Board oversight in not-for-profit program evaluation
Directors within not-for-profit organizations play a key role in ensuring that their organization’s program evaluation process is strong and generates useful, credible information that supports decision-making. Although boards are not typically involved in day-to-day program evaluation, they need to have oversight and a well-developed understanding of this area. This is essential as it helps ensure that their organization is effectively working towards its mission. Directors of not-for-profit organizations need to be able to answer questions including:
- Do the programs and services delivered by our not-for-profit organization support our mission?
- Do our initiatives make a difference to the people, communities, and causes that we serve?
- What have we accomplished with the resources that have been entrusted to us?
- Do we have clear goals and outcomes that are effectively linked to our strategy?
This online course provides essential information and tools for directors within not-for-profit organizations that are looking to fulfill their governance role in program evaluation.
The course expands upon the document: Board oversight of not-for-profit program evaluation: Questions for directors to ask, adding case studies and interviews from board members to enhance your learning experience and earn CPD hours.
You will learn about:
- understanding board and senior managements’ program evaluation responsibilities
- assessing organizational readiness by evaluating culture, current systems, and desired outcomes from the evaluation
- ensuring your organization’s mission, goals and strategies are linked
- recognizing how to make an impact through models, such as theory of change and logic models
- determining the effectiveness of current evaluation processes, through factors including feasibility, produces good, reliable information to stakeholders
- linking your findings and developments with board decision-making
- understanding program evaluation challenges and how to overcome them in your organization
Who should attend?
- board members in not-for-profit organizations
