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The Drucker Foundation Self-Assessment Tool: Process Guide

The Drucker Foundation Self-Assessment Tool: Process Guide

by Gary J. Stern

The Peter F. Drucker Foundation for Nonprofit Management The National Space Society board of directors held its retreat and it was an amazing success. The Self-Assessment Tool was an excellent tool to guide us through the process. --Richard E. Biehl, National Space Society We have found the Self-Assessment Tool to be particularly helpful in assisting organizations to clarify their missions and reconceptualize... (more)

Program evaluation practice in the nonprofit sectorAllison H Fine

Program evaluation practice in the nonprofit sector

by Allison H Fine

Evaluation: An Integrated Framework for Understanding, Guiding, and Improving Policies and Programs

Evaluation: An Integrated Framework for Understanding, Guiding, and Improving Policies and Programs

by Melvin M. Mark

"This is one of the most coherent and comprehensive theories of evaluation yet formulated and one that makes a most valuable contribution. The authors are pioneering in important new directions." --Ernest R. House, author of Professional Evaluation and Evaluating with Validity "This book is the best I've ever read detailing a practical theory of evaluation. It is comprehensive, beautifully written, and... (more)

The Drucker Foundation Self-Assessment Tool (SAT II) Set , (5 pack set) (J-B Leader to Leader Institute/PF Drucker Foundation)

The Drucker Foundation Self-Assessment Tool (SAT II) Set , (5 pack set) (J-B Leader to Leader Institute/PF Drucker Foundation)

by Peter F. Drucker Foundation for Nonprofit Management, Peter F. Drucker, Frances Hesselbein

Peter F. Drucker Foundation for Nonprofit Management As a tool for clarifying the thinking of volunteer boards, the Drucker Self-Assessment Tool is unparalleled. This is a real way to develop a language, get to the critical issues, and move on--the most practical and efficient method I have seen. As facilitator of over 175 retreats, it is the best thing I've used--and I appreciate the enhancements and... (more)

Level Best: How Small and Grassroots Nonprofits Can Tackle Evaluation and Talk Results (Kim Klein's Chardon Press)

Level Best: How Small and Grassroots Nonprofits Can Tackle Evaluation and Talk Results (Kim Klein's Chardon Press)

by Marcia Festen

Level Best offers guidance that demystifies evaluation and takes into account the unique challenges and realities of grassroots nonprofit organizations. It provides a new framework for thinking about evaluation and tools for measuring and sharing results in ways that are practical, efficient, and meaningful.

Outcome Frameworks: An Overview for Practitioners

Outcome Frameworks: An Overview for Practitioners

by Dr. Robert M. Penna; William J. Phillips

This book was written to help practitioners, both those managing nonprofit groups and those financially supporting them, to understand how best to go about selecting and using an outcome approach within the context of this new reality. It does so by addressing these questions: • What is Outcome Thinking, and how is it different from other approaches to funding, planning and management? • What are its roots... (more)

Planning and Conducting Needs Assessments: A Practical Guide

Planning and Conducting Needs Assessments: A Practical Guide

by Belle Ruth Witkin

Despite the increasing necessity for needs assessments in a variety of fields, much confusion still prevails on how to conduct such assessments successfully. This book is a practical guide to that end. The authors first introduce a three-phase model - preassessment, assessment and postassessment - to clarify the distinctions between the needs of primary service recipients and the people and resources that... (more)

Evaluation with Power: A New Approach to Organizational Effectiveness, Empowerment, and Excellence (The Jossey-Bass Nonprofit and Public Management Series)

Evaluation with Power: A New Approach to Organizational Effectiveness, Empowerment, and Excellence (The Jossey-Bass Nonprofit and Public Management Series)

by Sandra T. Gray

Evaluation with Power becomes more important in the social sector every day. Donors no longer reward good intentions, they reward results. This book can help social sector leaders manage for the mission and measure results. ?Frances Hesselbein, president and CEO, Peter F. Drucker Foundation Evaluation with Power transforms evaluation into a powerful tool nonprofits can use to help their organizations... (more)

Benchmarking For Nonprofits: How To Measure, Manage, And Improve Performance

Benchmarking For Nonprofits: How To Measure, Manage, And Improve Performance

by Jason Saul

The no-cost way to improve your organization on a daily basis. Most nonprofits are already benchmarking informally. This unique books defines a formal way to benchmark. You'll learn how to prepare your organization, measure performance, and implement best practices as well as: The five key steps of benchmarking, The arguments against benchmarkingand why you should disregard them, How benchmarking differs from... (more)

How Are We Doing?: A 1-hour Guide To Evaluating Your Performance As A Nonprofit Board

