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A Presentation to the 2013 Community Action Partnership Management and Leadership Training Conference By Greg Werkheiser Director, National Center for Service & Innovative Leadership San Diego, January 9, 2013. Keys to Success for Community Action Outcomes…. The Data Dilemma.
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A Presentation to the 2013 Community Action Partnership Management and Leadership Training Conference By Greg WerkheiserDirector, National Center for Service & Innovative LeadershipSan Diego, January 9, 2013 Keys to Success for Community Action Outcomes…
The 3 Possibilities • Your work has no impact • Your work has positive impact • Your work has negative impact • In this case, 2 out of 3 IS bad…66% chance you are not being successful… • Would you invest? • See…Isaac Castillo and the Latin American Youth Center, in Leap of Reason, for example.
Why We Don’t Do This • Fear of proof of failure • Fear of lost financial support • Fear of opening the door to competition • Intimidated by the math/science • (Mis)perception that it costs lots of money • Urgency of more immediate challenges • Lack of a supportive culture
“Go back a little to leap further.” John Smith Clarke (1885 –1959), British lion tamer, politician, poet, newspaper editor and art expert.
What We Did In Virginia • Pre-read Leap of Reason • 18 participants from 7 member orgs • 5 hours • 2 facilitators from Mason Center for Social Entrepreneurship (www.masoninnovation.org) • Defined terms of art • For one program for each agency drew lines from vision to mission to goalsto the programs’ role to program goals to strategies to outcomes to measurement technique
1 Day’s Practical Homework • Download (free) Copies of Leap of Reason http://www.vppartners.org/leapofreason/overview • Appoint and Empower an Outcomes Culture Ninja • Hire a 3rd Party Facilitator for Outcomes Workshop with Staff and Board • Enroll Your Team in Social Entrepreneurship: An Introduction (free) Online Course on Udemy: http://www.udemy.com/socialentrepreneurship/ • Friend The National Center for Service and Innovative Leadership on Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/FtScott