1. Defining & Reporting Our Successes Outputs, Outcomes and Impacts

2. Desired Outcomes Understanding the Importance of Defining & Reporting Outcomes Understanding of the Differences between Outputs, Outcomes and Impacts Understanding the Types of Outcomes Understanding of How to Use DANRIS-X to Record Outcomes

3. The Importance of Outcomes? Program Development Maintain and improve the quality of our programs Accountability Demonstrate individual accountability for providing effective services Demonstrate organizational accountability for use of public funds

4. Program Action: Logic Model Identify Problem or Need Invest Staff, Volunteers, Money, Materials Deliver Products or Services Change in Program Participants Change to P opulation or Area Inputs Activities/ Outputs Outcomes Impacts Situation Knowledge & Behavior

5. Invasive Species: Yellow Star Thistle Yellow star thistle causing loss of rangeland & ecosystem damage Staff, Money, Materials, Research base on control and eradication Workshops for ranchers & land managers Publications Ranchers gain increased knowledge about Yellow star thistle Ranchers adopt new control practices, such as parasitic wasps & controlled burns Improved health of ecosystems & native species Reduction in acres lost of rangeland Inputs Activities/ Outputs Outcomes Impacts Situation Knowledge/ Behavior

6. Outputs in DANRIS-X: What did you deliver? Direct Extension Methods Classes, Workshops, Field Days Indirect Extension Methods Newsletter, Websites, Articles Research and Creative Activity Methods Basic/Applied Research, Videos, Curricula Publications

7. Types of Outcomes in DANRIS-X: What is the desired change? 1. Change in Knowledge 2. Change in Attitude/Intention 3. Change in Skill 4. Change in Behavior or Practice 5. Change in Social/Health Condition 6. Change in Economic Condition 7. Change in Environmental/Physical Condition

8. Main Types of Outcomes Short-term changes ~ Learning Outcomes Knowledge Attitude Skill Medium-term changes ~ Action Outcomes Behavior Practice Long-term changes ~ Condition Outcomes (Impacts) Social/Health Economic Environmental

9. Learning Outcomes Knowledge 90% of program participants gain knowledge of 5 techniques for water conservation Attitude/Intention 60% of program participants are more willing to use recommended techniques for water conservation Skill 80% program participants gain the ability to implement water conserving techniques

10. Action Outcomes Behavior 50% of program participants now conserve water Practice 60% program participants adopted at least one of the recommended water conservation practices

11. Condition Outcomes Social/Health 20% increase in voluntary compliance to water conservation regulations by residents in Placer County Economic Average reduction of 10% in monthly spending on water for Mendocino County grape growers Environmental/Physical 5% reduction in water usage in Shasta County

12. Steps for Defining an Outcome: What? Choose type of change Describe specific change Quantify change, if possible Who? Describe the group/area that was affected Quantify group affected Ex. 50 Pest Control Advisors, private consultants, family farmers, field managers will gain 3 skills to identify key pests in field cropping systems.

13. How do we track our successes? We measure: Outputs Outcomes

14. Resources University of Wisconsin Extension www.uwex.edu/ces/pdande Penn State Cooperative Extension http://www.extension.psu.edu/evaluation/ American Evaluation Association www.eval.org Logic Model Development Guide http://ucanr.org/logicmodeldevelopment