How Are We Doing?: A 1-hour Guide To Evaluating Your Performance As A Nonprofit Board

by Gayle Gifford

Until now, almost all books dealing with board evaluation have had an air of unreality about them. The perplexing graphs, the matrix boxes, the overlong questionnaires. It took only a thumbing through to render a judgment: "My board’s going to use this? Get real!" Enter Gayle Gifford. Inhale the fresh air. See the ground break. Watch the clutter clear. This nationally respected author and board consultant... (more)

Raise More Money for Your Nonprofit Organization: A Guide to Evaluating and Improving Your FundraisingAnne L. New

Raise More Money for Your Nonprofit Organization: A Guide to Evaluating and Improving Your Fundraising

by Anne L. New

Meeting Funder Compliance: A Case Study of Challenges, Time Spent, and Dollars Invested

Meeting Funder Compliance: A Case Study of Challenges, Time Spent, and Dollars Invested

by Sandraluz Lara-Cinisomo

Funders financially support nonprofit organizations to further mutual goals of implementing programs and providing services; as such, nonprofits must meet certain compliance requirements. This case study, the first of its kind, examines the management processes of one nonprofit as it strives to meet funder compliance requirements, and presents recommendations and survey instruments to assess and improve the... (more)

Thinking Strategically Within Nonprofits: Every Organization Is Created For A Purpose : Thinking Strategically Will Achieve That Purpose

Thinking Strategically Within Nonprofits: Every Organization Is Created For A Purpose : Thinking Strategically Will Achieve That Purpose

by Michael S. Dore

For true success, it is critical for non-profit organizations to think strategically. In simple terms, they must assess: where they are now, where they want to be in the future, how they plan to get there, and who will have to do what by when. In addition, it's critical that they monitor their progress to be sure that things are going as planned. That is the essence of planning. It is the first of twelve very... (more)

The Manager's Guide to Program Evaluation: Planning, Contracting, and Managing for Useful Results

The Manager's Guide to Program Evaluation: Planning, Contracting, and Managing for Useful Results

by Paul W. Mattessich

Award Winner! 2003 Merit Award, Midwest Independent Publisher's Association. Your Guide to Getting a Useful Evaluation. Evaluation is vital and beneficial to any nonprofit organization. An effective evaluation can help identify an organization's successes, share information with key audiences, and improve services. It can confirm that an organization is truly making a difference. Who this book is... (more)

Comparative Performance Measurement

by Elaine Morley

Performance measurement has exploded at all levels of the public and nonprofit sector. As agencies collect data, they--and the citizens they serve--have begun asking how their agency is doing as compared to other similar agencies. This book is a step-by step guide to using Comparative Performance Measurement (CPM) to improve the management and operations of a particular agency or function, to improve policy and... (more)

Information Gold Mine: Innovative Uses of Evaluation

Information Gold Mine: Innovative Uses of Evaluation

by Paul W. Mattessich

Don't Shelve that Evaluation! Use the Findings More Creatively and Effectively Traditional use of evaluation-for improving service quality-is well known. But are you using the data to full advantage? Information Gold Mine highlights 14 nonprofits that have used program evaluation in exciting, creative ways. You'll find five examples of using evaluation for improving services, five examples of influencing policy,... (more)

Succeeding With Consultants: Self-Assessment for the Changing Nonprofit

Succeeding With Consultants: Self-Assessment for the Changing Nonprofit

by Barbara Kibbe

Program Evaluation

by National Minority AIDS Council

Measuring Program Outcomes: A Practical Approach

Measuring Program Outcomes: A Practical Approach

by United Way

Measuring Program Outcomes provides a step-by-step approach to developing a system for measuring program outcomes and using the results. The approach is based on methods implemented successfully by agencies across the country. That being 1) Get Ready, 2) Choose the Outcomes You Want to Measure, 3) Specify Indicators for your Outcomes, 4) Prepare to Collect Data on Your Indicators, 5) Try Out Your Outcome... (more)

Developing Community-wide Outcome Indicators for Specific Services (Outcome Management for Nonprofit Organizations)

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by Gary J. Stern

by Allison H Fine

by Melvin M. Mark

by Peter F. Drucker Foundation for Nonprofit Management, Peter F. Drucker, Frances Hesselbein

by Marcia Festen

by Dr. Robert M. Penna; William J. Phillips

by Belle Ruth Witkin

by Sandra T. Gray

by Jason Saul

by Gayle Gifford

by Anne L. New

by Sandraluz Lara-Cinisomo

by Michael S. Dore

by Paul W. Mattessich

by Elaine Morley

by Paul W. Mattessich

by Barbara Kibbe

by National Minority AIDS Council

by United Way