Presented as a Master Class at the annual Essex County Community Foundation Trustees Institute:

Class Description: Nonprofits collect three kinds of data—data that help test a hypothesis, data that serve a compliance function, and data that clog the organization’s arteries. This session will focus on how to classify the data you collect and make sure your efforts lean on the great data, not the superfluous data. (Session best for experienced board members and EDs.)

Presenter bio: Stephen Pratt is the President of Impact Catalysts, a partner to social enterprises and philanthropies. Prior to launching Impact Catalysts in 2016, he was a Partner and Director of Advisory Services at Root Cause. Steve has three decades of experience in nonprofit management, having served as CEO of two direct service organizations, two capacity-building intermediaries, and a scholarship foundation. Steve has also had a role in the founding of six social impact ventures including the Massachusetts Nonprofit Network.