Comments on: Hope, dignity and quality of life are also valuable outcomes, even when measured in hours. http://www.ceffect.com/blog/effectiveness/hope-dignity-and-quality-of-life-are-also-valuable-outcomes-even-when-measured-in-hours/ You can change the world... we can help! Fri, 27 Jan 2012 13:18:21 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.9.2 hourly 1 By: Gayle Gifford http://www.ceffect.com/blog/effectiveness/hope-dignity-and-quality-of-life-are-also-valuable-outcomes-even-when-measured-in-hours/comment-page-1/#comment-741 Gayle Gifford Fri, 18 Dec 2009 16:09:42 +0000 http://www.ceffect.com/?p=1918#comment-741 Laura, Thank you. I think there is a real need for people like you and me to keep making the case for the not easily measurable. And for programs and outcomes that are small but matter, or organizations that can't or shouldn't be "scaled up" (though they could be replicated). While I am a very big advocate of organizations doing their best to measure their change impact and becoming learning organizations, it's these rating systems that make me crazy. - Gayle Laura,
Thank you. I think there is a real need for people like you and me to keep making the case for the not easily measurable. And for programs and outcomes that are small but matter, or organizations that can’t or shouldn’t be “scaled up” (though they could be replicated). While I am a very big advocate of organizations doing their best to measure their change impact and becoming learning organizations, it’s these rating systems that make me crazy.
- Gayle

]]> By: Laura Deaton http://www.ceffect.com/blog/effectiveness/hope-dignity-and-quality-of-life-are-also-valuable-outcomes-even-when-measured-in-hours/comment-page-1/#comment-738 Laura Deaton Wed, 16 Dec 2009 22:33:53 +0000 http://www.ceffect.com/?p=1918#comment-738 Gayle - I, too, am worried about the rating systems and this posting is an excellent example of why. I've been assured that organizations that provide "outputs" like providing food and shelter will be valued under these systems, but my worry is that they only will if they serve huge quantities of people. I continue to believe that small community-based nonprofits like PICA really ARE creating real community change, whether the big guys thinks so or not. One fewer person who is hungry is an OUTCOME to me. Thanks for such a heartfelt glimpse into a small community-based nonprofit. --Laura Gayle – I, too, am worried about the rating systems and this posting is an excellent example of why. I’ve been assured that organizations that provide “outputs” like providing food and shelter will be valued under these systems, but my worry is that they only will if they serve huge quantities of people. I continue to believe that small community-based nonprofits like PICA really ARE creating real community change, whether the big guys thinks so or not. One fewer person who is hungry is an OUTCOME to me. Thanks for such a heartfelt glimpse into a small community-based nonprofit.

–Laura

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