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New Publication from Strategies called: Re-visioning Case Management: Partnering with Families and Communities to Create Meaningful Change
(05/31/2011)
Re-visioning Case Management: Partnering with Families and Communities to Create Meaningful Change is designed to spark discussions and encourage exploration of a comprehensive approach to engage families, organizations, and communities in ways that bring about meaningful and enduring change.
This monograph is made possible by the generous funding of the S. H. Cowell Foundation and the California Department of Social Services, Office of Child Abuse Prevention, and the support and guidance of the Contra Costa County Service Integration Program.
We are happy to have our work cited on page 10 in this publication.
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Wednesday, July 13, 2011
Re-Visioning Case Management
Wednesday, June 15, 2011
Learning Through Networks
Click here to download a copy of SLHI's new publication called Learning Through Networks: The story of a remarkable collaborative process and its implications for the future of organizational and community capacity building.
Sarah Griffiths and I were interviewed for this publication and on page 25 you'll see our Pyramid of Capacity Building. Our focus is on the top two levels.
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Tuesday, June 7, 2011
Tuesday, April 19, 2011
Webinar Archive New Engagement Strategies for 21st Century Evaluation
Click on the following link for an archive of a webinar Cassandra O'Neill did with Amy Schaller called New Engagement Strategies for 21st Century Evaluation on March 21, 2011.
http://www1.cyfernet.org/onlinepd/03-11-NewEngage.html
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Wednesday, March 9, 2011
NCRP blog post on Better Evaluation Practices for Philanthropy
posted on: Friday, March 04, 2011
By Meredith Brodbeck
When it comes to philanthropic giving, people want to see results. They want to know that their contributions are making a difference and helping to “move the needle” on larger issues.
Does the current practice of evaluating philanthropy show that our gifts are delivering? Is quality of life improving? And how can the practice of evaluation evolve to better answer such questions?
Steve Mayer, of the Effective Communities Project, takes on these issues in his Responsive Philanthropy article “Wanted: Better Evaluation Practices for Philanthropy”.
He points out that giving is often too individual and therefore can easily overlook the greater systemic issues.
“Funding the rescue of one person at a time evokes evaluation practices that score success one person at a time, however temporary. Evaluation, asked to give an accounting of these rescue efforts, gives adequate information on how many people receive soup, or affordable housing, or their day in court. These data may answer the question well enough, but they say nothing about the bigger question, “Are we stemming the flow of hungry, homeless or wronged people?” Both charitable and structural reform efforts are needed to stem these flows, with evaluation practices that honor the difference.”
Mayer suggests nine different ways to make the practice of evaluation - and philanthropy - better. Among them are:
1. Recognize that a better world is not built in one day. “If we accept this, we can escape the limitations of short-term management thinking.”
2. For any problem, adopt a set of metrics that reflect current progress. “It’s important for anchoring a serious effort, for engaging community support and for keeping eyes on a jointly held prize.”
3. “Identify what moves these needles, and what keeps them from moving, to make clear what kinds of efforts to support.”
4. “Look beyond the capabilities and performance of one organization, and look instead to supporting a more organized and intentional effort.”
To see the rest of Mayer’s suggestions and learn additional ways to improve the evaluation of philanthropy, read the full text of “Wanted: Better Evaluation Practices for Philanthropy”.
Meredith Brodbeck is communications associate at the National Committee for Responsive Philanthropy (NCRP).
Labels: effective philanthropy, evaluation, evaluation resources, Measuring Impact, Responsive Philanthropy
http://blog.ncrp.org/2011/03/how-can-practice-of-evaluating.html
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Wednesday, February 9, 2011
Photos from Feb 8 training - implications of brain research on resiliency
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