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Chronological Listing of Website Additions and Changes
November, 1999 to December, 2002

 

2003

12/29/03

Add link to Fractint Homepage (This is great and I didn't even know this site existed until Dec 03)

12/26/03

Add link to Powers of Ten site: Click here: Molecular Expressions: Science, Optics and You - Powers Of 10: Interactive Java Tutorial

Add link to Redefining progress: www.rprogress.org

12/5/03

Clarification about the location of workshop handout materials for the Powerpoint version of RBA 101

11/28/03

Add Forum for Youth Investment to Links page

Update information for Workshops in March, 2004

10/10/03

Add Powerpoint handouts, in two versions (2 to a page and 6 to a page) to go with Powerpoint presentations

10/6/03

Confirmed Dates for Next Workshops: Results Accountability Workshops  La Fonda Hotel, Santa Fe, New Mexico
March 2, 3 & 4, 2004
Click here for more information

RBA 101 Powerpoint Version 1.2
Improved version with some new slides, and improved slides. 98 slide version.(1,717k) 26 slide version.(551k)

9/14/03

RBA 101 Powerpoint Version 1.1
Improved version with some new slides and page numbers keyed to RBA 101 workbook. 86 slide version.(1,243k) 21 slide version.(566k)

9/5/03

RBA 101 Powerpoint Version 1.0
Now you can present Results Accountability concepts using Powerpoint. Adapt the presentation to your own needs. Or use it as a tutorial, clicking through the slides and reading the notes.

Mark's Page: How to get yourself to write
Rules to write by and what to do when you get stuck.

6/15/03

NEW: Data Resources and Tools: Links to 15 key sites with state and local data. Go to Index of Tools on raguide.org and scroll down to new section E.

6/4/03

The Fiscal Policy Studies Institute ANNOUNCES OPEN REGISTRATION for Results Accountability Workshops  La Fonda Hotel, Santa Fe, New Mexico
November 11 - 13, 2003
Click here for more information

4/24/03

Decisiones y Presupuestos Basados en Resultados y Rendimientos: Materiales de Trabajo Si Ud. tiene algún comentario, por favor envielo a pzuluagar@yahoo.com Estamos trabajando para encontrar un vocabulario que sea "entendible" a todos los hispano-parlantes. Material de responsabilidad con los Resultados, Libro de trabajo 101. Traducido por Patricia Zuluagar. Gracia Patricia! (Complete translation, by Patricia Zuluagar, of current Results Accountability 101 Workbook. Thanks Patricia! And thanks also to all those who helped her.)

3/21/03

Addition of separate guidance on preparation for Training for Trainers and Coaches sessions. Minor revisions to guidance on preparation for RBA 101 sessions.

3/8/03

www.aecf.org/pathways: Pathways To Outcomes website, an extensive collection of information about “what works” to improve targeted outcomes for children and families. Added to Links to other sites

2/18/03

Workshop Materials: Options 1a, 1b, 1c and 1d: Minor changes to the Population Talk to Action schematic (page11); Addition of the "Leaking Roof" example before page 11; Minor improvements to the Population and Program "Turn the Curve" Exercise one-page instructions and format descriptions.

1/12/03

        2 new paintings posted on Mark's Page...

2002

12/12/02

New humorous essay: The Packing News

11/12/02

A Selection of Paintings

11/7/02

Humorous Essays and Poems  (password protected - write to xfpsi@aol.com for password)

Update Language of Accountability to match text in raguide.org

10/9/02

Using Results Accountability to Improve the Well-being of Children and Families, Edited and abridged for presentation at the Conference on Promoting the Wellbeing and Monitoring Outcomes for Vulnerable Children Worcester College, Oxford, UK September, 2002: Original paper prepared for The Center for Healthier Children, Families and Communities University of California, Los Angeles March, 2000

Getting to Results, Building a Prototype for Results-Based Accountability in Maryland: Excerpt from Maryland 2001 Kids Count Factbook, by Phil Lee, University of Maryland School of Public Affairs: Pdf version now available to download and print - Thanks to Advocates for Children and Youth and the Annie E. Casey Foundation! 

9/14/02

Responsabilidad En la Perfomance de Programas, Dentro de un Marco de Resultados, Discusion de Materiales Esta es la primera version de la traduccion en español. Si Ud. tiene algún comentario, por favor envielo a pzuluagar@yahoo.com Estamos trabajando para encontrar un vocabulario que sea "legible" a todos los hispano-parlantes.

Add new copying option: "Key pages" which is the smallest set of handout material, a bare minimum 9 pages. (Down from 90... not too bad!)

Edit "Characteristics of Good Performance Accountability Systems" to say just "... Good Accountability Systems" so that the overhead can be used for both population and program accountability.

Significantly reduced the download time for all 101 Workbook material.

9/12/02

The Collaboration Game 
An over-the-edge experiment in group process. Click here for a copy of the rules and game board.

