Note from Beth: I made a personal goal for myself to get past my dislike of spreadsheets and become more fluent.  First I had to "Stop Fearing the Spreadsheet" and then started to interview nonprofit data nerds about their Excel secrets.   Why get good at Excel?  Even if you are using a paid tool measure your results, knowing how to use a spreadsheet well will be invaluable to your measurement program.    While writing the "Measuring the Networked Nonprofit," and now teaching workshops on … [Read more...]