David Leonhardt recently wrote an article for The New York Times, “The Quiet Movement to Make Government Fail Less Often,” about trends to make government more efficient and effective. From his long career working with government agencies and nonprofit organizations around this very issue, our president, Philip Lee had some advice on how this movement [...]
Nine national and four local organizations announced the creation of the National Results and Equity Collaborative, designed to enable national and local philanthropy, technical assistance providers, public and private civic and service organizations, government and others to work together to help more vulnerable young people succeed from birth throughout adulthood. “From a national perspective, it [...]
A group of Australian funders and partners have launched a national $1 million initiative in a bid to work differently to tackle some of Australia’s biggest social problems. Described as the first of its kind in Australia, the initiative called The Search, is putting together a resource pool of up to $1 million for an [...]
JOHANNESBURG, South-Africa, June 6, 2014/ – Accelerate Performance and Clear Impact today launched the maiden Results Based Accountability™ (RBA) Africa Summit 2014 (http://www.rba-africa.com) at an exclusive executive breakfast briefing. Aimed at leaders in governments and non-profit organisations (NPOs), the summit will be held at the Hyatt in Rosebank, Johannesburg from 8-10 October, boasting an impressive [...]
Winning the small not-for-profit category of the Impact Measurement Awards, Linkwest, the peak body for Western Australia Community, Neighbourhood and Learning Centres (WA CNLC), has used the Performance Accountability component of the Results Based Accountability (RBA) framework to improve programs in the areas of sector development, community development, social inclusion, education and adult learning. This [...]
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 [...]
On September 30, 2013, there was a Three Branch Institute on Results-Based Accountability™ in West Virginia. The event was sponsored by the National Governor’s Association, National Conference of State Legislatures and Casey Family Programs, and it was hosted by Secretary Bowling welcomed over 60 participants and presenters to West Virginia, briefly discussed the goals of [...]
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 [...]
APRIL 30th, 2013 — The Vermont Department of Health recently released a new real-time online performance dashboard built on the concepts of Results-Based Accountability™ in connection with its “Healthy Vermonters 2020” plan. In the release of a tool dubbed “Healthy Vermonters Toolkit” the Department of Health provides information on population measures and performance indicators that [...]
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 [...]
