empowerment knowledge and skills + implementation empowering people

Empowerment

Knowledge and Skills

+ Implementation

Empowering People

2: AssessmentStages of Measurement

INITIAL INTERMEDIATE LONG-TERM• Knowledge transfer• Understanding

• Implementation• Behavior

• Result of Implementation

• Outcomes

Inputs Outputs

Outcomes

Project Evaluation

• Outcomes are particularly difficult to measure when it comes to a youth population

• Requires some type of follow-up step that allows you to observe long-term implementation

• Pre and post tests only indicate a short-termincrease in knowledge

Financial Literacy

Outcomes

Needs group identified: 3rd through 8th grade

Knowledge transferred: workshops and financial

literacy lessons

Implementation:Students create and run school store. Profits are

collected and measured. Contribution goes to

education.

Outputs: Initial measurement

of impact. what lessons were taught

and to how many children? What is the

level of understanding?

Typical Project Cycle

• Implementation is key

• It will be much easier to quantify a long-term impact if you can empower the target audience to use the knowledge they have gained

• Finally, the outcomes will be what happens as a result of implementation

So How Can This Improve?

SOCIAL

• Access to contacts and connections within the institution that can help build and implement a program

Assessing the Livelihood Assets

SOCIAL


• The financial knowledge another organization or individual might posses to structure a curriculum

HUMAN


SOCIAL



• A location either on campus or in the community for the students to implement their knowledge

HUMAN PHYSICAL


• Have students start a school store or small entrepreneurial venture

• Profits can be measured and saved and/or put back into the education• In this case, the institution is the target audience• May require a more detailed needs assessment• Primary and secondary beneficiaries

• Have the students put your lessons into action• Think outside the box!

Ideas For Implementation

OutcomesProfits earned,

educational programs sustained

Needs group identified: 3rd through 8th grade


literacy lessons

Implementation:Students create and run school store. Profits are

collected and measured. Contribution goes to

education.





Complete Project Cycle

• The students make a combined profit of $400 per month on the supplies sold

FINANCIAL

Examples of Livelihood Outcomes


• 2 additional institutions heard about the success of your program and have asked you to implement it at their schools

FINANCIAL SOCIAL




• 20 students 3rd-5th grade students participated in your program and learned valuable financial knowledge and skills that they can apply in and outside of the classroom

FINANCIAL SOCIAL HUMAN




• 20 students 3rd-5th grade students participated in your program and learned valuable financial knowledge and skills that they can apply in and outside of the classroom

• The profits made by the student store go back to the institution, which results in the ability to purchase new technology and equipment for the school and additional learning programs, such as field trips

FINANCIAL SOCIAL HUMAN PHYSICAL


Food Drives• Worthwhile cause, but no sustainability or

empowerment

Nutrition Seminars• Knowledge and skills, but no implementation• Results in a lack of empowerment • hard to measure outcomes

Popular Initiatives & Why they don’t meet the criterion

NEEDS ASSESSMENT• Currently there are 19 food desert communities in

Greensboro, NC• More than 60% of citizens living in food deserts are

obese• Another 47% have been diagnosed with a medical

condition associated with not eating healthy

Project: P.A.T.H.Bennett College

Project: P.A.T.H.Bennett CollegeWhat: A community garden that provides health education and locally grown fruits and vegetables to multiple food desert areas.Mission: To provide food desert communities with access to nutrients they would not usually have.


NATURAL

• Access to a plot of land and the tools necessary to plant a garden


NATURAL


• Ability to teach gardening and health education

HUMAN


NATURAL


• Ability to teach gardening and health education

HUMAN SOCIAL

• Access to community members willing to participate

Livelihood OUTCOMES• Produced more than 40 types of vegetables

NATURAL


Livelihood OUTCOMES• Produced more than 40 types of vegetables• It’s the only winter garden in the food desert community

NATURAL SOCIAL


Livelihood OUTCOMES• Produced more than 40 types of vegetables• It’s the only winter garden in the food desert community• Over 172 families have received food/produce from the garden

NATURAL SOCIAL HUMAN


• Difficult to achieve high attendance of people in need

• Only result in a knowledge an skill transfer, but lack implementation

• Difficulty in Communicating with attendees after the seminar

• Creating a follow-up plan to ensure that attendees implement the knowledge they have gained and what the result of that implementation is

Employment Seminars &Why they’re difficult to measure.

