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Defining & Reporting Our Successes
Outputs, Outcomes and Impacts
Desired Outcomes
Understanding the Importance of Defining & Reporting Outcomes
Understanding of the Differences between Outputs, Outcomes and Impacts
Understanding the Types of Outcomes Understanding of How to Use DANRIS-X
to Record Outcomes
The Importance of Outcomes? Program Development
Maintain and improve the quality of our programs
Accountability Demonstrate individual accountability
for providing effective services Demonstrate organizational
accountability for use of public funds
Program Action: Logic Model
Identify Problem or Need
InvestStaff,
Volunteers, Money, Materials
DeliverProducts
or Services
Change inProgram
Participants
Change to Population
or Area
InputsActivities/ Outputs
Outcomes
ImpactsSituation Knowledge & Behavior
Invasive Species: Yellow Star Thistle
Yellow star thistle
causing lossof rangeland & ecosystem
damage
Staff, Money, Materials, Researchbase on
control and eradication
• Workshops for ranchers& land managers
• Publications
• Ranchers gain increasedknowledge about Yellow star thistle • Ranchers adopt new control practices, such as parasitic wasps & controlled burns
• Improved health of ecosystems & native species
• Reduction in acres lost of rangeland
InputsActivities/ Outputs
Outcomes
ImpactsSituation
Knowledge/ Behavior
Outputs in DANRIS-X: What did you deliver?
Direct Extension Methods Classes, Workshops, Field Days
Indirect Extension Methods Newsletter, Websites, Articles
Research and Creative Activity Methods
Basic/Applied Research, Videos, Curricula Publications
Types of Outcomes in DANRIS-X: What is the desired change?
1. Change in Knowledge2. Change in Attitude/Intention3. Change in Skill4. Change in Behavior or Practice5. Change in Social/Health Condition6. Change in Economic Condition7. Change in Environmental/Physical
Condition
Main Types of Outcomes
Short-term changes ~ Learning Outcomes Knowledge Attitude Skill
Medium-term changes ~ Action Outcomes Behavior Practice
Long-term changes ~ Condition Outcomes (Impacts)
Social/Health Economic Environmental
Learning Outcomes
Knowledge 90% of program participants gain knowledge
of 5 techniques for water conservation Attitude/Intention
60% of program participants are more willing to use recommended techniques for water conservation
Skill 80% program participants gain the ability to
implement water conserving techniques
Action Outcomes
Behavior 50% of program participants now
conserve water Practice
60% program participants adopted at least one of the recommended water conservation practices
Condition Outcomes
Social/Health 20% increase in voluntary compliance to water
conservation regulations by residents in Placer County
Economic Average reduction of 10% in monthly spending
on water for Mendocino County grape growers Environmental/Physical
5% reduction in water usage in Shasta County
Steps for Defining an Outcome:
What? Choose type of change Describe specific change Quantify change, if possible
Who? Describe the group/area that was affected Quantify group affected
Ex. 50 Pest Control Advisors, private consultants, family farmers, field managers will gain 3 skills to identify key pests in field cropping systems.
How do we track our successes?
We measure:
Outputs Outcomes
Resources
University of Wisconsin Extension www.uwex.edu/ces/pdande
Penn State Cooperative Extension http://www.extension.psu.edu/evaluation/
American Evaluation Association www.eval.org
Logic Model Development Guide http://ucanr.org/logicmodeldevelopment