepare your organization measure performance and implement best practices as well as learning the five key steps of benchmarking the arguments against benchmarkingamp151and why you should disregard them how benchmarking differs from evaluation and assessment how to form a benchmarking team how to create a amp147success equation that helps you measure your organizations performance how to make sure to measure what matters how to choose your benchmarking partnersamp151and what you can learn from the amp147wrongamp8221 partner and how to overcome staff resistance to benchmarking. Practical tools help you benchmark what matters Realworld examples illustrate benchmarking in action. Exercises and worksheets guide you through processes such as drafting a benchmarking plan identifying and analyzing the things in your organization that need improvement prioritizing which processes to focus on identifying your CTQ critical to quality outcomes and more. The way to survive as a nonprofit in todayamp8217s market is to thrive. With so many organizations seeking the same dollars only the best will endure. Benchmarking ensures that your organization is always operating at peak performance. Itamp8217s something you canamp8217t afford not to doamp151especially since you can do it for free