Evidence Based

Outcomes Your life line to change and funding.

Welcome

• Introductions

• Your take-a-ways…

– For your organization– For you personally

New Year’s Resolutions …

So . . . how is it going?

“Clear ideas about what you plan to do and why – as well as an organized approach to capturing, documenting, and disseminating program results – enhance the case for investment in your program.”

WK Kellogg Foundation, Evaluation Handbook

Key Questions . . . ?

1. What do you do?

2. Why do you do it?

3. How do you know it is working?

4. Who needs to know the results?

5. How do you internalize learning?

Evidence Based Outcomes:

“We don’t care about your organization, we care about the impact your organization is having.”

“Outcome measurement assists in gauging program effectiveness.”

What is your measure of success?

Benefits of Evidenced BasedOutcome Measurement

• Focus: – The process identifies what is important.

• Learning:– You will discover you are not as smart as you

thought you were.

• Affirmation:– The process provides a shared sense of

progress.

• Infectious Participation:– Others will want a piece of the action.

Process Table

Resources/ Inputs

Activities Outputs Outcomes Impact

Your Planned Work Your Intended Results

What your program does. The changes you hope to effect.

Super Soccer Inc.

We will be designing our own evidence based outcomes for Super Soccer Inc.

Evidence Based Outcome Steps

1. Begin with the end in mind, your mission. 2. Identify outcomes / life changes required. What are

the elements characteristic of your mission being accomplished?

3. Identify program activities.4. Determine program outputs or goals for your

activities that will result in the life changing outcomes that will enable your mission to be accomplished .

5. Describe Inputs / resources needed for activities. 6. Identify indicators to measure results.7. Develop communication plan.8. Internalize learning.

Super Soccer’s Mission:

It is the mission of Super Soccer Inc. to holistically develop young athletes who will compete at the highest level within the sport and achieve positions of leadership within their respective communities.

Complete Outcome Exercise

Take some time to fill out outcome exercise.

SMART Outcomes

Outcomes and Impacts should be SMART:

• Specific

• Measurable

• Action-oriented

• Realistic

• Timed

Outcome Indicators & Data Source

• What you will actually measure, and how you will measure it.

Result Communication & Organizational Learning

• Your plan to communicate results. – Who needs to know.– How will you communicate it.

• What did you learn and how will you re-design what you do toward improved effectiveness.

Design outcomes for your potential grant.

Issues to consider:

• “What get’s measured gets done…”– Are you measuring the right thing?

• Efficiency is not impact.– Effective use of resources is vastly more important than

efficient use of resources.

• “It takes a village to raise a child…”– Can you take credit for everything?

• The long road of life has many ups and downs.– Measuring short term results can be misleading.

Resources

• WK Kellogg Foundationwww.wkkf.org

• Compassion Capital Fund Web Site– www.ccfbest.org/outcomemeasurements

• The Urban Institute– www.urban.org “Key Steps in Outcome

Measurement”

• Google Outcome Measurement and have fun.

Get Started:

• Know what you do!

• Know why do you do it!

• Measure how well you are doing!

• Communicate your results!

• Continue to learn as you go!