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 [...]
The use of outcomes in social service work is crucial to success. In his article, “How outcome saved my life (or at least my sanity),” published in Social Work Now (November 2012), United Kingdom based author Mike Pinnock explores the impact of a world without outcomes. In his work as a social worker in the [...]
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 [...]
Justin Miklas, Director of Business Development for Clear Impact, provides an overview of the Clear Impact Scorecard software and particularly how it is being used by the United Way of Central Iowa. The overview highlights how the Clear Impact Scorecard can be used to sustain RBA ideas. Some of the features covered include creating scorecards [...]
Adam Luecking, CEO of Clear Impact, presents a process for selecting performance measures for any program, agency or service system. The process includes looking at how much you do, how well you do it and is anyone better off from your service. The creation of performance measures across a system of like programs can create [...]
Adam Luecking, CEO of Clear Impact, provides an overview of how to select results statements and community indicators using RBA at the Population Accountability level. This aligns with the common agenda and shared measurement system aspects of collective impact. The Community Centres South Australia, with support from Uniting Care Wesley Port-Adelaide, Uniting Care Wesley Bowden, [...]
Adam Luecking, CEO of Clear Impact, quickly outlines how Results-Based Accountability™ can be used to implement the Five Conditions of Collective Impact. The five conditions include a common agenda, shared measurement system, mutually reinforcing activities, continuous communication and a backbone organization. The Community Centres South Australia, with support from Uniting Care Wesley Port-Adelaide, Uniting Care [...]
by: Rep. Diana Urban (CT), Sr. Consultant, Clear Impact To download the complete whitepaper click here. The world of management, budgeting and planning seems to generate popular new approaches every few years. Most of these approaches are over-sold and short-lived. This history leads to well- justified cynicism about new approaches. As Mark Friedman, who developed [...]
by: Rep. Diana Urban (CT), Sr. Consultant, Clear Impact To download the complete whitepaper click here. Glossary of RBA Terms Used in Connecticut The Language of Accountability The most common problem in Results Based Accountability or any similar work is the problem of language. People come to the table from many different disciplines and many [...]
