From the January 19, 2016 TNB Roundtable session.
Featured guest: Mary-Kim Arnold, director of evaluation and learning at the Rhode Island Foundation.
Topic: "Insights from a Community Foundation's Evaluation Director"
Ending Violence Against Women and Children means learning how to have a Collective Impact (CI). This presentation draws from CI literature to show how the BBW Network is evolving using the CI model.
Infusing Health Equity into Multi-Sector CollaborationsPractical Playbook
The Practical Playbook
National Meeting 2016
www.practicalplaybook.org
Bringing Public Health and Primary Care Together: The Practical Playbook National Meeting was at the Hyatt Regency in Bethesda, MD, May 22 - 24, 2016. The meeting was a milestone event towards advancing robust collaborations that improve population health. Key stakeholders from across sectors – representing professional associations, community organizations, government agencies and academic institutions – and across the country came together at the National Meeting to help catalyze a national movement, accelerate collaborations by fostering skill development, and connect with like-minded individuals and organizations to facilitate the exchange of ideas to drive population health improvement.
The National Meeting was also a significant source of tools and resources to advance collaboration. These tools and resources are available below and include:
Session presentations and materials
Poster session content
Photos from the National Meeting
The conversation started at the National Meeting is continuing in a LinkedIn Group "Working Together for Population Health" and Twitter. Use #PPBMeeting to provide feedback on the National Meeting.
The Practical Playbook was developed by the de Beaumont Foundation, the Duke University School of Medicine Department of Community and Family Medicine, the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC), and the Health Resources & Services Administration (HRSA).
Whole systems change across a neighbourhood
How can we collaborate with people to help them build their resilience? Get under the skin of the culture and the lives people live. Identify people’s feelings and experiences of community and understand what people think is shaped by different values and by the environment and infrastructure around them. The future of collaboration could bring many opportunities but people find it more difficult to live and act together than before. How can we help people…and communities build their resilience? Understand people’s different situations and capabilities to develop pathways that help them build resilient relationships. Help people experience and practice change together. Help people grow everyday practices into sustainable projects. Turn people’s everyday motivations into design principles. Support infrastructure that connects different cultures of collaboration. Build relationships with people designing in collaboration for the future…now.
Ending Violence Against Women and Children means learning how to have a Collective Impact (CI). This presentation draws from CI literature to show how the BBW Network is evolving using the CI model.
Infusing Health Equity into Multi-Sector CollaborationsPractical Playbook
The Practical Playbook
National Meeting 2016
www.practicalplaybook.org
Bringing Public Health and Primary Care Together: The Practical Playbook National Meeting was at the Hyatt Regency in Bethesda, MD, May 22 - 24, 2016. The meeting was a milestone event towards advancing robust collaborations that improve population health. Key stakeholders from across sectors – representing professional associations, community organizations, government agencies and academic institutions – and across the country came together at the National Meeting to help catalyze a national movement, accelerate collaborations by fostering skill development, and connect with like-minded individuals and organizations to facilitate the exchange of ideas to drive population health improvement.
The National Meeting was also a significant source of tools and resources to advance collaboration. These tools and resources are available below and include:
Session presentations and materials
Poster session content
Photos from the National Meeting
The conversation started at the National Meeting is continuing in a LinkedIn Group "Working Together for Population Health" and Twitter. Use #PPBMeeting to provide feedback on the National Meeting.
The Practical Playbook was developed by the de Beaumont Foundation, the Duke University School of Medicine Department of Community and Family Medicine, the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC), and the Health Resources & Services Administration (HRSA).
Whole systems change across a neighbourhood
How can we collaborate with people to help them build their resilience? Get under the skin of the culture and the lives people live. Identify people’s feelings and experiences of community and understand what people think is shaped by different values and by the environment and infrastructure around them. The future of collaboration could bring many opportunities but people find it more difficult to live and act together than before. How can we help people…and communities build their resilience? Understand people’s different situations and capabilities to develop pathways that help them build resilient relationships. Help people experience and practice change together. Help people grow everyday practices into sustainable projects. Turn people’s everyday motivations into design principles. Support infrastructure that connects different cultures of collaboration. Build relationships with people designing in collaboration for the future…now.
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James Wilson, Orkestra's Research Director shares his work with regards to cluster policy, the Basque case and the need to evaluate to make steps forward on the development and work of the clusters.
Navigating the Ethical Dilemmas of BuildingTim Cadman
* Values underpin ethics, ethics underpin integrity
* Integrity refers to the extent to which actions of the building and construction industries accord with stated intentions (‘public institutional justification’)
- subject to issues of consistency, coherence, context and contingency
- The more these accord one with another, the fuller or more comprehensive the institutional integrity
* Quality of governance, institutional integrity and regulatory frameworks (voluntary & mandatory standards) are critical to ensuring legitimacy (credibility, trust, quality, efficacy) of the building and construction industries, in the light of recent failures, particularly in NSW, Australia.
