Defining & Reporting Our Successes

Outputs, Outcomes and Impacts

Desired Outcomes

Understanding the Importance of Defining & Reporting Outcomes

Understanding of the Differences between Outputs, Outcomes and Impacts

Understanding the Types of Outcomes Understanding of How to Use DANRIS-X

to Record Outcomes

The Importance of Outcomes? Program Development

Maintain and improve the quality of our programs

Accountability Demonstrate individual accountability

for providing effective services Demonstrate organizational

accountability for use of public funds

Program Action: Logic Model

Identify Problem or Need

InvestStaff,

Volunteers, Money, Materials

DeliverProducts

or Services

Change inProgram

Participants

Change to Population

or Area

InputsActivities/ Outputs

Outcomes

ImpactsSituation Knowledge & Behavior

Invasive Species: Yellow Star Thistle

Yellow star thistle

causing lossof rangeland & ecosystem

damage

Staff, Money, Materials, Researchbase on

control and eradication

• Workshops for ranchers& land managers

• Publications

• Ranchers gain increasedknowledge about Yellow star thistle • Ranchers adopt new control practices, such as parasitic wasps & controlled burns

• Improved health of ecosystems & native species

• Reduction in acres lost of rangeland

InputsActivities/ Outputs

Outcomes

ImpactsSituation

Knowledge/ Behavior

Outputs in DANRIS-X: What did you deliver?

Direct Extension Methods Classes, Workshops, Field Days

Indirect Extension Methods Newsletter, Websites, Articles

Research and Creative Activity Methods

Basic/Applied Research, Videos, Curricula Publications

Types of Outcomes in DANRIS-X: What is the desired change?

1. Change in Knowledge2. Change in Attitude/Intention3. Change in Skill4. Change in Behavior or Practice5. Change in Social/Health Condition6. Change in Economic Condition7. Change in Environmental/Physical

Condition

Main Types of Outcomes

Short-term changes ~ Learning Outcomes Knowledge Attitude Skill

Medium-term changes ~ Action Outcomes Behavior Practice

Long-term changes ~ Condition Outcomes (Impacts)

Social/Health Economic Environmental

Learning Outcomes

Knowledge 90% of program participants gain knowledge

of 5 techniques for water conservation Attitude/Intention

60% of program participants are more willing to use recommended techniques for water conservation

Skill 80% program participants gain the ability to

implement water conserving techniques

Action Outcomes

Behavior 50% of program participants now

conserve water Practice

60% program participants adopted at least one of the recommended water conservation practices

Condition Outcomes

Social/Health 20% increase in voluntary compliance to water

conservation regulations by residents in Placer County

Economic Average reduction of 10% in monthly spending

on water for Mendocino County grape growers Environmental/Physical

5% reduction in water usage in Shasta County

Steps for Defining an Outcome:

What? Choose type of change Describe specific change Quantify change, if possible

Who? Describe the group/area that was affected Quantify group affected

Ex. 50 Pest Control Advisors, private consultants, family farmers, field managers will gain 3 skills to identify key pests in field cropping systems.

How do we track our successes?

We measure:

Outputs Outcomes

Resources

University of Wisconsin Extension www.uwex.edu/ces/pdande

Penn State Cooperative Extension http://www.extension.psu.edu/evaluation/

American Evaluation Association www.eval.org

Logic Model Development Guide http://ucanr.org/logicmodeldevelopment