Data Driven – Creating a Data Culture
Data Driven - Creating a Data Culture, deep dives into how to create a data driven culture. It breaks down what a data scientist is, what a data-driven organization looks like, what data organizations do well, along with what tools are needed to support creating culture change.
Understanding the Possibility of a Program Leading to Longer-term Change
Partnerships for Strategic Impact created a two-pager to help social sector partners use scientific research to understanding whether a program is likely to help clients create longer-term change in their lives. This is how you connect the immediate impact your clients receive (and which you can measure) to the longer-term change you hope they make (and which you cannot measure).
Logic Model Workbook
The Innovation Network's Logic Model Workbook is a do-it-yourself guide to the concepts and use of a logic model. A logic model is a commonly-used tool to clarify and depict a program within an organization. You may have heard it described as a logical framework, theory of change, or program matrix—but the purpose is usually the same: to graphically depict your program, initiative, project or even the sum total of all of your organization’s work. It also serves as a foundation for program planning and evaluation. It describes the steps necessary for you to create logic models for your own programs. This process may take anywhere from an hour to several hours or even days, depending on the complexity of the program.
Assessing Community Needs and Resources
The Community Tool Box is a service of the Center for Community Health and Development at the University of Kansas. This toolkit provides guidance for conducting assessments of community needs and resources.
Key Steps in Outcome Management
This is the first in a Urban Institute series of guides to help nonprofit organizations that wish to introduce or improve their efforts to focus on the results of their services. This first guide, entitled Key Steps, provides an overview of the outcome management process, identifying specific steps and providing suggestions for examining and using the outcome information