Nonprofit SIG: Maximizing Volunteer ImpactChicago AMA
Activating Volunteers from Supporters to Advocates was presented by ESC at the Nonprofit SIG event on July 18, 2013. ESC is a nonprofit consulting resource strengthening other nonprofits and public agencies to serve their missions.
This presentation was made to the South Carolina First Steps Board of Trustees in October 2008. It gives summary highlights of the Vision 2013 Regional Early Childhood Summits, which gathered input for the Vision 2013 Strategic Plan.
2018 First 5 California Summit Presentation: Creating a Strategic Approach to...appliedsurveyresearch
ASR and First 5 Solano presented on systems change activities that First 5 Solano has engaged in to strengthen, integrate, expand, and sustain the county’s early childhood system. They first discussed the motivation for engaging in systems change; like many First 5 agencies around the state, First 5 Solano was faced with dwindling resources, but continued demand for early childhood services. To address this need, in 2016, the First 5 Solano Commission adopted a Systems Change Action Plan that included four mutually reinforcing goals: 1) Strengthening systems with increased provider capacity; 2) Expanding systems with leveraged or new financial resources; 3) Integrating systems through increased cross-system understanding, referral and collaboration; and 4) Sustaining systems with legislative and policy changes.
Dr Julie Harris
Principal Research Fellow
University of Bedforshire
The International Centre - Researching Child Exploitation, Violence and Trafficking
Slides from an Executive Masterclass I taught (with support from incredible guest lecturers) at Ta'atheer 2017, the Middle East, North Africa CSR and Social Impact Summit. The one-day program gave participants a quick dive into theory, practice and application of strategic CSR Impact Measurement and Management
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CSR Training Institute on LinkedIn http://bit.ly/CSR-LinkedIn
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CLUSTER EVALUATION KEY TO UNLOCKING LEARNING AND IMPROVEMENTOrkestra
James Wilson, Orkestra's Research Director shares his work with regards to cluster policy, the Basque case and the need to evaluate to make steps forward on the development and work of the clusters.
Navigating the Ethical Dilemmas of BuildingTim Cadman
* Values underpin ethics, ethics underpin integrity
* Integrity refers to the extent to which actions of the building and construction industries accord with stated intentions (‘public institutional justification’)
- subject to issues of consistency, coherence, context and contingency
- The more these accord one with another, the fuller or more comprehensive the institutional integrity
* Quality of governance, institutional integrity and regulatory frameworks (voluntary & mandatory standards) are critical to ensuring legitimacy (credibility, trust, quality, efficacy) of the building and construction industries, in the light of recent failures, particularly in NSW, Australia.
Nonprofit SIG: Maximizing Volunteer ImpactChicago AMA
Activating Volunteers from Supporters to Advocates was presented by ESC at the Nonprofit SIG event on July 18, 2013. ESC is a nonprofit consulting resource strengthening other nonprofits and public agencies to serve their missions.
This presentation was made to the South Carolina First Steps Board of Trustees in October 2008. It gives summary highlights of the Vision 2013 Regional Early Childhood Summits, which gathered input for the Vision 2013 Strategic Plan.
2018 First 5 California Summit Presentation: Creating a Strategic Approach to...appliedsurveyresearch
ASR and First 5 Solano presented on systems change activities that First 5 Solano has engaged in to strengthen, integrate, expand, and sustain the county’s early childhood system. They first discussed the motivation for engaging in systems change; like many First 5 agencies around the state, First 5 Solano was faced with dwindling resources, but continued demand for early childhood services. To address this need, in 2016, the First 5 Solano Commission adopted a Systems Change Action Plan that included four mutually reinforcing goals: 1) Strengthening systems with increased provider capacity; 2) Expanding systems with leveraged or new financial resources; 3) Integrating systems through increased cross-system understanding, referral and collaboration; and 4) Sustaining systems with legislative and policy changes.
Dr Julie Harris
Principal Research Fellow
University of Bedforshire
The International Centre - Researching Child Exploitation, Violence and Trafficking
Slides from an Executive Masterclass I taught (with support from incredible guest lecturers) at Ta'atheer 2017, the Middle East, North Africa CSR and Social Impact Summit. The one-day program gave participants a quick dive into theory, practice and application of strategic CSR Impact Measurement and Management
.
