Policy Makers and Results: Geoffrey Canada

Geoffrey Canada, President and CEO of the Harlem Children’s Zone, discusses the discrepancies between policy created to improve the lives of students and the reality of those policies when put into action. Canada speaks about the importance of using Results-Based Accountability™ Framework to clearly track the accomplishments of policies enacted on behalf of children to [...]

The Difficulty of Solving Community Problems: Geoffrey Canada

Geoffrey Canada, President and CEO of the Harlem Children’s Zone, discusses the factors that can complicate finding solutions to community problems and how the use of Results-Based Accountability™ can be used to create a successful strategy that can be implemented effectively on a large scale in several communities. Using RBA to measure the problem correctly [...]

A Clear, Unrelenting Focus on Results: Michael McAfee

Dr. Michael McAfee, Director of the Promise Neighborhoods Institute of PolicyLink, discusses the positive results that a clear, unrelenting focus on results has for children across the country thanks to usage of Results-Based Accountability™. The Success of organizations hinges on a commitment to use data as the basis for all decisions to motivate change. The [...]

A Necessary Convergence: Michael McAfee

Dr. Michael McAfee, Director of the Promise Neighborhoods Institute of PolicyLink, discusses how the ability to learn what works and what doesn’t work in achieving an organization’s mission is only possible through tools like the Clear Impact Scorecard and the Results-Based Accountability™ Framework. The use of the RBA Framework allows organizations to see their work [...]

The Importance of Data in Place Based Work: Ebony Harris

Project directors of several Promise Neighborhoods partners discuss how the focus on data can make or break an organization’s mission. The focus on results with the support of data can help team members to more easily understand and support the strategy put in place to achieve positive results in programs for children and families. By [...]

Clear Impact Scorecard as a Sustainability Tool: Michael McAfee

Dr. Michael McAfee, Director of the Promise Neighborhoods Institute of PolicyLink, discusses the unique features of the Clear Impact Scorecard that make it one of the best tools on the market for data-based decision making. McAfee notes that the foundation of the Clear Impact Scorecard is grounded in science as well as the Results-Based Accountability™ [...]

Results Frame = Common Sense: Geoffrey Canada

Geoffrey Canada, President and CEO of the Harlem Children’s Zone, discusses how the Results-Based Accountability™ Framework allows organizations to improve their practice with time. The presence of clear results and indicators help to inform necessary change and create a clear trajectory for success. This focus on data that many organizations overlook is a crucial aspect [...]

Next Generation Contracting: Applying Results-Based Accountability™ Principles in Contracting

By Phil Lee, President, Clear Impact To download the complete whitepaper click here. Each of the following provisions, for a contract or grant, incorporates a principle from Results-Based Accountability™. Provision 1: Focus on the most important performance measures. Specify the most important 3 to 5 measures (a combination of measures of (a) how well services [...]

Performance Management Expert Releases Interactive Workshop Video

Results Accountability Workshop Geared Toward Government, Non-profit Sector Clear Impact and Fiscal Policy Studies Institute (FPSI) today announced the release of a new video entitled "Results Accountability Workshop with Mark Friedman" designed to help government agencies and nonprofit organizations implement common sense results-based management practices. The video's release comes at a time of tightening budgets [...]