For this week’s blast-from-the-past, check out this video of Deitre Epps of Clear Impact speaking with Mary Dodd at the National Association of Planning Councils Conference 2013. While the interview is brief, Deitre provides an excellent overview of the Results-Based Accountability™ framework (RBA), using real-life examples of initiatives from around the world. [...]
Common Good Vermont, a statewide network of non-profits, consultants, and other organizations working to increase effectiveness, recently released their advice on implementing RBA. The complete article has been re-posted below, but you can also view the original posting by clicking here. Results-Based Accountability(TM) is sweeping the state of Vermont, the public and private sectors [...]
The latest slides used by Adam Luecking for the keynote address at the Social Outcomes Measurement Conference in Sydney, Australia are now available for anyone to use. Check out this presentation on the Five W's and How of Results-Based Accountability. This slidedeck covers many RBA topics including collective impact planning including: Common language Shared measurement systems [...]
Welcome to the Collective Impact Toolkit – a collection of tools designed to help launch and sustain your Collective Impact initiative. Download the Collective Impact Toolkit (PDF - 1MB) The tools described in this document are all part of the Clear Impact Scorecard 3.0 software – a data and collaboration system designed specifically for non-profit [...]
Articles and Publications "Charting a Course for Change: Advancing Education, Income and Health Through Collective Impact." FSG Knowledge Exchange. United Way, MayJune 2012. Web. 10 Oct. 2013. <http://www.fsg.org/tabid/191/ArticleId/780/Default.aspx?srpush=true>. Hanleybrown, Fay, John Kania, and Mark Kramer. Channeling Change: Making Collective Impact Work. Publication. Stanford Social Innovation Review, n.d. Web. 10 Oct. 2013. <http://www.fsg.org/tabid/191/ArticleId/561/Default.aspx?srpush=true>. Hanleybrown, Fay, Kate [...]
The Sample Results-Based Partnership Agreement or MOU is meant to serve as a clear articulation of the roles of both a backbone organization and community partner in a Collective Impact or place-based partnership. At a minimum, the Results-Based Partnership Agreement should serve as a declaration of the community results and/or indicators that you intend to [...]
Adam Luecking, CEO of Clear Impact Do you find you can never escape the demands of the office? Is work beginning to interfere with personal time with family and friends? Do you find no matter how much time you put in at work very little gets accomplished? Well, you are not alone. According [...]
Governments, non-profit organizations, grant-makers, community foundations and other public-sector organizations around the world are working to improve the lives of children and families in their communities.. but where do they start? This short video, produced by Clear Impact, explains how the Results-Based Accountability™ framework can be the guiding force that helps like-minded public-sector organizations work [...]
In 2005, the Harvard Family Research Project’s Evaluation Exchange (Volume XI, No. 2, Summer, 2005) provided an overview of eight outcome models. Of these outcome models, only four (Logic Model, Outcome Funding Framework, RBA and Targeting Outcomes of Programs) were appropriate for program planning and management. RBA was the only model found to be well-suited [...]
By Phil Lee, as published by the Local Community Services Association, NSW Australia. Logic models are diagrams that explain how a program is supposed to work. A simple one page logic model can sometimes be a useful planning and communication tool. But many programs today are required to produce long complex logic models that explain [...]