Follow, engage, learn, perform
LinkedIn Profile http://bit.ly/Wayne-Profile
LinkedIn Author Page http://bit.ly/Wayne-LinkedIn
YouTube Channel http://bit.ly/CSR-YouTube
Strategic CSR Video Playlist: http://bit.ly/Strategic-CSR
SlideShare http://bit.ly/Wayne-SlideShare
CSR Training Institute on LinkedIn http://bit.ly/CSR-LinkedIn
Twitter @Zingmore / https://twitter.com/ZINGmore
Website http://www.csrtraininginstitute.com/
Newsletter - http://eepurl.com/XWCy5
The Power of ABCD and Results-Based Accountability for Greater Impact and Res...Clear Impact
Asset Based Community Development (ABCD) is a place-based framework pioneered by John McKnight and Jody Kretzmann, founders of the ABCD Institute at Northwestern University. ABCD builds on the gifts (skills, experiences, knowledge, and passions) of local residents, the power of local associations, and the supportive functions of local institutions to build more sustainable communities for the future.
This webinar is for participants interested in discovering how the frameworks of Asset-Based Community Development and Results-Based Accountability can be used together to help build stronger, safer, healthier communities and neighborhoods. You will learn how to build the relationships and accountability necessary to unlock the gifts of the residents, associations and organizations in a community. During this webinar you will hear stories of effective impact through the power of Asset-Based Community Development and Results-Based Accountability.
Webinar topics include:
Introduction to ABCD and RBA – Definitions & Principles
Examples of ABCD and RBA in action
Why place-based strategies and community engagement are critical
The roles of residents in building a stronger community
The new role of institutions – How institutions can use all their assets to build a stronger community
Tools for agencies – Leading by stepping back
Asset Mapping – Discover-Ask-Connect – From Mapping to Mobilizing
Check out more videos and webinars on our website: https://clearimpact.com/resources/videos/
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Metrics is a hot topic within all fundraising fields. Measurement models have been established for monitoring the work of frontline fundraisers in order to assess the variety of activities performed as well as the schedule, pace, and outcomes of those activities. With this information in hand, choices can be made about which fundraising activities are most effective in achieving the desired donor behavior, most obviously giving.
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New Frameworks for Measuring Capacity and Assessing PerformanceTCC Group
If we start with the assumption that — in order to improve our social sector as a whole — those who do the work to strengthen our communities (the nonprofits) are equally as critical as those responsible for providing the resources for the work to get done (the foundations), then why wouldn’t we expect all social sector actors to build their capacity? How do we know when our grantees and our foundations are becoming more effective and impactful as a result of our capacity investments, organizational development efforts and technical assistance? What does a high performing organization or foundation look like? And can we measure that?
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This is the updated version of the presentation.
Measuring and communicating the impact of your work is essential to not only the funders and generous donors that support your work but also to your employees. But how do you measure the impact of your work beyond the numbers and anecdotal stories? In this online workshop we will review the three areas of organizational measurement: Performance, Capacity and Impact and review requirements that need to be in place to measure the impact of your organization effectively.
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Jennifer Schaus and Associates hosts a complimentary webinar series on The FAR in 2024. Join the webinars on Wednesdays and Fridays at noon, eastern.
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TNB Roundtable slide deck by Mary-Kim Arnold of Rhode Island Foundation
1. TNB Roundtable:
Insights from a Community Foundation’s
Evaluation Director
Mary-Kim Arnold
Director, Evaluation & Learning
January 2016
2. Agenda
• About the Rhode Island Foundation
• About me and my role
• Your questions
• Key concepts
• Framework for systems work
• Questions / Contact
3. About the Rhode Island Foundation
• Founded in 1916 – centennial
• 800 million in assets – 35 million in grants (including
donor advised – “discretionary” is closer to 9 million)
• serve the state of RI – largest funder in RI
• www.rifoundation.org
4. Key concepts
• Levels of accountability
• Units of analysis
• Ratios – meaningful context
• Performance vs. impact
5.
6. Mountain of Accountability
• Basic accountability for management
• Accountability for “impact”
• Accountability for learning, development, and
adaptation
7. Units of analysis: who or what?
• Individuals
• Groups
• Geographical units (neighborhood, town, state)
• Social interactions (relationships, social behaviors –
e.g., getting married or divorced)
8. Ratios: in relation to what*?
“We served 375 students this year
in our after-school program.”
* in relation to what unstated condition, assumption, goal, or expectation?
