| In a 90 minute Roundtable session, the first
rotation uses the first 45 minutes and the second rotation uses the last 45 minutes.
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| Roundtable Rotation I:
Evaluation as a Management and Learning Tool for the Successful Development and Scaling of Innovative Program Models |
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Roundtable Presentation 263 to be held in BONHAM A on Thursday, Nov 11, 10:55 AM to 12:25 PM
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Sponsored by the Non-profit and Foundations Evaluation TIG
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| Presenter(s):
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| Helen Davis Picher, William Penn Foundation, hdpicher@williampennfoundation.org
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| Sandra Adams, William Penn Foundation, sadams@williampennfoundation.org
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| Abstract:
Demonstration of outcomes, while a key ingredient in the development and scaling of promising social programs, is not enough to ensure success. Replication and scalability are critical components of a successful model. The William Penn Foundation will present a framework developed to assess which pilot demonstrations are primed for success and which may fail, if mid-course corrections are not made. A discussion will consider the usefulness and application of the framework in a variety of sectors and how the framework can be operationalized for a program or cluster of programs targeting the same system change.
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| Roundtable Rotation II:
Evaluating Enterprising Nonprofits: The Social Return on Investment |
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Roundtable Presentation 263 to be held in BONHAM A on Thursday, Nov 11, 10:55 AM to 12:25 PM
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Sponsored by the Non-profit and Foundations Evaluation TIG
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| Presenter(s):
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| Goutham Menon, University of Texas, San Antonio, goutham.menon@utsa.edu
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| Maureen Rubin, University of Texas, San Antonio, maureen.rubin@utsa.edu
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| Abstract:
Today, running a non-profit has become more complicated than it used to be. With funding cuts, raising demands of performance measures from foundations, corporations asking for better partnerships to meet their responsibilities, some non-profits are taking the issue of becoming social enterprises more seriously. Leaders of these organizations take their roles as social entrepreneurs in their stride and provide a vision and direction for their organization. Social entrepreneurs look out to make sure that their organization is fiscally strong but at the same time needs to make sure that their social mission is left intact. One way to keep track of this and prevent mission drift is to evaluate the social return on investment (SROI) for any venture. This paper will provide an overview of SROI and how it can be used in organizations of any size. It will highlight the role of SROI in evaluating the functioning of non-profits through examples.
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