<p>Don't Shelve that Evaluation! Use the Findings More Creatively and Effectively Traditional use of evaluation—for improving service quality—is well known. But are you using the data to full advantage? Information Gold Mine highlights 14 nonprofits that have used program evaluation in exciting, creative ways. You'll find five examples of using evaluation for improving services, five examples of influencing policy, and four examples of marketing a program. Written for non-technicians—service delivery practitioners, program designers, and managers—Information Gold Mine provides real examples and contains the ideas, suggestions, and actual words of your nonprofit colleagues. These are people who understand the realities of work in nonprofit and government service delivery organizations. You'll learn about specific changes organizations made based on evaluation findings; barriers they faced and how they overcame them; and practical advice including their most important learning and what would they have done differently. Plus, you'll find 15 key questions the authors advise you to answer if you want to improve services, 10 questions to answer if you want to influence policy and legislation, and 7 questions for marketing a program. Service providers have only scratched the surface when it comes to using evaluation information as a tool for public relations, educating consumers, influencing policy, and boosting staff morale. Information Gold Mine was written with the hope that the stories of these nonprofit will inspire more organizations to use program evaluation, as well as other forms of applied research, to accomplish tasks that will increase their strength and their impacts.</p>

Information Gold Mine: Innovative Uses of Evaluation

Business & Money

Mattessich, Paul W.

Hendricks, Shelly

Roholt, Ross VeLure

Management & Leadership

Fieldstone Alliance

<p>The title is rare but effective and truthful. Sometimes being truthful regarding our team or staff can be painful and many times we continue without implementing change. The facts are easier to deal with when they belong to someone else. This book dives head long into many of the fallacies of why some church administration can't be great. All of the excuses of why excellence cannot be achieved are vilified and confronted one by one. It is not enough to point out the why but the how is important as well. The reader will discover how to overcome the obstacles that may be standing in their churches staff or team's way of being great. You will discover action items at the end of each chapter that encourage and promote the reader to make the next step in making their staff effective and confident in their vision. You will also find a concept to be acknowledged and implemented as well. Don't expect soft, flowery words that gently break the truth to you. Each chapter is written as if time is of the essence, because it is. Get to the point, find the problem, address it, now go and act upon it appropriately for the purpose of accomplishing and moving the church forward. If you love to be challenged and want your administrative team to be activated, this is your book. It is a journey to excellence, not a sprint. Are you ready to begin the journey?</p>

When Church Administration Sucks: The Journey to Excellence in Administration

Religion & Spirituality

Christian Books & Bibles

CreateSpace Independent Publishing Platform

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