• Implementation is key

• It will be much easier to quantify a long-term impact if you can empower the target audience to use the knowledge they have gained

• Finally, the outcomes will be what happens as a result of implementation

So, how can this improve?

SOCIAL

• Access to contacts and connections within the institution and/or community that can help build and implement a program


SOCIAL


• The skills or knowledge another organization or individual might posses to structure a curriculum

HUMAN


SOCIAL



• Primary source of income and amount of expendable income for the attendees of the seminar

HUMAN Financial


• Identify skill(s) to teach to target audience

• Have students participate in mock Interviews to practice

• Invite HR managers to participate as instructors during the lessons

• Create follow-up steps that connect to employers in the community currently interviewing for open positions

• Follow up with attendees to find out how many received interviews and jobs

Ideas for Implementation

OutcomesNumber of

Interviews/Jobs Received

Needs group identified:

Unemployed Adults


literacy lessons

Implementation:Students in an interactive

employment seminar, team follows up with Students

after the seminar for outcomes





Complete Project Cycle

• 20% of attendees received jobs within 2 months of attending the seminar and now have a sustainable monthly income

FINANCIAL



• 80% of attendees are now connected with a workforce development program that continues to assist them searching for job opportunities

FINANCIAL SOCIAL




• 50 unemployed or underemployed attendees participated in your program and learned valuable interview knowledge and skills that they can apply in their job search

FINANCIAL SOCIAL HUMAN




• 50 unemployed or underemployed attendees participated in your program and learned valuable interview knowledge and skills that they can apply in their job search

• After receiving employment, attendees can restore residencies and upgrade their mode of transportation to and from work

FINANCIAL SOCIAL HUMAN PHYSICAL


Recycling/Environmental Sustainability Projects& Why they are difficult to measure

These projects require that you create sustainable solutions for your target audience to improve livelihoods by empowering others AND the environment (not just the environment)In order to improve livelihoods, the direct target audience should be humanIt can be difficult to create sustainable projects through entrepreneurial action while incorporating environmental efforts

Art InspiredDrury University

What: A local, sustainable business in partnership with Abilities First, a non-profit organization that serves individuals with special needs

Art inspired provides secure document destruction services to area business and it converts the paper to pulp which is used to make the products sold at the store

Mission: To provide meaningful employment for individuals with developmental disabilities

SOCIAL

• Access to contacts and connections with Abilities First who employed the disabled individuals


SOCIAL


• A continuous supply of paper pulp materials that could be recycled and reused through local businesses

NATURAL


SOCIAL



• Access to and the use of the actual storefront

PHYSICALNATURAL


SOCIAL



• Access to and the use of the actual storefront• Access to finances to start the program

PHYSICAL FINANCIALNATURAL


OutcomesIndividuals with special needs have meaningful employment; these individuals improved their own skills, and mentored younger individuals, all while using recycled material to make art.

• Total annual sales:2012-(5 Months) $10,334.342013- $31,151.312014-(Through 8/3/14) $13,042.10

FINANCIAL



• Currently employs 12 individuals with disabilities. All are paid at or above minimum wage.

FINANCIAL SOCIAL



• Currently employs 12 individuals with disabilities. All are paid at or above minimum wage.

• Art Inspired processes an average of 300 lbs. of paper per month into pulp.

NATURALFINANCIAL SOCIAL


Project Charter

empowerment knowledge and skills + implementation empowering people

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