9/4/02

101 Workbook: Revise Definitions (page 4) to improve the definition of performance measures by adding a reference to service system performance. Definitions change from:
"A measure of how well agency or program service delivery is working" to "A measure of how well a program, agency or service system is working."

101 Workbook: Revise Prototype Progress Report to improve wording of second type of progress from
"Population indicator curve" to "Population Well-being."

Now you can generate your own fractals from the program that produced the ones on this website. Click here.

9/2/02

Add Getting to Results, Building a Prototype for Results-Based Accountability in Maryland, Excerpt from Maryland 2001 Kids Count Factbook, by Phil Lee, University of Maryland School of Public Affairs - An excellent example of Legislative and Executive Branch leadership in developing a results accountability system, including the first legislative results budget hearing. Thanks to Advocates for Children and Youth and the Annie E. Casey Foundation. This is a big file which may take a few minutes to download. (hyperlink to raguide.org)

Add to Workshop Materials page: San Mateo County 2002 - 2003 Performance Budgeting - one of the best examples of performance budgeting. This is a big file which may take a few minutes to download. (hyperlink to raguide.org)

Add to Workshop Materials page: Hennepin County Human Services Group Proposed 2002 Budget, Selected Pages - sorry but the copy is not the best quality - will try to improve This is a big file which may take a few minutes to download. (hyperlink to raguide.org)

8/29/02

Editing of the Leaking Roof tool - adding item 10 about choosing data. (hyperlink to raguide.org)

8/27/02

Add The Leaking Roof (A Teaching Example from Everyday Experience) a new quick, simple technique for teaching the basic concepts of Results Accountability. (hyperlink to raguide.org)

8/20/02

Add A Tool for Choosing a Common Language a practical 2 page instrument which can help get you and your colleagues on the same page about language. (hyperlink to raguide.org)

Add When Language goes Astray, a real life example from an un-named place of what lack of language discipline looks like. (hyperlink to raguide.org)

7/26/02

Add Train the Trainer Confirming your Knowledge Questionnaire to the Workshops page

5/24/02

Note change to raguide.org: Results Accountability terms in eight languages - from a workshop in White Center / Boulevard Park, Seattle

Coming Soon: Results accountability materials and overheads in Spanish!

Note change to raguide.org: Major update to the exercise: The Whole Distance from Results to What Works based on recent experience working with community groups, including a new Exercise Setup schematic.

5/20/02

Add Results Budgeting Volumes I and II image to Fractals Page.

Editing Workshop Setup and Logistics to add reference to new Workshop Evaluation Form, and other minor edits.

5/17/02

          Add Workshop Evaluation Form as assessment of skills/knowledge, attitude, 
          behavior and circumstance

5/4/02

6 New Fractals

Pictures of New Mexico  and new Pictures of the Institute

4/25/02

Add link to Philadelphia Safe and Sound: Children's Report Card and 
Children's Budget to "Exemplary Sites"     www.philasafesound.org

4/20/02

Add to What's New:  NCSL Results Guide for Legislators
Actual Title: Improving Children's Lives: A Tool Kit for Positive Results April, 2002 An outstanding new publication produced by Susan Robison.

4/18/02

Editing of workshop materials page - addition of 5 pages to the 101 Extract material bringing the number of extract pages from 37 to 42.

4/11/02

Workshop Logistics: add plea for clip-on microphone to equipment requirements.

4/2/02

Simplify "Workshops" page structure so that it loads faster from the home page. Minor editing.

3/29/02

Add: The Pros and Mostly Cons of Contingency Fee Contracting for Revenue Maximization This paper discusses when contingency fee contracting makes sense and, candidly, presents the general case against use of contingency fee contracts for revenue maximization efforts.

3/28/02

Training for Trainers and Coaches
New materials include:

                     1. Prototype agenda for the two days of training
                     2. Results Accountability competencies 
                     3. Teaching and Coaching Construction Kit.

Add reference to Foundation Consortium as publishing organization to "Papers you can read on line" page.

Minor changes to Workshop Setup and Logistics

Revise Pictures of the Institute to read from an Adobe Acrobat file - which loads much faster

3/1/02

101 Workbook Revision #1
     Add 3 budget pages from San Mateo County after page 75 - example 
             of exemplary performance budgeting format.
     Add Prototype Results Progress Report: 4 Kinds of Progress after 
             page 21.

Add the full text of Miracle of Flight. (Humor)

Add Pictures of the Institute in New Mexico

2/6/02

Revised Turn the Curve Exercises page to reflect latest versions.

1/8/02

Add over 100 pages of material not available before on the web.
Finally, you can download and print all the latest handout material for the Results Accountability 101 Training
Completely revised and updated. Easy way to get the latest version of training material. All material in print ready Adobe Acrobat format.

Add New Age Name Construction Kit (Humor)

 

2001

12/06/01

Add "Musical Hyperspace and the Flower of Fifths" to Mark's Page

Add new humor: "The First Results Based Systems" to Mark's Page (Humor)

10/15/01

Posting of tentative dates for the 3rd Results Gathering on New Stuff page.

