Redefining the Role of United Ways with Results-Based Accountability and Asset-Based Community Development

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This paper by Dan Duncan, Senior Vice President, United Way of Tucson and Southern Arizona shows the powerful ways in which RBA and Asset Based Community Development (ABCD) methods can be used together.  ABCD is one of many other bodies of work that fit well with RBA/OBA. Another example is the work of Jim Collins in “Good to Great.” Check …

Mark FriedmanRedefining the Role of United Ways with Results-Based Accountability and Asset-Based Community Development

Over 100 RBA practitioners from across the State gathered in Hartford to share experiences implementing RBA

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Over 100 RBA practitioners from across the State gathered in Hartford to share experiences implementing RBA. The conference was sponsored by the Annie E. Casey Foundation and The Charter Oak Group, LLC and attracted participants from state agencies, communities, and philanthropies.  Mark Friedman gave the keynote address, and a panel of four legislative leaders talked about how the legislature’s five-year …

Mark FriedmanOver 100 RBA practitioners from across the State gathered in Hartford to share experiences implementing RBA

Parody of a Logic Model

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This is very funny and I wish I knew who created it. A paper is in the works on “The 5 Things Wrong with Logic Models (and why everyone hates them).”  Here’s a preview: 1) They start in the wrong place with means not ends. 2) They restrict rather than expand people’s thinking. 3) They assume life is linear and …

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OBA 101 Handout Materials

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UK OBA 101 Workshop Workbook Version 1.9 (49 pages) This is a pdf document compilation of the Powerpoint slides used in the OBA 101 Workshop plus other full page materials referenced in the workshop. Last revision: 11 April, 2009 Download the handout materials here.  

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