Building Capacity for Public Policy: Toolkit
National Council of Nonprofit Associations
Intended audience: Practitioners	Date of publication: 2004
Topic: General Advocacy Evaluation	Region: U.S.A. / North America

Capacity-building toolkit based on lindicators developed from lessons learned from the Building Capacity for Public Policy project >>

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Global Program Advocacy Grants: What Do They Tell Us About Evaluating Advocacy?
Ng, Sandra N.W.
Intended audience: Funders	Date of publication: 2001
Topic: General Advocacy Evaluation	Region: International

Advocacy evaluation lessons for funders, from Oxfam America's thirty Global Program Advocacy grantees >>

A Practical Guide to Documenting Influence and Leverage In Making Connections Communities
Organizational Research Services
Intended audience: Practitioners	Date of publication: 2004
Topic: General Advocacy Evaluation	Region: U.S.A. / North America

Advice from the Annie E. Casey Foundation's experience with Influence and Leverage >>

A Guide to Measuring Advocacy and Policy
Organizational Research Services
Intended audience: Funders	Date of publication: 2007
Topic: General Advocacy Evaluation	Region: U.S.A. / North America

Advocacy evaluation guide for the funding community to inform their grantmaking strategies >>

A Handbook of Data Collection Tools: Companion to "A Guide to Measuring Advocacy and Policy"
Organizational Research Services
Intended audience: Evaluators, Practitioners, Funders	Date of publication: 2007
Topic: General Advocacy Evaluation	Region: U.S.A. / North America

A compendium of advocacy evaluation data collection instruments>>

Using Information for Policy Change: The Only Reason to Do Evaluation (In This Context)
Patrizi, Patricia
Intended audience: Evaluators	Date of publication: 2006
Topic: General Advocacy Evaluation	Region: U.S.A. / North America

"As a career-long evaluator, I'd like to put forth a heretical proposition: policy change should only be evaluated when there is a reason to evaluate. >>

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Nudging the Giant: The Story of the POLICY Project/Nigeria 1999 - 2004
The POLICY Project
Intended audience: Evaluators, Practitioners	Date of publication: 2005
Topic: General Advocacy Evaluation	Region: Nigeria/International

USAID-funded work related to Nigeria's policy process>>

Strengthening Family Planning Policies and Programs in Developing Countries: An Advocacy Toolkit
The POLICY Project
Intended audience: Evaluators, Practitioners	Date of publication: 2005
Topic: General Advocacy Evaluation	Region: International

USAID-funded toolkit for family planning advocacy >>

Measuring Social Change Investments
Puntenney, Deborah L.
Intended audience: Funders / Practitioners	Date of publication: 2002
Topic: General Advocacy Evaluation	Region: U.S.A. / North America

A model for measuring the complex, multi-dimensional, unpredictable phenomenon of social change >>

Social Capital, Sustainability, and Working Democracy: New Yardsticks for Grassroots Development
Ritchey-Vance, Marion
Intended audience: Practitioners	Date of publication: 1996
Topic: General Advocacy Evaluation	Region: International

The Inter-American Foundation's framework for "measuring the immeasurable" >>

Using Survey Research to Evaluate Communications Campaigns
Russonello, Belden et. al.
Intended audience: Practitioners	Date of publication: November 2004
Topic: Communication Evaluation	Region: U.S.A. /North America

Provides advice to nonprofit organizations that may consider using survey research to evaluate the effectiveness of a communications campagin>>

Mobilizing Public Will for Social Change
Salmon, et. al.
Intended audience: Practitioners	Date of publication: June 2003
Topic: Social Change Evaluation	Region: U.S.A. /North America

Describes the elements of a public will campaign>>

Advocating for Adolescent Reproductive Health in Sub-Saharan Africa
Shannon, Adam
Intended audience: Practitioners, Evaluators	Date of publication: 1998
Topic: General Advocacy Evaluation	Region: Africa / International

Tips for evaluating adolescent reproductive health advocacy efforts >>

From the War on Poverty to an Economy that Works for All
Shulman, Sarah
Intended audience: Practitioners	Date of publication: 2006
Topic: General Advocacy Evaluation	Region: U.S.A. / North America

Lessons learned from a Women's Donor Network advocacy evaluation >>

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Strategy Development: Key Questions for Developing an Advocacy Strategy
Shultz, Jim
Intended audience: Practitioners	Date of publication: 2004
Topic: General Advocacy Evaluation	Region: International

"What do you want? Who can give it to you? What do they need to hear?" >>

eNonprofits Benchmark Study: Measuring Email Messaging, Online Fundraising, and Internet Advocacy Metrics
Smith, Benjamin et. al.
Intended audience: Practitioners	Date of publication: 2006
Topic: General Advocacy Evaluation	Region: U.S.A. / North America

A snapshot of key metrics and benchmarks for nonprofit e-mail communications, online fundraising and online advocacy >>

Evaluating Philanthropic Support of Public Policy Advocacy: A Resoure for Funders
Snowdon, Ashley
Intended audience: Funders	Date of publication: 2004
Topic: General Advocacy Evaluation	Region: U.S.A. / North America

Performance measures for incremental policy change >>

Evaluating Public Policy Grantmaking: A Resource for Funders
Snowdon, Ashley
Intended audience: Funders	Date of publication: 2004
Topic: General Advocacy Evaluation	Region: U.S.A. / North America

Identifying appropriate performance measures based on the incremental steps needed to create lasting change >>

