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Pathway Strategies MEASURE IMPACT: Making the Hard Management Decisions Facilitator: Anne Gingerich PANO, Executive Director Email: [email protected] Phone: 717.839.6564 Session Content: Pathway Strategies Baruch Kintisch, MBA, JD Principal
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PathwayStrategies
MEASURE IMPACT: Making the Hard Management Decisions
Facilitator: Anne Gingerich
PANO, Executive Director
Email: [email protected]: 717.839.6564
Session Content:
PathwayStrategies
Baruch Kintisch, MBA, JDPrincipal
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Turn to the person next to you…
1. Introduce yourself.
2. What convinced you to attend this conference.
3. Was the information you used primarily quantitative or qualitative?
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What Will We Discuss?
Practical options for collecting and using data
Identify strategies for engaging staff and board members
Build capacity and internal systems for data-related tasks
Meet the demands of clients, board members, funders, policymakers and stakeholders
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Types of Data
Qualitative Quantitative
Methods include focus groups, in-depth interview and reviews
Methods include surveys
More subjective More objective
Text-Based Number-Based
More information from fewer people Less information about more people
Semi-structured Very structured
Qualitative vs. Quantitative Data
(Adapted from Oak Ridge Institute for Science and Education, n.d.)
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Example #:1Broome County Humane Society
Why is our data often limited?
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Example # 2:Putnam Humane Society
Why only stories?
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Example #3:Lawrence Humane Society
Why no impact data?
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Example #4:Animal Rescue League of Boston
How could data contribute to strained
explanations?
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Strategies to Overcome Common Challenges
TIME & TASKS: Make time.
RESOURCES: Invest.
INCREMENTAL: Start w. basics and grow incrementally.
DESCRIPTIONS: Use narratives…AND…
IMPACT: Use data that demonstrates results.
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Strategies to Overcome Common Challenges
DEPTH: Show how program leads to progress.
TRANSPARENCY: Present the silver lining.
COMPREHENSIVE: Use data everywhere.
COMMITMENT: Schedule time periodically.
ENGAGEMENT: Use tools that stakeholders can give direct feedback.
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What are ways that you either use data now OR COULD use
good impact data?
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What We Discussed…
Practical options for collecting and using data
Identify strategies for engaging staff and board members
Build capacity and internal systems for data-related tasks
Meet the demands of clients, board members, funders, policymakers and stakeholders
PathwayStrategies
What can you use from today to measure success?
