Logic models and basic evaluation
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LOGIC MODELS(AND OTHER BASICEVALUATION IDEAS)
LOGIC MODEL - the graphic depiction of the relationship
between your activitiesand their intended effects
Headache(SITUATION)
Get Pills(INPUT)
Take Pills(OUTPUT)
Feel Better(OUTCOME)
Why use a logic model?
What is the
situation?
What
changes
do we
want to
see?
What assets do we have?
What are we going
to do?
What will
change
as a
result of
our
actions?
How do we sustain that change?
PLANNING
Get everybody on the
same page.
Build understanding & promote consensus about what the program is and how it will work.
Make your underlying assumptions explicit.
Summarize complex projects to communicate with stakeholders and funders.
WHO is going to doWHAT,WHEN,WHY, andTO WHAT STANDARD?
OBJECTIVES
Specific
Measurable
Attainable
Realistic
Timely
Limitations of Logic Models
They represent reality, but are not reality.Human relationships are not mathematical formulas.
Programs/projects are not linear.Nothing ever goes exactly as planned.
Logic models focus on expected outcomes, not on actual outcomes (positive or negative unintended consequences).
They have a tendency to assess what is easiest to measurerather than what is most valuable.
There can be causal attribution issues -- variables may not be isolated and many factors are influencing outcomes.
Logic models don’t address whether you are doing the right thing, only what you did.
Other Things to Remember
Your THEORY OF CHANGE should not be too complex.
"I think you should be more explicit here in step two."
Cartoon by Sidney Harris
Be realistic.
We tend to value what we measure, so we must be sure to measure what we value.
Never convey a number without a
story; never a story without a
number.
Image: Sam Brown, http://www.explodingdog.com/
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