Archive for July 31st, 2008

Foreclosure Crisis Is Bothersome for Housing Counselors!

Thursday, July 31st, 2008

With the current foreclosure crisis at hands, some non profit housing counselors are struggling to keep up with the increased demand of people looking for help.

Evaluation Tools to Measure Performance

Thursday, July 31st, 2008

 Performance Measures

preformance measure outline example

Performance Measures do not need to be complicated

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Components Towards Building Evaluation Tools

  1. An Active Board.
  2. Nonprofit staff and management organized around the mission of organization.
  3. Evaluation is an important component of the strategic plan and no pending issues has a higher priority.
  4. Know who is the customer?
  5. Know what the customer needs?

What are the tools the organization will use to measure point 4 and 5.

Next steps:

  1. Define the inputs for a program.  (process)
  2. Define the outputs of a program.  (outcomes)
  3. Prioritize what knowledge is needed to make current decisions and long term decisions.
  4. Collect and Review the information.
  5. Make decisions.