In my role here at MPOWR, I am fortunate enough to travel to conferences around the country and speak to a broad array of folks regarding their day-to-day work at a social agencies and other non-profit organizations. These efforts are more concentrated, and can thus be more efficient yet intense learning experience. Fo

“I did a lot of research on databases, and some of them were just too expensive for us. Our budget is small, and we didn’t have the ability to pay for a huge system that some of the larger organizations with similar programs/initiatives are using. I came across some research about MPOWR and spoke with a representative

“We were getting courted by a few programs, but MPOWR referred us to other groups that were using its software. We could call and check in on its usefulness, what those groups were measuring, how it was functioning in those communities. That’s what got our board members on board.”

In May, I had the pleasure of attending the United Way Community Leaders Conference in Orlando, Florida. The amazing thing about this conference was that I learned a valuable lesson after having to deal with a logistical issue. You see, the materials for my exhibit booth were somehow lost in transit. As you can imagine

Imagine within your organization, if there were significant communication barriers between your departments: Executives could not see the data recorded by your finance department. Marketing and community engagement did not have access to the research that went into each of your strategic initiatives. Grant writers were