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Basic Guide to Program Evaluation Carter McNamara's guide to evaluation, part of his Free Management Library and drawn from his book Field Guide to Nonprofit Program Design, Marketing and Evaluation. This guide covers the hows and whys of evaluation, an overview of evaluation and data collection methodologies and how to choose between them, analysis and interpretation advice, and other tips. Author: McNamara, Carter (ed.) Type: Websites & Online Tools Date: Jan 18, 2008
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Basics of Conducting Focus Groups This is a succinct guide to running a focus group. It includes tips for preparation, developing questions, session planning, facilitation, and followup activities. Author: McNamara, Carter (ed.) Type: Websites & Online Tools Date: Jan 18, 2008 Be the first to review this resource! Web Link -
Beneficial Tips on Designing a Non-Profit Website This checklist, developed by web designer Shay Howe, provides a good overview of what to consider when designing (or redesigning) a nonprofit website. Author: Shay Howe Type: Tipsheets & Paper Tools Date: Sep 14, 2009 Point K Pick Be the first to review this resource! Web Link -
Best Practices for Advocacy The ACTION Project, a group of partners in seven countries that advocate for tuberculosis control, produced this document to highlight lessons learned from its advocacy successes. Note: This is not an evaluation focused publication, but elements of it (e.g., Chapter 2) do relate to evaluation. Author: ACTION: Advocacy to Control Tuberculosis Internationally Type: Workbooks & Guides Date: Nov 1, 2007
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Blog: "Monitoring and Evaluation NEWS" Monitoring and Evaluation NEWS is a frequently-updated blog / news website managed by Rick Davies in the UK. The site focuses on M&E methods for aid / development programs, and includes news, opinion, jobs, and events.
Author: Davies, Rick Type: Websites & Online Tools Date: Jan 1, 1997 Point K Pick Be the first to review this resource! Web Link -
Board Café Board Café is an online newsletter published monthly by CompassPoint, written for nonprofit board members. Author: CompassPoint Type: Newsletters & Periodicals Date: Jan 18, 2008 Be the first to review this resource! Web Link -
BoardSource Knowledge Center BoardSource is a nonprofit organization that offers consulting, publications, and membership services to increase the effectiveness of nonprofit boards. Though many of the resources on BoardSource's website are available only to members, don't let that scare you. The Knowledge Center section of the website contains several free-access resources, including articles, white papers, and an extensive FAQ file. Author: BoardSource Type: Websites & Online Tools Date: Jan 18, 2008
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Building a Culture of Evaluation: 30 Ideas to Apply to Your Organization This fun infographic by Community Solutions shows 30 ways to build a culture of evaluation into your organization. Examples include starting with simple evaluations to demonstrate benefits and worth, positioning evaluation as a way of giving staff a voice, and scheduling time up front in the program planning phase to discuss evaluation.
Author: Community Solutions Type: Tipsheets & Paper Tools Date: Jan 1, 2011 Be the first to review this resource! Download (148.96 KB) -
Building and Sustaining Stakeholder Engagement This resource from Abindaer Group gives factors and suggestion to consider when convening a Stakeholder Group such as an Advisory Group, Workgroup, or Steering Committee. These suggestions help maximize the group’s engagement in and commitment to the process while promoting synergistic exchange.Author: Abinader Group Type: Websites & Online Tools Date: Jan 1, 2013 Be the first to review this resource! Download (868.24 KB) -
Building Capacity to Measure and Manage Performance This article explores what it takes to build the capacity for measuring and managing performance. It is written for nonprofits
Author: Matthew Forti & Kathleen Yazbak Type: Workbooks & Guides Date: Apr 14, 2012 Be the first to review this resource! Download (188.43 KB) -
Building Government Monitoring and Evaluation (M&E) Systems The Independent Evaluation Group ("IEG") of the World Bank offers this collection of monitoring and evaluation ("M&E") resources. Primarily geared for evaluation specialists building M&E systems for governments, this collection includes a wealth of tools, methodologies, guides, and case studies. Author: Independent Evaluation Group Type: Websites & Online Tools Date: Jan 18, 2008 Be the first to review this resource! Web Link -
Can we obtain the required rigour without randomisation? Non-governmental organisations (NGOs) operating in the international development sector need credible, reliable feedback on whether their interventions are making a meaningful difference but they struggle with how they can practically access it. Impact evaluation is research and, like all credible research, it takes time, resources, and expertise to do well, and – despite being under increasing pressure – most NGOs are not set up to rigorously evaluate the bulk of their work.
