By: Adam Luecking July 26th, 2022 Spending more time and energy on achieving alignment is one of the most important things any organization can do to increase efficiency and impact. Alignment ensures that everything you do, individually and as a group, serves your organizational purpose and destiny. More specifically, alignment involves assigning appropriate roles [...]
Dr. Michael McAfee, Director of the Promise Neighborhoods Institute of PolicyLink, discusses how the use of Results-Based Accountability™ to create a set of results and indicators can clearly outline to funders the impact of programs developed using data collected and analyzed. McAfee shares the positive aspects of the RBA model, including a focus on results, [...]
The Short Answer 1. Funders want to fund things that make a difference in people's lives. If you can identify customer results (how customers are better off) and use these to describe, plan, operate, and evaluate your program, you will be more successful in obtaining grants. 2. Be clear about the customers, the benefits [...]