Smart Chart 2.0
Spitfire Strategies
Intended audience: Practitioners	Date of publication: February 2004
Topic: Communication Evaluation	Region: U.S.A. /North America

A tool for a nonprofit to create a strategic plan for a communications effort>>

The Challenge of Evaluating Complex Interventions: A Framework for Evaluating Media Advocacy
Stead, et. al.
Intended audience: Practitioners	Date of publication: 2002
Topic: Media Advocacy Evaluation	Region: U.K. / International

A framework for evaluating media advocacy>>

Summary of Expert Interview Findings for Evaluating Policy and Advocacy Organizational Effectiveness
TCC Group
Intended audience: Funders and Practitioners	Date of publication: June 2006
Topic: General Advocacy Evaluation	Region: International

A report sponsored by the California Endowment of interviews with policy advocacy experts and a literature review to probe around four capacities of organizational effectiveness >>

Advocacy Toolkit: Practical action in advocacy, Section C5 Evaluation
Tearfund
Intended audience: Practitioners	Date of publication: 2002
Topic: General Advocacy Evaluation	Region: International

Evaluation tools developed specifically for advocacy efforts >>

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Candidate Outcome Indicators: Advocacy Program
Urban Institute and The Center for What Works
Intended audience: Practitioners, Evaluators	Date of publication: 2007
Topic: General Advocacy Evaluation	Region: International

Sample outcomes and indicators for advocacy evaluation >>

Supporting Civic Advocacy: Strategic approaches for donor-supported civic advocacy programs
USAID, Office of Democracy and Governance
Intended audience: Funders / Practitioners	Date of publication: 2001
Topic: General Advocacy Evaluation	Region: International

USAID's guidelines for development of advocacy efforts, including evaluation, by Democracy and Governance officers >>

Social Watch Developing An Evaluation (1995-2000)
van Tuijl, Peter
Intended audience: Evaluators / Practitioners	Date of publication: 1999
Topic: General Advocacy Evaluation	Region: International

"The complexity of Social Watch is enormous, the specific objectives of an evaluation of Social Watch are far from evident and the available methodologies for evaluating a transnational NGO advocacy effort like Social Watch are at best still experimental. The process of formulating a terms of reference for an evaluation of Social Watch is thus an important issue in itself." >>

What is Success?
VeneKlasen, Lisa and Valerie Miller
Intended audience: Practitioners	Date of publication: 2002
Topic: General Advocacy Evaluation	Region: International

Defining advocacy success through multiple dimensions of change >>

Measuring Progress Towards Safety and Justice: A Global Guide to the Design of Performance Indicators across the Justice Sector
Vera Institute of Justice
Intended audience: Practitioners	Date of publication: November 2003
Topic: Social Justice Evaluation	Region: International

Discusses the process of choosing appropriate indicators to measure progress toward safety and justice>>

A Case Study in "Grassroots" Lobbying: How MADD Fixed the Flaw in Hawaii's Drunk-Driving Law
W.K. Kellogg Foundation
Intended audience: Practitioners, Funders	Date of publication: June 2006
Topic: General Advocacy Evaluation	Region: U.S.A. / North America

How MADD used grassroots lobbying to enact legislative reform reform>>

A Case Study in Advocacy Through Public Education: How the Public Media Center Used Facts to Counter Tobacco Industry Politics
W.K. Kellogg Foundation
Intended audience: Practitioners, Funders	Date of publication: June 2006
Topic: General Advocacy Evaluation	Region: U.S.A. / North America

How a California nonprofit used public education to wage a successful ballot initiative campaign >>

A Case Study in Executive Branch Advocacy: Families for Kids Grantees Visit the White House and the Department of Health and Human Services
W.K. Kellogg Foundation
Intended audience: Practitioners, Funders	Date of publication: June 2006
Topic: General Advocacy Evaluation	Region: U.S.A. / North America

How a group of grantees influenced the U.S. Executive Branch, leading to presidential support for the advocacy initiative goal of foster care and adoption reform>>

A Case Study in Direct Lobbying How an Alzheimer’s Association Used Lobbying to Create Respite Care Subsidies
W.K. Kellogg Foundation
Intended audience: Practitioners, Funders	Date of publication: June 2006
Topic: General Advocacy Evaluation	Region: U.S.A. / North America

How receiving guidance lobbying regulations empowered an organization >>

A Case Study in Offering Testimony and Technical Assistance to Congress: Families for Kids Grantees Appear Before the Ways and Means Committee
W.K. Kellogg Foundation
Intended audience: Practitioners, Funders	Date of publication: June 2006
Topic: General Advocacy Evaluation	Region: U.S.A. / North America

How providing testimony to Congress can lead to policy victory >>

A Case Study in Organizing and Mobilizing: How Families for Kids Grantees Galvanized Their Communities to Plan Child Welfare System Reform
W.K. Kellogg Foundation
Intended audience: Practitioners, Funders	Date of publication: June 2006
Topic: General Advocacy Evaluation	Region: U.S.A. / North America

How organizing and mobilizing lays the groundwork for future policy success >>

Now Hear This: The Nine Laws of Successful Advocacy Communications
Wolf, Kristen
Intended audience: Practitioners	Date of publication: 2001
Topic: Advocacy Communication Evaluation	Region: U.S.A. / North America

An example of a detailed approach to an advocacy communication campaign >>

Making the Case
Women's Funding Network
Intended audience: Practitioners	Date of publication: 2005
Topic: General Advocacy Evaluation	Region: International

A tool developed by the Women's Funding Network to measure social change>>

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