Author: Karl Hughes and Claire Hutchings Type: Research & Reports Date: Aug 1, 2011 Be the first to review this resource! Download (347.42 KB) -
Candidate Outcome Indicators: Advocacy Program This publication, based on joint research by the Urban Institute and The Center for What Works, provides a framework for tracking nonprofit performance. It suggests candidate outcomes and outcome indicators to assist nonprofit organizations that seek to develop new outcome monitoring processes or improve their existing systems. Author: Urban Institute and The Center for What Works Type: Tipsheets & Paper Tools Date: Jan 1, 2007
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Capaciteria Capaciteria is a community site for nonprofit capacity building. A free membership gives you access to a broad collection of capacity-building resources (over 3400 links!). The site encourages rating of resources and forum discussions, but it looks like those features aren't being fully used. Still, there's a lot of knowledge here. Author: Internaut Consulting Type: Websites & Online Tools Date: Jan 18, 2008
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Capacity and Organizational Readiness for Evaluation (CORE) Tool Capacity and Organizational Readiness for Evaluation (CORE) Tool is a succinct, fifteen-question organizational assessment tool. The CORE Tool assesses organizational readiness for evaluation and learning on three dimensions: Culture/Learning Environment; Organizational Leadership; and Resources, Systems, Structures, and Process. Author: Johanna Morariu, Ehren Reed, and Kathy Brennan Type: Tipsheets & Paper Tools Date: Mar 8, 2011 Point K Pick Be the first to review this resource! Download (115.62 KB) -
Capacity Building and Organizational Effectiveness The Alliance for Nonprofit Management defines what capacity building is and provides an excerpt from Deborah Lindell's book, "Evaluation of Capacity Building: Lessons from the Field." Author: Alliance for Nonprofit Management Type: Websites & Online Tools Date: Jan 18, 2008
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Catalog of Nonprofit Literature Catalog of Nonprofit Literature is a searchable database of the literature of philanthropy. It incorporates the unique contents of the Foundation Center's five libraries and contains 25,000 full bibliographic citations, of which more than 17,000 have descriptive abstracts. It is updated daily. Author: Foundation Center Type: Websites & Online Tools Date: Jan 18, 2008 Be the first to review this resource! Web Link -
CDC Evaluation Working Group A collection of online resources for evaluation from the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention’s Evaluation Working Group Author: Centers for Disease Control Type: Websites & Online Tools Date: Jan 18, 2008 Be the first to review this resource! Web Link -
Center for Lobbying in the Public Interest (CLPI) CLPI promotes, supports, and protects the role of lobbying in the work of U.S. 501(c)(3) nonprofits. This webpage provides basic information, FAQs, and publications. Author: Center for Lobbying in the Public Interest (CLPI) Type: Websites & Online Tools Date: Jan 18, 2008 Be the first to review this resource! Web Link -
Clearinghouse For Volunteer Accounting Services This organization matches volunteer accountants with U.S. nonprofit organizations through its website. Author: Clearinghouse For Volunteer Accounting Services Type: Websites & Online Tools Date: Jan 18, 2008 Be the first to review this resource! Web Link -
Clinic Consortia: Policy and Advocacy Program Evaluation Many community health centers in California have formed regional consortia and statewide organizations. The California Endowment funded 19 such consortia to strengthen their capacity to support community clinic management, leadership development, policy, and systems integration needs. This paper describes the evaluation results of the program for the years 2001-2003. The evaluation was conducted by the Institute for Health Policy Studies at the University of California, San Francisco (UCSF). Author: Gardner, Annette Type: Research & Reports Date: Oct 1, 2005 Be the first to review this resource! Download (345.91 KB) -
Coalition Assessment: Approaches for Measuring Capacity and Impact Why assess coalition capacity? How should a coalition be assessed? How can coalition assessment data be analyzed and used?
Author: Veena Pankaj, Kat Athanasiades, and Ann Emery Type: Research & Reports Date: Feb 4, 2014 Point K Pick Be the first to review this resource! Download (768.05 KB) -
Community Development Evaluation Storymap This interactive resource offers concise explanations and real-world applications of capacity assessment, performance measurement, and outcome evaluation approaches, along with information about recommended tools and resources for each process. Author: NeighborWorks® America Type: Websites & Online Tools Date: Jun 28, 2006 Be the first to review this resource! Download (6.01 MB) -
Community Resource Institute Tutorials A collection of the following community empowerment tutorials:1. Using Data to Support Grant Applications and Other Funding Opportunities
2. Monitoring Trends and Identifying Emerging Problems
3. Using Data to Disseminate Information to Engage Community and Policymakers
4. Using Data to Evaluate Progress in Meeting Goals
5. Using Data to Establish Priorities and Plan ProgramsAuthor: Community Resource Institute Type: Workbooks & Guides Date: Jan 1, 2010 Be the first to review this resource! Web Link -
Community Tool Box The Community Toolbox offers a wide range of free information and tools to support you in your work:
- Browse 46 Chapters through which you can obtain more than 300 different sections providing practical, step-by-step guidance in community-building skills.
- Access succinct guidance on 16 core competencies for community work, including how to conduct a community assessment, develop a strategic plan, write a grant, or evaluate your efforts.
Author: University of Kansas, Community Health and Development Workgroup Type: Websites & Online Tools Date: Jan 1, 2015 Be the first to review this resource! Web Link