About this course

Proficiency Area: Learning.

Population Needs is an organization's ability to assess the needs of a target population in relation to its programs, services, or strategies.

In the third (and final) lesson toward your bronze Merit badge, you'll explore:

  • Three signature hallmarks of nonprofits that understand their population's needs.

  • The importance of defining who is--and is not--within your population.

  • Using qualitative and quantitative data to understand our people.

  • Selective sampling, confirmation bias, and selective sampling.

Course curriculum

    1. Exploring Population Needs Effectiveness

    1. Effectively Understanding our Population

    2. Measuring our Ability to Understand our Population’s Needs

    3. Check your learning

    1. Population Needs Resources

    2. Bronze Badge Transcripts

    3. Population Needs Bronze Badge Wrap-Up

    4. Before you go...

About this course

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  • 8 lessons
  • 0 hours of video content

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