An invaluable guide to the outcome-based tools needed to help nonprofit organizations increase their effectiveness
The Nonprofit Outcomes Toolbox identifies stages in the use of outcomes and shows you how to use specific facets of existing outcome models to improve performance and achieve meaningful results.
Going beyond the familiar limits of the sector, this volume also illustrates how tools and approaches long in use in the corporate sector can be of great analytical and practical use to nonprofit, philanthropic, and governmental organizations . An outstanding resource for organizational and program leaders interested in improving performance, there is nothing else like this work currently available.
- Shows how to identify and set meaningful, sustainable outcomes
- Illustrates how to track and manage with outcomes
- Offers guidance in assessing capacity, and using outcome-based communications
- Features a companion Web site with the tools found in this book
Providing the tools and explanations needed to achieve program success, this book is a complete resource for the nonprofit, governmental, or philanthropic professional striving for greater effectiveness in programs or organizations.Content:
Chapter 1 Approaching Outcomes (pages 5โ16):
Chapter 2 The Language of Outcomes (pages 17โ34):
Chapter 3 The Shape of Outcomes (pages 35โ56):
Chapter 4 Finding Your Outcomes (pages 57โ70):
Chapter 5 Planning with Outcomes (pages 71โ92):
Chapter 6 The Capacity for Outcomes (pages 93โ120):
Chapter 7 Tracking with Outcomes (pages 121โ134):
Chapter 8 Learning with Outcomes (pages 135โ154):
Chapter 9 Communicating with Outcomes (pages 155โ170):
Chapter 10 Communicating Our Outcomes (pages 171โ208):
Chapter 11 The Power of Six Sigma (pages 209โ240):
Chapter 12 Keeping it All in Balance (pages 241โ254):
Chapter 13 Budgeting with Outcomes (pages 255โ260):
Chapter 14 Outcomes in Administration (pages 261โ268):
Chapter 15 A Different View of Nonprofits (pages 269โ278):
Chapter 16 Thinking about Value (pages 279โ290):
Chapter 17 Building Value In (pages 291โ304):
Chapter 18 A Few Final Tools โฆ (pages 305โ332):