7/5/ 2001

  New address and phone numbers for the Institute's new office in
 Santa Fe, New Mexico. See home page.

5/17/2001

  Minor edits to home page: announcement of move to NM. Add     
  hyperlink to Foundation Consortium pdf version of the Financing 
  Reform, Reforming Finance paper.

4/17/2001                Revised Bio and Workshop setup and logistics instructions on "Workshops" page.

3/3/2001                  Improved graphics and reduced page loading time for Home page and What's new page.

                                Addition of Foundation Consortium to Links page (long overdue).

2/27/2001                Add West Virginia Outcomes and Indicators website:
                                       www.prevnet.org/outcomes/

2/22/2001                Add Buying a Car: The Negotiation Agenda (Humor)

                                Nutritional information on Green Chile Stew

2/10/2001                Add Results-Based Grant Making An Approach to Decision-making for         
                                        Foundations and 
                                       
other Funders Read here in pdf format

                                Convert  Results-Based Decision Making: Getting from Talk to Action Schematic
                                     to pdf format - much more readable

2/4/2001                  Add Link to San Mateo County Children's Report Card: 
                                        www.pls.lib.ca.us/healthysmc/33/children.pdf

                                Add Link to  www.whatworks-scrus.org/ Santa Cruz County's Investing in 
                                        Children and Families

1/13/2001                Add FPSI Company Policies (Humor) - as a pdf file

1/6/2001                  Add List of Attendees at the December, 2000 Scottsdale Gathering on Results
                                        Accountability

                                Add Workshop Set-up and Logistics (revised 1/12)

10/3/2000                Add Jim Johnson letter to "We're Here to Partner as long as you want 
                                          
to work on our agenda"

8/4/2000                  Add Notice of the Second Results Accountability Gathering

7/24/2000                Add Results Accountability Network Yellow Pages - registry announcement

                                Add Legislative results hearing and Legislative performance hearing 
                                        development exercises 

                                Add Old  (many times around the) Block Grant Alternatives (Humor)

                                 Add Performance measurement coaching

7/21/2000                Add Reforming Finance-Financing Reform Policy Brief (Text Only)
                                        to "Papers you can read Online"

                                Add Translating Common Budget Questions and Phrases (Humor)

                                Add Trading Outcome Accountability for Fund Flexibility: The Deal schematic

                                Add Negotiation Matters: Different Negotiation Protocols (Humor)

                                Add Two new Fractals

7/14/2000                Add "Organizations Still Waiting for their first Foundation Grant (Humor)

                                Add "The Cosmology of Financing" to "Papers you can read Online"  

                                Add  the Financing Self Assessment Questionnaire to "Papers you can read Online"

                                Add Legislature 11 Things a Legislature could consider doing to promote Results
                                        Accountability 
to "Papers you can read Online"  

6/25/2000                Add Humor section to "Mark's Page," including "Time Wholesalers" and 
                                        "The Escher Coffee Prize" (Humor)

                                Add "A Complete Course in Supervision in Under 5 Minutes" to "Mark's Page."

                                Add A Street Map of the USA to "Mark's Page."

                                Add "Why Should I Care?" Reasons  to Invest in the Well-being of Children and
                                        Families:
Partner Perspectives - to the "What's New" Page, the Publications listing     
                                        and the "Papers You Can Read On Line" Page.

                               Correct the Child Time example again. I think it's finally right this time.

6/20/2000               Correct the 2/40 year old example for the adult/child time conversion chart on the "What's 
                                            New" page

5/25/2000              Add Turn the Curve Exercise Summaries for both Population and Performance versions of 
                                      the workshop - added to the Workshop page.

5/6/2000                Add new fractals to fractal's page. New fractal on front page.

4/28/2000              Add Contra Costa County website address to view Children's Report Card to "Links"
                                      page.

                              Correct UCLA website to read Prop 10 paper - on "What's New" page

                              Add UCLA paper and Foundation Consortium papers to "Publications List" and 
                                      "Papers you can read on line" pages

                              Move "Child Time" from "Mark's Page" to "New Stuff" page.

4/17/2000              Add Norway and Montgomery County Ohio to "Links to Other Sites."

                              Add website address where "Results Accountability for Prop 10" paper can be read.

                              Add Conversion from Adult to Child Time to "Mark's Page"

4/1/2000                Add "Complete Cure for Poverty War and Disease" to Mark's Page (Humor)

3/31/2000              Add reference to "Modeling the epidemiology and economics of directly observed 
                                      therapy in Baltimore" to the "What's New" page

                              Correct the hyperlink to the Santa Cruz county Community Assessment Project report

                              Add "Language of Accountability" to Home Page

3/26/2000              Add Links to Sites with Exemplary Reporting on Results & Indicators

3/12/2000              Add reference to Reforming Finance, Financing Reform on "What's New"
                              
                              Add  Miracle of Flight (Humor)

Add reference to "Results Accountability for Prop 10 Commissions" to "What's New" Page

11/26/99                Add Chronological page

11/20/99                Site created

 

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