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Nonprofit Outcomes Toolbox: Increasing Our Effectiveness - Part 1 (Dec. 12, 2011)Monday, December 12, 2011 from 8:30 AM to 4:30 PM (CT)Austin, TX |
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Austin Community College
Eastview Campus
Room 8500
3401 Webberville Road
Austin TX 78702 USA
One of the most talked about subjects in the nonprofit field is the question of effectiveness, performance measurement, and results—collectively referred to as "outcomes." Nonprofit organizations are increasingly being pressed to measure and report their outcomes regularly to funders and other constituents; in addition, service organizations need some form of regular feedback on their outcomes to help them improve their services. Dr. Robert Penna’s recently published The Nonprofit Outcomes Toolbox identifies the stages in the use of outcomes and shows you how to implement specific facets of certain models to increase capacity and achieve desired results in your organization.
Dr. Penna will conduct two full-day interactive, in-depth all day Nonprofit Texas Leadership Institutes to fully cover the subject of Nonprofit Outcome Toolbox: Increasing Our Effectiveness. A leading outcomes expert, he will facilitate learning experiences which will focus on the most significant strides that have been made in the performance of nonprofits; going beyond the familiar limits of the social sector to illustrate how tools and approaches used in the corporate sector can be of great analytical and practical use to nonprofits as well.
The first NPTX Leadership Institute on December 12– Part 1 - will focus on an introduction to outcomes and outcome tools, building your “Outcomes Tree”, and understanding and assessing capacity.
The second NPTX Leadership Institute on January 18 – Part 2 - will focus onOutcome-based communications, Communicating our outcomes, Building Value In, Key Insights from Six Sigma, and using Lessons Learned.
Together the two Institutes offer a comprehensive immersion into nonprofit outcomes and will fully engage participants in hands-on activities and discussion.
You can register for either one or both Institutes – registering for each individual Institute. All registrants will receive one copy of Dr. Penna’s book, The Nonprofit Outcomes Toolbox: A Complete Guide to Program Effectiveness, Performance Measurement, and Results(a $70 value) and lunch as part of their registration fee.
Part 1 – December 12, 2011
(To register for Part 2 - January 18, 2012)
An introduction to Outcomes:
- What is an “outcome”?
- How is an “outcomes approach” different?
- What is the language of outcomes?
- What are the characteristics of a good outcome?
- Crafting an outcomes statement
An introduction to “outcomes tools”; the view from 30,000 feetTools for planning
- Tools for tracking and management
- Tools for reporting
- Tools for learning and assessment
Building your “Outcomes Tree”/using the TRI model
Understanding and Assessing Capacity; using CAT and the GTO model
Reporting; using Scales & Ladders
These programs are co-sponsored by the Texas Association of Nonprofit Organizations (TANO) – www.tano.org- and the Center for Community-Based & Nonprofit Organizations at Austin Community College – www.nonprofitaustin.org. For more information contact Barry Silverberg at bsilverb@austincc.edu or barry@tano.org.
Speaker:
Preview Dr. Robert Penna on Denver Frederick's Business of Giving radio show on WOR 710AM in NYC Denver Frederick's Business of Giving radio show on WOR 710AM in NYC
Dr. Robert Penna
Robert M. Penna, lead author of Outcome Frameworks and author of The Nonprofit Outcomes Toolbox, holds a Ph.D. in Political Science from Boston University with a specialization in urban and municipal affairs. His present work centers on the application of outcomes to nonprofits, capacity assessment, nonprofit communications and reporting, and the application of certain corporate sector outcome-based tools and insights to the work of nonprofits.
As a senior consultant to The Rensselaerville Institute from 2000 to 2008, he made important contributions to numerous Institute projects including the facilitation of seminars at the Institute’s The Center for Outcomes, workon the Ohio Outcome Funding Community Development project, and projects for the A.E. Casey Foundation, the National Geographic Foundation and the Ford Foundation. He served as Project Lead on the Institute’s three United Nations projects in 2003, designed the prototype for the organization’s program performance reporting, leading the Institute team creating the materials for the organization’s world wide training seminars on the new system, and facilitating training sessions at UN Headquarters in New York. He served as Lead Trainer from 2004 to 2007 for the national outcome training sessions jointly sponsored by the Institute and the Foundation Center, as well as for the Suffolk County Department of Child Protective Services; he provided individual organizational consultation for organizations such as the Community Foundation of Shreveport-Bossier, and authored reports for several Institute clients such as the NYC Department of Youth and Community Development, the American Cancer Society, and the Altria Group’s Arts, Positive Helpings and Doors of Hope programs. He also served as the Institute’s resident expert on non-Institute outcome models. More
About the Nonprofit Texas Leadership Institute
The Nonprofit Texas Leadership Institute is a periodic all-day, in-depth, substantive and transformational professional learning experience – open to volunteers and professionals alike – that goes far beyond the multi-topic, keynote reliant, episodic conference. Each Institute focuses on a single practice issue/ topic and presents the latest state of the art and ground-breaking thinking of an acknowledged thought leader in that area; offering both learning and networking opportunities for those interested in that issue/ topic.
The low-cost registration fees include participants receiving a copy of the thought leader’s latest book, light breakfast, lunch, and opportunities to interact with the thought leader and professional and volunteer colleagues. Institutes are limited to 100 participants to allow optimal interaction and networking.
For more information, or to become one of the Institute’s Sponsors, contact Barry Silverberg at barry@tano.org or 512-381-1491.
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Co-sponsored with the Texas Association of Nonprofit Organizations (TANO)
Hosted by
Center for Community-Based and Nonprofit Organizations
at Austin Community College
at Austin Community College
Working effectively to bring people and assets together
to achieve the common good.
The Center for Community-Based & Nonprofit Organizations at Austin Community College (ACC CCBNO) serves those engaged in the Nonprofit Sector by leveraging community assets and serving as a community partnership broadening the horizons and possibilities for those engaged in the Nonprofit Sector
- Connecting the Nonprofit Sector
- Providing Professional & Volunteer Development Learning Opportunities
- Making available Resources, Information, & Referral
- Offering Coaching, Consultation, Collaboration
When & Where
Austin Community College - Eastview Campus
3401 Webberville Road
Room 8500
Austin,
TX 78702
Monday, December 12, 2011 from 8:30 AM to 4:30 PM (CT)
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