most significant change stories & outcome harvesting evaluation of partnerships & networks...
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Most Significant Change Stories Most Significant Change Stories & Outcome Harvesting & Outcome Harvesting
Evaluation of Evaluation of Partnerships & Partnerships & Networks in the Networks in the Not-For Profit Sector Not-For Profit Sector
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Partnership Partnership DevelopmentDevelopment
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Networks Include Unpredictable Interconnected contributions from a variety of actors
New approaches New approaches suited to complexity suited to complexity to paint a full picture to paint a full picture for accountability & for accountability &
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Evaluation approaches
• Most Significant Change
• Social Network Mapping
• Outcome Mapping/Harvesting
Most significant change
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Social network mapping
Partnership projects
Network projects
Stakeholder – government sector
Stakeholder – private sector
Stakeholder – voluntary sector
Stakeholder – added by participants
Outcome mapping
Community ownership
increases
Program influence decreases
Inputs Activities Outputs Outcomes Impacts
Harvesting Outcomes
First…
Identify outcomes
Paradigm shift
Second…
Discover the activities and outputs that
contributed
Paradigm shift
Capacity Building in Networks Defined
Partnership/ Collaboration: Network Development and Co-ordination
Tools for Impact: Information, Resources & Communication
Knowledge/Learning: Strategy Development and Relationships
Innovations/Quality Improvement/Business Development
Harvest from 14 Diverse Projects
1. Accessible Community Counselling and Employment Services (ACCES)
2. Community Microskills Development Network3. Hong Fook Mental Health Association4. KCWA Family & Social Services Network5. Immigrant Women Services Network Ottawa6. Pillar Non-Profit Network7. Capacity Waterloo Region
Outcome Harvest Data Base8. United Way of Chatham Kent9. Ontario Volunteer Centre Network10.Tamarack Institute for Community Engagement11. Mowat NFP Policy Research Hub12.Ontario Not for Profit Organization Network13.Centre for Social Innovation 14.Imagine Canada
Grantee Outcome Contributions by Capacity Building Definitions
47 outcome descriptions from 14 projects•36 outcome descriptions from 12 projects result of new capacities built through PGP.•9 outcome descriptions from 5 projects as a result of existing capacities enabled.
Network Development and Co-ordination
Chatham-Kent United Way with Ontario Not-For Profit Network:“On Friday, November 22, 2013, 52 representatives of local non-profits, foundations, and government officials attended the Ontario Non-profit Network Regional Meeting. At this meeting, the group voted on the need and benefits of forming the Chatham-Kent Non-profit Network.”
Significance of Outcome to Mission of Chatham-Kent United Way
The United Way of Chatham-Kent’s mission is to build stronger communities. The network empowers local non-profits to build more community capacity and improve the lives of their clients and families.
The formation of this group demonstrates increased trust among “competitors.” The social and economic impact generated by non-profits in Chatham-Kent has been poorly recognized, which leads to issues of funding and stability causing non-profits locally to compete against one another to secure funding for pressing needs.
Contact: Heidi SchaefferContact: Heidi SchaefferKnowledge Management, Learning and Evaluation, Knowledge Management, Learning and Evaluation,
Ontario Community Health Centres, [email protected] Community Health Centres, [email protected]