Kimberly Scott, Literacy Funders Network Adam Luecking, Results Leadership Group Nina Sazer O’Donnell, National Results and Equity Collaborative Michael McAfee, Promise PolicyLink Erika Bernabei, Promise PolicyLink April 29, 2013

 Introductions  Facilitated Turn the Curve Exercise  The Opportunity  How this Frames Our Work at Promise Neighborhoods  Results Based Accountability Framework and Results Scorecard  Common Indicator Framework  Next Steps  Discussion

 Kimberly Scott, Literacy Funders Network  Adam Luecking, Results Leadership Group  Nina Sazer O’Donnell, National Results and Equity Collaborative  Michael McAfee, Promise Neighborhoods at PolicyLink  Erika Bernabei, Promise Neighborhoods at PolicyLink

FPSI/RLG5 Story behind the baseline Partners (with a role to play in turning the curve) What Works Strategy (w/ Budget) Result or Program: Data Baseline How are we doing? Why? Help? Options? Propose to do? Turn-the-Curve Thinking™: Talk to Action MEASURABLE RESULTS FOR CLIENTS AND COMMUNITIES

FPSI/RLG6 Result or Program:____________ Turn-the-Curve Thinking™ Talk to Action Data Baseline How are we doing? MEASURABLE RESULTS FOR CLIENTS AND COMMUNITIES

FPSI/RLG7 The Matter of Baselines Baselines have two parts: history and forecast History Forecast Turning the Curve OK? Return* on Investment * The “ROI” is not financial, it is Results MEASURABLE RESULTS FOR CLIENTS AND COMMUNITIES

FPSI/RLG 8 Data Baseline Result or Program:_____________ Turn-the-Curve Thinking™: Talk to Action Story behind the baseline Research Agenda Why? MEASURABLE RESULTS FOR CLIENTS AND COMMUNITIES

FPSI/RLG9 Force Field Analysis Factors Contributing? Factors Restricting? MEASURABLE RESULTS FOR CLIENTS AND COMMUNITIES

FPSI/RLG10 The Story Behind the Baseline  Root Causes (ask “Why?” five times)  Positive and negative  Prioritize – which are the most important to address to “turn the curve” of the baseline?  Research agenda? MEASURABLE RESULTS FOR CLIENTS AND COMMUNITIES

FPSI/RLG11 Data Baseline Story behind the baseline Result or Program:_____________ Research Agenda Turn-the-Curve Thinking™ Talk to Action Partners (with a role to play in turning the curve) Help? MEASURABLE RESULTS FOR CLIENTS AND COMMUNITIES

FPSI/RLG12 Partners  Who are partners who may have a role to play in turning the curve?  Does the story behind the curve suggest any new partners? MEASURABLE RESULTS FOR CLIENTS AND COMMUNITIES

FPSI/RLG13 Data Baseline Story behind the baseline Partners (with a role to play in turning the curve) Result or Program:______________ Research Agenda Turn-the-Curve Thinking™: Talk to Action What Works Research Agenda Options? MEASURABLE RESULTS FOR CLIENTS AND COMMUNITIES

FPSI/RLG 14 What Works  Options for actions to “turn the curve”?  Research-based?  Low-cost/no-cost?  Off-the-wall ideas?  Research agenda? MEASURABLE RESULTS FOR CLIENTS AND COMMUNITIES

FPSI/RLG15 Data Baseline Story behind the baseline Partners (with a role to play in turning the curve) What Works Result or Program: _______________ Research Agenda Turn-the-Curve Thinking™: Talk to Action Criteria: Leverage; Feasible; Specific; Values Strategy Propose to do? MEASURABLE RESULTS FOR CLIENTS AND COMMUNITIES

FPSI/RLG16 Action Plan  Leverage: will turn the curve of the baseline?  Feasible (a.k.a. “reach”)?  Specific: who, what, when, where, how?  Consistent with values? MEASURABLE RESULTS FOR CLIENTS AND COMMUNITIES

The Opportunity Nina Sazer O’Donnell, Director, National Results and Equity Collaborative

How this Frames Our Work Michael McAfee, Senior Director at PolicyLink and Director of the Promise Neighborhoods Institute

MEASURABLE RESULTS FOR CLIENTS AND COMMUNITIES Review of RBA basic concepts and Results Scorecard 3.0 (National Data Platform) Design Adam Leucking, CEO Results Leadership Group

MEASURABLE RESULTS FOR CLIENTS AND COMMUNITIES Two Key Principles for Achieving Measurable Community Results 1. Starting with ends, working backwards to means 2. Data-driven, transparent decision making

MEASURABLE RESULTS FOR CLIENTS AND COMMUNITIES RBA in a Nutshell 2 – 3 – Kinds of Accountability 3 - Kinds of Performance Measures. How much did we do? How well did we do it? Is anyone better off? 7 - Questions from ends to means in less than an hour. Population accountability Performance accountability

MEASURABLE RESULTS FOR CLIENTS AND COMMUNITIES Definitions POPULATION ACCOUNTABILITY PERFORMANCE ACCOUNTABILITY Result A condition of well-being for children, adults, families or communities. Children succeeding in school, Safe communities, Clean environment 1. How much did we do? 2. How well did we do it? 3. Is anyone better off? = Customer Results Three types: (Language Discipline) INDICATOR A measure which helps quantify the achievement of a result. Rate of high school graduation, Crime rate, Air quality index PERFORMANCE MEASURE A measure of how well a program, agency or service system is working.

MEASURABLE RESULTS FOR CLIENTS AND COMMUNITIES Schematic for Connecting Grant/Budget Submissions with Community Results Program A Performance Measure Story Behind the Baselines Action Plan & Budget Budget/Grant Proposal 1.Result Area 2.Indicators 3.Story Behind the Baselines 4.CGLR Local Site Strategy Funded Programs Agency A Agency B Agency C Local __________ Federal __________ Businesses _________ Civic __________ Non-profits _________

MEASURABLE RESULTS FOR CLIENTS AND COMMUNITIES FPSI/RLG 24 Funded Programs Program A Comprehensive Strategy/Partners Agency/Program Performance Measures System Performance Measures END MEANS Indicator All Children are Reading on Grade Level MEASURABLE RESULTS FOR CLIENTS AND COMMUNITIES 1.Doing the right things? 1.Doing the right things? 2. Doing those things right?

FPSI/RLG25 Story behind the baseline Partners (with a role to play in turning the curve) What Works Strategy (w/ Budget) Result or Program: Data Baseline How are we doing? Why? Help? Options? Propose to do? Turn-the-Curve Thinking™: Talk to Action MEASURABLE RESULTS FOR CLIENTS AND COMMUNITIES

Next Steps Discussion