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Eddy Ameen
@eddy-ameen
09/09/19 05:23:47PM
3 posts

Data About the Effective Use of ABCD by Cities and Non-Profits in the US


Data, Evaluation, and Research

Thank you, John. Very thoughtful ideas to think through. I work at the American Psychological Association and we want to address a common refrain from student and early career members (again, thousands, distributed across a wide swath of the world) that want to (a) network with other members; and (b) receive mentorship from mid/late-career members. I am not sure how I would move forward - maybe I was looking for the tool to connect folks and help display the gifts and resources people can offer one another. Not a member directory, but an opt-in space for connections.  I need and plan to refresh my ABCD exposure, but I have a feeling that what I read will largely be about geographically bounded real-time communities. As mentioned, our membership exists in a somewhat disconnected (from one another) and almost entirely virtual/digital space. (My email is eameen@apa.org if easier for anyone to connect directly with me.)

Eddy Ameen
@eddy-ameen
09/07/19 09:59:23AM
3 posts

Data About the Effective Use of ABCD by Cities and Non-Profits in the US


Data, Evaluation, and Research

John, thank you very much for your helpful reply. Your entire first paragraph resonates with my experience. I was approaching ABCD from the perspective that there'd not be a specific action except the mapping and connecting of individual members as their needs arise. I see your point that putting significant effort into building a database before having the chance to put it into use would be a major waste of resources. Are there examples you may know of around how orgs (especially those that are centralized like mine) may have identified a desirable action. I work in particular with students and early career members, so these are natural affinity groups. Thank you again for your insights.

Eddy Ameen
@eddy-ameen
08/28/19 04:28:33PM
3 posts

Data About the Effective Use of ABCD by Cities and Non-Profits in the US


Data, Evaluation, and Research

This may be a tangent, since I cannot really contribute to the data debate... but I am looking to determine whether ABCD could work in a large national association of members. I have loved ABCD since a class on it at Northwestern. Now, 18 years later, I have the opportunity to align a large part of the disciplinary association where I work around something like ABCD. Instead of offering 'member benefits' resources and unidirectional products and communications, I'd like to nurture a real sense community, have people mentor and support one another through career struggles and stages, and so on. In particular, our challenges are that we are national in scope, very large in numbers, and only often connected to one another in this association digitally, not face to face. That said, would any of you recommend any books, articles, or case examples of ABCD applied in the nonprofit sector? Thank you!