The Gold Mine: Using your data to show the impact of TeamMates to funders and friends Tess Starman, Data and Match Support Specialist Jen Benson, Development Director July 25, 2017

What does all this data mean?? Presentation Outline: Understanding the language of your TeamMates Dashboard How to use this language in a sentence How to explain the TeamMates impact to others with the help of your dashboard Time for Questions

TeamMates Gold Understanding the Language of Your TeamMates Dashboard

TeamMates Gold Using TeamMates Gold in a Sentence: Explaining Your Data to Funders and Friends

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Describing TeamMates: 101 Sample Question: Describe your organization’s mission, vision, values. Mission: to positively impact the world by inspiring youth to reach their full potential through mentoring. Vision: Insert your chapter’s vision here – goal number of matches, strategies to help students succeed, etc. Core Values: Commitment to youth, Integrity and Trust, Safety and Inclusion. Insert information about your local chapter.

Describing TeamMates: 102 Sample Question: Describe your organization’s core functions/program. School-based mentoring program that matches adult volunteers with youth in grades 3-12 with the goal of seeing the student reach high school graduation with a plan for post-secondary education. Matches meet once per week during the school year. Meetings at school provide for safety of both mentor and mentee and allow for on-site match support from school building staff. Matches learn their strengths which helps identify the mentee’s unique gives and talents, giving the mentee a positive outlook for a hopeful future. Beginning in middle school, matches start working on plans for the mentee to prepare for college or other post-secondary education to prepare them to achieve their dreams in adulthood.

Using the Dashboard to Explain Impact Sample Question: How does your program measure impact or change? Perception of match quality in mentor/mentee surveys Length of match = 3 years or more Students reaching high school graduation with a plan for post-secondary education # of mentoring visits = 24 or more Improvement in grades, attendance and behavior

Using the Dashboard to Explain Impact Sample Question: How does your program define success? % of matches that last three years or longer % of mentors completing renewal training every three years as defined in our program standards Annual retention rate above xx% xx% of matches reaching 24 or more visits each year

TeamMates Gold Questions and non-statistical answers