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Workbooks and Tip Sheets
>> Logic Model Workbook: An introduction to the concepts, structures, and processes involved in creating a logic model.
>> Sample Logic Model (pdf): Based on a fictional work-training program.
>> Evaluation Plan Workbook: A supplement to the Logic Model Workbook, the Evaluation Plan Workbook introduces you to the concepts, structures, and processes involved in planning an evaluation effort.
>> Data Collection Tips:
Survey Development (pdf)
Build on Existing Instruments (pdf)
>> Evaluation Glossary: Innovation Network's collection of definitions of planning and evaluation terms.
>> Evaluation Introduction (pdf): "Program Evaluation: Igniting the Untapped Power"
>> Evaluation Tips for Nonprofit Boards(pdf)
>> Evaluating the Impact of Information Technology (pdf)
Presentation Slides
Program Evaluation: Assessing and Measuring Your Program’s Performance (1.15 MB PDF, may take some time to download), presented at the Nonprofit Technology Conference, April 2007.
Reports
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Hunger Fellows Program Evaluation Report (pdf): The Bill Emerson National Hunger Fellowship, a project of the Congressional Hunger Center, is a unique leadership development opportunity for motivated individuals seeking to make a difference in the struggle to eliminate hunger and poverty. Innovation Network has just completed an evaluation of the program's first ten years of work developing young leaders in the anti-hunger/social justice field. Click here to read the report (pdf, may take some time to load).
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Echoes from the Field (pdf): Full study text of the above project.
Program Evaluation Practice in the Nonprofit Sector: an Innovation Network working paper funded by The Aspen Institute Nonprofit Sector Research Fund and the Robert Wood Johnson Foundation that explores how nonprofits can supply evidence of their social impact in a highly competitive and politically charged funding environment.
Learning Circles Round I Evaluation Report
Nonprofit Organizational Effectiveness: A literature review.
Articles, Editorials, and Interviews
November 2004: Philanthropy News Digest interview with Patrick Corvington, Executive Director of Innovation Network.
July 2004: "The Bottom Line for Nonprofits" (pdf), letter to the editor of the Mercury News from Allison Fine, Founder of Innovation Network.
April 2004: "Website Offers New Evaluation Tools" (pdf), Chronicle of Philanthropy article about Innovation Network's online tools
August 2004: Cyber Frontier article in the Nonprofit Times about online evaluation
August 2003: "Nonprofit World Must Work Together" (pdf), Chronicle of Philanthropy editorial by Allison Fine.
June 2003: "How Charities Learn from Evaluating Themselves and Tips for Measuring Results" (pdf), Chronicle of Philanthropy.
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