Online: Nonprofit Innovation Summit: Fresh Approaches to Evaluation
Gain fresh perspective on the trends and innovations shaping WA nonprofits
Online via Zoom
* Registration open until 10/22/26 at 9:00 AM (PDT)
In this Summit focusing on evaluating and communicating the impact of nonprofits, we will explore trends and innovations with Steve Patty, Ph.D., and Ralph Winters and Stacy DeRuiter of Statistics Without Borders.
Join fellow nonprofit leaders and change-makers at the Innovation Summit to gain fresh perspectives on the trends and innovations shaping the future of evaluating nonprofit impact in Washington State.
Session 1
Getting to What Matters: A Fresh Approach to Evaluating Impact
Impact is your value proposition. It is the reason your nonprofit exists. For many leaders, evaluating the true impact of their work is elusive. This session will give you fresh models, insights, and practical techniques to gather data on the significant, transformational impact you have on people's lives. You will discover how evaluation can be generative and liberating for program participants, not just informative for your staff. You will learn lessons from agencies that have developed habits of conducting self-studies on their impact. This session aims to provide you with a fresh approach to evaluating and communicating your impact.
Session 2
Statistics Without Borders
The second session with feature Ralph Winters and Stacy DeRuiter of Statistics Without Borders. Established in 2008, Statistics Without Borders (SWB) is a volunteer outreach group of the American Statistical Association (ASA). SWB arose from the excitement generated by a topic-contributed panel entitled “Statisticians: Speaking Out and Reaching Out on Global Health” at the Joint Statistical Meetings by Steve Pierson, Gary Shapiro, Jim Cochran, and Fritz Scheuren.
SWB provides pro bono statistical and data science services. We work to improve human welfare by providing empirical knowledge using proper applications of statistical principles and best practices so that our clients can make more informed decisions. We focus on areas where access to such resources is limited.
About Nonprofit Innovation Summits
The Nonprofit Association of Washington (NAWA) hosts recurring Nonprofit Innovation Summits as virtual gatherings designed for nonprofit leaders, change-makers, and social innovators across Washington State. Launched in 2022, these summits provide deep, multi-perspective learning and actionable strategies focused on evolving operational structures, governance models, and equity practices within the nonprofit sector.
Thanks to Our Partners
Presented by Nonprofit Association of Washington and the Washington Office of the Secretary of State.
Online: Nonprofit Innovation Summit: Fresh Approaches to Evaluation
Thursday October 22, 2026
9:00 AM – 12:30PM PT
Online via Zoom- This webinar will be recorded
Cost
$20 for Members of Nonprofit Association of Washington
$40 for Not-yet-Members (Curious about NAWA membership? Get more info here!)
Cost should not be a barrier to participate. Please contact us to request a scholarship.
Who Should Attend
Nonprofit leaders, change-makers, and social innovators across Washington State.
Recording
This event will be recorded. The recording will be emailed to all registrants a few days after the conclusion of the webinar.
Accessibility
Captioning: We will have automated captioning enabled.
Interpretation: Please indicate during registration if you have an interpretation request. Typically, we need at least two weeks in order to schedule an interpreter.
Visual Descriptions: Presenters will include visual descriptions of themselves and the slides to give a person who is low-vision, blind, or calling in without video a sense of space and place.
If you have additional accessibility requests, please let us know when you register.
Registration Options
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NAWA Members Only Registration
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$40.00 |
About the Speakers
Steven Patty, Ph.D.
Steve Patty, Ph.D., spent sixteen years as a professor and administrator in higher education before stepping out of the university context to work with organizations in the nonprofit and public sectors. For the past two decades, he has been developing the capacity of agencies that work with people to design strategy, develop people, and evaluate impact. He has taught thousands of leaders throughout North America and internationally how to design and implement a kind of evaluation that gets below the surface and into the heart of human change and transformation. He has also been facilitating leadership development cohorts for public and nonprofit leaders in the U.S., Canada, and Europe. Steve lives in Portland, Oregon.
Stacy DeRuiter
Statistics Without Borders
Stacy DeRuiter is associate professor of Mathematics & Statistics at Calvin University in Michigan, and has two decades’ experience collaborating and mentoring students to analyze data in biology, health, public health, education, psychology, and program evaluation for non-profits. She has volunteered with Statistics Without Borders' New Client Acquisition team since 2019.
Ralph Winters
Statistics Without Borders
Ralph Winters is a retired data analyst and statistician who has worked in many industries, from finance to disaster relief. He has been with SWB since 2019 serving as a co-lead for New Client Acquisition, where he helps organizations learn more about SWB, and also as a Statistical Consultant advising SWB project teams.
Questions?
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