Level Best: How Small and Grassroots Nonprofits Can Tackle Evaluation and Talk Results
by Marcia Festen and Marianne Philbin
$7.95
Level Best offers guidance that demystifies evaluation and takes into account the unique challenges and realities of grassroots nonprofit organizations. It provides a new framework for thinking about evaluation and tools for measuring and sharing results in ways that are practical, efficient, and meaningful.
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- Find out how to develop an evaluation plan and use the lessons learned to strengthen your organization and make a stronger case for continued support.
- Demystify evaluation and learn why evaluation at its best is about learning rather than judging, and improving rather than proving.
- Discover a new framework for thinking about evaluation and tools for measuring and sharing results in ways that are practical, efficient and meaningful.
- Learn from veteran authors about how to break down the evaluation process into five easy steps and how to integrate evaluation into your ongoing work.
About the Author
Marcia Festen of Marcia K. Festen Associates in Chicago is a consultant to nonprofits and foundations. In addition to conducting evaluations, she develops policy and grantmaking strategies, programs and initiatives. She was a senior program officer at the John D. and Catherine T. MacArthur Foundation and has over 20 years of experience in the field.
Marianne Philbin is a writer, trainer and consultant specializing in nonprofit organizational development. She has worked for a wide range of foundations and nonprofit organizations and has an extensive background in grantmaking, fundraising and nonprofit management. She is an instructor for the Donors Forum of Chicago and a lecturer at Northwestern University’s School of Continuing Studies.
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