9. Meaningful context -- examples
• Of the 375 students who participated in our after-
school program, 98% enrolled for the following year.
behavior
• Of the 400 eligible students in Central Falls, we served
375 in our after-school program. reach
• Our goal for the year was 200 students, which we
surpassed by enrolling 175 students above our goal.
implementation or demand
10. Meaningful context + unit of analysis
• student: Of the 375 students who participated in our
after-school program, 98% enrolled for the following
year. behavior
• teacher: Teachers in our after-school program had 98%
retention rate for students between years 1 and 2.
performance
• organization: This past year, XYZ reached its 5-year goal
of 98% retention rate for students. implementation
11. Performance vs. “impact”
▷ High-performing organizations vs. high impact
organizations
▷ Managing for performance but measuring for impact
▷ How might your role and tasks change if you job was
measured for impact?
12. High performance vs. high impact*
High-performing organization High-impact organization
• fiscally strong
• good governance
• visible, respected leadership
• highly-qualified staff
• clean audit
• growing donor base
• transforming lives
• ending poverty
• closing the achievement gap
• ending hep-C
* Yes! Certainly, a case can be made that only high-performing organizations
can produce results, but the fact that the case can be made
does not eliminate the need to distinguish between the two. **
13. Systems Change – Areas of Focus
Context
Components
ConnectionsInfrastructure
Scale
Source: www.ccitoolsforfeds.org/doc/AFrameworkForEvaluatingSystemsInitiative.pdf
14. Defining focus areas of systems work
•Improving the political environment that surrounds a system so it
produces the policy and funding changes needed to create and
sustain it.
CONTEXT
•Establishing high-performing programs and services within the
system that produce results for system beneficiaries.COMPONENTS
•Creating strong and effective linkages across system components
that further improve results for system beneficiaries.CONNECTIONS
•Developing the support systems need to function effectively and
efficiently.INFRASTRUCTURE
•Ensuring a comprehensive system is available to as many people
as possible to produce broad and inclusive results for system
beneficiaries.
SCALE
15. Theory of Change menu for systems work
Context Components Connections Infrastructure Scale
political will – public
education campaigns,
awareness-building, media
advocacy, community
mobilization, coalition-
building
programs – quality
programs, services, and
interventions
network – linkages
between and among
programs, organizations,
lifecycle, coordination
capacity – of individual
entities or of the network
to function effectively
access – ability to increase
services and numbers
served while maintaining
system integrity
• increases in public
awareness
• public engagement or
mobilization
• reframing issue
• public will
• political will
• new or more diversified
funding or investments
• policy changes
• new programs or
services developed
• expanded individual
programs or coverage
• improved program
quality
• increased program
efficiency
• outcomes that precede
impact
• coordinated
assessments, intake,
outreach
• referrals across services
• coordinated planning
across components
• shared data or
administration
• MOUs between system
components
• entities that oversee and
coordinate subsystems
• funding streams that are
less categorical
• leveraged funds
• systems-level standards
• professional
development structures
• practitioner training and
technical assistance
• system spread
• system depth
• system sustainability
• shifts in system
ownership
DefinitionsAnticipatedOutcomes
16. Evaluation design menu for systems work
•Has the intervention changed the political environment?
•Has the intervention prompted the availability of new investments, policies, or practices that
will enable changes in the system?
CONTEXT
•Did program activities produce the intended benefits?
•Were interventions implemented as designed?COMPONENTS
•Did the initiative design and implement connections and linkages as intended?
•Did the connections and linkages produce their intended impacts?CONNECTIONS
•Did the initiative establish infrastructure or supports that are consistent with its objectives?
•Did the infrastructure or supports achieve their objectives for effectiveness, sustainability, and
quality?
INFRASTRUCTURE
•Did the initiative enable system scale up with quality and fidelity?
•Did scale-up result in broad impacts for beneficiaries at a system-wide population level?SCALE
17. Evaluation methodologies menu for systems work
CONTEXT
Theory of
change
evaluation
Case studies
Public polling
Key informant
interviews or
surveys
Media tracking
and analysis
COMPONENTS
Program
evaluation
methodologies
Program
monitoring
Quality
assessments
Efficiency
analysis
Customer
surveys
CONNECTIONS
Program
evaluation
methodologies
System
mapping
Network
analysis
Customer
surveys
INFRASTRUCTURE
Theory of
change
evaluation
Case studies
Performance
audits
Management
information
systems
Practitioner
data collection
SCALE
Population-
based
demographic
analysis
Program
evaluation
methodologies
System or
program
monitoring
Results-based
accountability
The important part of this is not so much that we have to focus on one or another one of these elements in our portfolios, but rather these are what help us get to how we should evaluate – what we should be looking for.
So, in initiatives where we are looking at context – e.g., Backyard – we are looking for changes in the political environment – shifts in investment, policy or practice that will enable changes at other levels – so theory of change is that
These are possible methodologies – not necessary to use all or even any listed – a menu of options for methodologies that align for each focus area.