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Identify an Issue's Life Cycle Stage and the Next Steps for Advocates This one-page tool outlines six stages of an issue's development. For each stage of issue development, the tool offers characteristics of the issue, general next steps to take, and specific actions to support those next steps. Author: Advocacy Institute Type: Tipsheets & Paper Tools Date: Sep 10, 2004 Be the first to review this resource! Download (63.37 KB) -
Identify an Organization’s Life Cycle Stage and the Next Steps for Advocates This one-page tool describes six stages of organizational development and offers suggestions for actions advocates should consider at each stage. Author: Advocacy Institute Type: Tipsheets & Paper Tools Date: Sep 10, 2004 Be the first to review this resource! Download (110.5 KB) -
Intense Period Debrief Protocol The Intense Period Debrief is a data collection instrument for advocacy campaigns. It was developed in connection with Innovation Network's work with the Coalition for Comprehensive Immigration Reform to capture the intense activity surrounding a policy window. This instrument complements other methodologies, filling gaps in information-gathering that can occur with other types of data collection instruments. Author: Innovation Network, Inc. Type: Tipsheets & Paper Tools Date: Feb 1, 2007 Be the first to review this resource! Download (136.31 KB) -
Internal vs. External Evaluation Few resources exist that thoroughly and accurately describe when to choose an internal and/or an external evaluator to conduct an evaluation. This one-page resource provides a helpful, concise comparison between internal and external evaluators
Author: UNICEF Type: Tipsheets & Paper Tools Date: May 3, 2005 Point K Pick Be the first to review this resource! Web Link -
Library of Sample Dashboard Indicators For anyone creating a logic model, it can be confusing to distinguish the difference betwene an outcome, and an outcome indicator. An outcome is a short-, medium-, or long-term goal that the logic model creator wants to achieve. An outcome indicator is the quantitative measure of whether or not that outcome is reached. To further clarify the different, here is a great list of examples showing what exactly an "outcome indicator" could be. Author: Compass Point Type: Tipsheets & Paper Tools Date: Jan 1, 2013 Be the first to review this resource! Download (74.48 KB) -
Lori Wingate and Daniela Schroeter on Introducing the Evaluation Questions Checklist for Program Evaluation - See more at: http: A checklist for identifying criteras for creating effective and appropriate evaluation questions. Author: Lori Wingate and Daniela Schroeter Type: Tipsheets & Paper Tools Date: Jan 16, 2016 Be the first to review this resource! Web Link -
Measuring Programmatic Success: Tips for Nonprofit Boards Innovation Network's tips to help nonprofit board members make the most out of an evaluation effort. Author: Innovation Network, Inc. Type: Tipsheets & Paper Tools Date: May 15, 2005 Be the first to review this resource! Download (143.28 KB) -
Movement Building Indicators This tool supports organizations in their strategic thinking around planning and assessing movement building work. It rejects the notion that there is a one-size-fits-all approach to assessing change strategies, and pays attention to the processes that need to be put in place and the contributions of groups who are working deeply rather than at a scale of mass mobilization.
Four key areas of movement building are addressed:
- Policy Change
- Leadership Development
- Communications
- Relationship Building.Author: Maria Nakae, Moira Cowman, and Eveline Shen Type: Tipsheets & Paper Tools Date: Dec 31, 2009 Be the first to review this resource! Download (10.59 MB) -
Organizational Capacity Checklist This is a brief list of questions to help guide thinking about organizational development. It is intended for use with the Advocacy Institute's other tools such as the "Identify an Issue's Life Cycle Stage" checklist, q.v. Author: Advocacy Institute Type: Tipsheets & Paper Tools Date: Jan 1, 2004
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Orientation to Theory of Change Organizational Research Services produced this document to introduce its clients to Theory of Change and the "Layer Cake" model. Author: Organizational Research Services Type: Tipsheets & Paper Tools Date: Jan 1, 2008 Be the first to review this resource! Download (110.1 KB) -
Participatory Asset Mapping Toolkit Healthy City supports communities in identifying, organizing, and sharing its collective voice with decision makers at the local and state levels. Through their Community Research Lab, Healthy City share best practices and methods for Community-Based Organizations (CBOs) interested in supporting their strategies with research that combines community knowledge with Healthy City technologies. Toward this aim, they have developed the Community Research Lab Toolbox. The toolbox presents research concepts, methods, and tools through topical guides and toolkits. Author: Healthy City Type: Tipsheets & Paper Tools Date: Apr 8, 2012
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Sample Outcomes Chain Outcomes can't all be attained at the same time, and some outcomes rely on the earlier achievement of others. Advocacy evaluation presents unique conceptual challenges to developing an outcomes chain. This outcomes chain contains short-term, intermediate, and long-term outcomes for both policy and infrastructure, as related to a fictional advocacy campaign. Author: Innovation Network, Inc. Type: Tipsheets & Paper Tools Date: Nov 23, 2005
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Sample Questions for Gauging Progress in Advocacy Innovation Network developed this resource about advocacy evaluation: Although successful advocacy efforts may take decades, there are methods for measuring progress over shorter periods of time. This two-page handout provides some key ideas and sample questions to consider.
