Posts Tagged ‘Performance_management’
Evaluation quick start
The year is almost over but it’s not too late to create the most effective evaluation plan your program has ever had. In fact, now is the perfect time to use evaluation to reflect back on the past year and plan for the coming year. All you need is one program metric and a willing team.
Let’s do it.
Read More2 Things That Need To Be In Place Before You Can Build An Evaluation System
This post first appeared on the Greater Boston Evaluation Network site in 2018 A full evaluation program requires data systems and analytic capacity. Many organizations or programs feel like they’re not prepared to start building their internal evaluation capacity until they have developed logic models and databases. But there are only two elements that need…
Read MoreBuilding and using effective feedback loops
In a time of uncertainty, building and using feedback loops is more important than ever.
Read MoreKPIs are for driving performance: Four questions to ask about your program’s KPI
To evaluate performance, most organizations select one or two KPI(s) — Key Performance Indicator(s) —to focus on. A KPI is the outcome measure that your organization is most focused on. But once you’ve selected your KPI(s), what’s next?
Read MoreSelecting a Key Performance Indicator
Author’s note: this post borrows from the Results-Based Accountability Framework as well as Trying Hard is Not Good Enough by Mark Friedman.
Read MoreKeeping a data dictionary
Using a data walk to redesign a workforce development training program
Are you and your team trying to make better sense of your data? You might want to consider a Data Walk. A data walk is a simple exercise that helps staff and stakeholders understand their data and use it to make better decisions.
Read MoreDoes sustaining your organization go in your logic model?
Every once in a while, I see a logic model that incorporates the organization’s financial sustainability. The rationale for it is that if the organization doesn’t have enough resources, the program won’t run. This is true, but including the activities of your development department in your program logic model reveals a couple of misunderstandings about…
Read MoreMore useful guides and resources for building logic models
Last year, I published a post with a handful of resources on developing logic models. It’s a new year, and I thought the subject was worth revisiting. This post includes more long-form guides and online courses that you can use to build understanding of logic models in your programs and organizations. Here are four guides…
Read MoreTypes of evaluation studies: Process, outcome, and impact
I have written in other posts about creating a program logic model and incorporating measurement into a logic model.
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