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Focus on Drivers - Achieve Results

Posted December 2, 2008 11:42 AM by Ted Jackson

One of the most notable current trends in the nonprofit arena is for donors to look for a "return on investment" for their charitable giving. They want to know that their donation to one organization will yield social impact. More than that, they want to know that your organization will yield a greater impact than another cause to which they could donate.

This is a positive trend for sensible- dare I say- strategic charitable giving. However, the outcome results or impact measures are not the indicators that leaders of nonprofits should be managing. Rather, leaders need to focus on the underlying cause and effect linkages that drive impact.

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Jeffrey Bradach, Nan Stone, and Tom Tierney wrote an article in The Chronicle of Philanthropy, 1/29/09 that is related to this topic. They outline four key questions that charities must answer: What results will we hold ourselves accountable? How will we achieve results? What will results really cost, and how can we finance them? How do we build the organization we need to deliver results? These questions are very similar to the BSC framework you have described.
# Posted By Ted Jackson | 4/15/09 8:05 AM
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