Author: Innovation Network, Inc. Type: Tipsheets & Paper Tools Date: Jun 10, 2008
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Strengthening Family Planning Policies and Programs in Developing Countries: An Advocacy Toolkit This toolkit "assist[s] advocates in the family planning/reproductive health field in their efforts to promote policy dialogue on the health, social, and economic benefits of increasing access to family planning services. By tailoring the messages included in the toolkit, advocates can present culturally relevant arguments to promote family planning and birth spacing in their particular settings." It contains several sample tools for advocacy planning. Author: The POLICY Project Type: Tipsheets & Paper Tools Date: Dec 2, 2005 Be the first to review this resource! Download (1.16 MB) -
Strengthening Line of Sight Line of sight is about strengthening how we think about our ultimate goals and then maintaining an unobstructed vision from our current decisions and actions to those goals. It is about always asking: “What are we trying to accomplish and what would success look like?” Line of Sight is a process, not a product.Author: Fourth Quadrant Partners, LLC Type: Tipsheets & Paper Tools Date: Sep 16, 2020 Be the first to review this resource! Download (1015.3 KB) -
Terms, Tips, & Trends: Evaluation Essentials for Nonprofits (Mindmap) Are you ready to launch an evaluation, but not sure where to start? Wondering how much you should budget for it, or who should be involved? Although 90% of nonprofits are engaged in evaluation, it continues to be one of the most misunderstood and mysterious functions of nonprofit management. In this Evaluation 101-level webinar, Innovation Network's team introduced key evaluation concepts, approaches, and methods.
Author: Johanna Morariu and Ann Emery, Innovation Network Type: Tipsheets & Paper Tools Date: Sep 30, 2013 Point K Pick Be the first to review this resource! Download (316.27 KB) -
The 6 D's of Needs Assessments This handy one-page tipsheet outlines the six D's that need to be answered for a successful Needs Assessment:
- Deficit
- Develop
- Describe
- Desires
- Duplication
- Demand
Author: Community Soplutions Type: Tipsheets & Paper Tools Date: Jan 1, 2012 Be the first to review this resource! Download (1.47 MB) -
The Conference is Over, Now What? Professional Development for Novice Evaluators (Presentation handout) Are you a recent graduate or novice evaluator? If so, cheers to your first few years in the evaluation field! Your professional development is just beginning.
Author: Ann K. Emery Type: Tipsheets & Paper Tools Date: Oct 18, 2013 Be the first to review this resource! Download (547.8 KB) -
Theory of Change Assessment: A Cheat Sheet The Theory of Change Assessment: Cheat Sheet tool can be used to conduct an analysis of a theory of change. The tool walks users through elements common to theories of change, and offers considerations for conducting the assessment. Suggestions for use include:
Author: Ehren Reed Type: Tipsheets & Paper Tools Date: Apr 1, 2011 Point K Pick Be the first to review this resource! Download (110.62 KB) -
Theory of Change Glossary A theory of change is a document created to communication the strategies, activities, outcomes, and other elements on nonprofit and philanthropic initiatives. Various terms can be used to describe the components of a theory of change. This is one glossary that seeks to define many of the common elements contained within a theory of change.
Author: Community Resource Exchange and Hunter Consulting, LLC Type: Tipsheets & Paper Tools Date: Dec 1, 2012 Be the first to review this resource! Download (187.53 KB) -
Three Blind Men and an Elephant: The Power of Faceted Analytical Displays In this paper, the author addersses the insights that emerge when software enables us to view a set of data from several perspectives at the same time. He describes a screen that contains multiple concurrent views of a common data set so that comparisons can be made as a “faceted analytical display.” This approach to information display provides a means to expand analytical reach by viewing data in this way.
Author: Stephen Few Type: Tipsheets & Paper Tools Date: Jan 1, 2007 Be the first to review this resource! Download (1023.41 KB) -
Tips for Evaluating Advocacy: A Checklist for Grantees Alliance for Justice produced this one-page checklist that has seven tips for grantees on how to evaluate advocacy.
Author: Alliance for Justice Type: Tipsheets & Paper Tools Date: Jul 18, 2007 Be the first to review this resource! Download (36.37 KB) -
Tips for Evaluating Advocacy: A Checklist for Grantmaking Organizations Alliance for Justice produced this one-page checklist that has seven tips for grantmaking organizations on how to evaluate advocacy. Author: Alliance for Justice Type: Tipsheets & Paper Tools Date: Jul 18, 2007 Be the first to review this resource! Download (34.37 KB) -
Understanding the Public Policy Landscape: Lessons from a Retrospective Evaluation (Presentation handout) This handout accompanied a presentation at the American Evaluation Association's annual conference in October 2013 in Washington, DC.
Author: Veena Pankaj and Kat Athanasiades, Innovation NetworkType: Tipsheets & Paper Tools Date: Oct 16, 2013 Be the first to review this resource! Download (387.9 KB) -
What is Success? This publication, which draws on VeneKlasen and Miller’s book A New Weave of Power, People & Politics, argues that a successful advocacy effort needs to produce change in five dimensions: Government, Private sector, Civil society, Political space and culture, and the Individual. The publication also offers an Advocacy Action and Impact Chart that can be used as a checklist planning and evaluation. The framework is shaped by the experience of long-time social justice advocates around the world who found that advocacy success needs to produce multidimensional change. Author: VeneKlasen, Lisa, and Miller, Valerie Type: Tipsheets & Paper Tools Date: Jun 14, 2006 Be the first to review this resource! Download (24.54 KB)