The story of Connecticut?s use of results-based accountability to ensure better outcomes for young children. Features Rep. Diana Urban, Janice Gruendel, the governor?s senior policy advisor on early childhood, and David Nee, Executive Director of the William Caspar Graustein Memorial Fund.
Thank you for taking a look at the opening introduction to the “Results Accountability Workshop DVD” presented by Mark Friedman. The DVD includes a guide to keep notes, participate in activities and receive the most out of the workshop at your pace. You can get a copy of the “Results Accountability DVD” at http://resultsleadership.org/purchase-rba-products/.
May 8th, 2009
$100 Billion Dollars, from $787 Billion Dollar stimulus package, of funding has been directed to education for all ages and is considered a “down payment” on many expansions to come. The press has posted many plans from states like Maryland focusing on special needs programs and cushion the $120 Million dollar reduction to only $21.4 Million in cuts. Atlanta Public School Administration will use a portion to repay the teachers who worked one day pay-free to raise funds in education materials.
There has been a sense of relief nation-wide as funding is now being sent to the States and Education systems to start utilizing immediately. Since the funding is considered a “down payment” forecasting more funding dedicated to early childhood programs and education systems, a concern for lack of strategic management tools or planning are not included or mentioned with all of these plans.
Results Leadership Group has released the “Results Scorecard Software” and is focusing on early childhood programs implementing the strategic management tool to maximize the current funding and prepare planning in future funding. All though there is no guaranteed amount of future funding, the Results Based Accountability method and software improves communication of any current strategies, measures progress from “turning the curve” and stimulates long term strategic planning and organization.
Montgomery County in Maryland has been utilizing the Results Based Accountability methodology, one of many initiatives is focusing on Montgomery County Education and Improvements. View the Results Scorecard Demo, “Results Scorecard Improves stimulus funding uses for Early Childhood Funding” see how the Results Scorecard software can improve the utilization of stimulus funding and future executions.
May 5th, 2009
Results Based Accountability is about starting with Ends and working backwards to a Means. The Video gives the PowerPoint video explains all of the directions for the activity created by Mark Friedman.
To learn more about Results Based Accountability, get the latest Results Accountability DVD by Mark Friedman.
This is one of ten questions that Mark Friedman personally answers from the exclusive interview conducted for Results Accountability Workshop DVD.
The interview is just one of many features in understanding the Results Accountability Framework and applying it to the everyday operations. The Results Accountability Workshop DVD is conveniently available for purchase at http://resultsleadership.org/purchase-rba-products/
We are excited to announce the creation of the Results Scorecard, web-based software for Results Based Accountability (RBA). Please join us as we launch the Results Scorecard with a Webinar demonstration on Tuesday, April 14, 2009 at 12pm EST.
With the Results Scorecard, leaders in the public and nonprofit sectors will accelerate the improvement of the quality of life in their communities and the performance of their agencies and programs. Importantly, the Results Scorecard aligns indicators of community well-being with organizational performance measures. A web-based tool, the Results Scorecard is easy to use and implement — and affordable.
The Results Scorecard is the only decision software designed specifically to support the RBA methodology, described by Mark Friedman in Trying Hard is Not Good Enough (Trafford 2005). The Results Scorecard’s architecture, with built-in tools and templates, is particularly useful for efficient and collaborative decision making on an ongoing basis at both the community and program levels.
Feel free to contact us at 301-907-7541 with any questions or to schedule a private demo if you can’t make the Webinar on April 14, 2009.
–The Results Leadership Group
WASHINGTON, D.C. - A group of leading nonprofit organizations has launched a new website that gives state and local policymakers valuable information about proven strategies to overcome a range of problems affecting American children, families and communities.
The site, PolicyForResults.org, offers innovative and effective approaches states and localities can take to help families increase their employment, acquire and retain assets (savings, homes and cars), and ensure that their children are reading well by third grade. For families in crisis, the site focuses on how more children can stay safely at home and not in foster care, and how to reduce the unnecessary and costly detention of juveniles in trouble with the law.
The website also provides up-to-date national data so that state officials and advocates can assess how their state is faring in vital areas such as child poverty rates, third and fourth grade reading achievement levels, and incidence of foster care and juvenile detention rates, when compared to national norms.
“This website will help governors, state legislators, mayors, county commissioners and other public officials make wiser investments to safeguard the future of their state’s children and families,” said Doug Nelson, president of the Annie E. Casey Foundation.
PolicyforResults.org is very user-friendly for any level of Professional?s knowledge on Results Framework. The ?About this Site Tab? in the upper-right hand side of the site outlines the tools for the Strategy?s Framework for simple understanding. Follow Policy for Results on Twitter @ http://twitter.com/policy4results for the latest updates.
Congratulations to Representative Diana Urban (CT) on her recent op-ed article on March 08, 2009 featured on TheDay.com headlining “Stability Requires Accountability“. Diana Urban paraphrases the economic situation in the article, “Americans seemed to expect that building an economy on a false foundation of speculation, borrowing and conspicuous consumption could go on forever.”
The real focus is Results Based Accountability being distinguished as a vision not a fad and more of a solution than a patch. The Co-Chairman of the Results Based Accountability Subcommittee adds, “RBA is about creating a shared vision for the future. A vision that identifies outcomes that have been deemed important. Outcomes like affordable health care for all Connecticut residents and access to quality jobs that pay a living wage.”
Diana Urban’s leadership in Connecticut continues to inspire collaboration and improved performance across the state. Congratulations once again to Diana’s article, as it conveys a solution not the patch of the financial crisis for state budgets accross the country.
Results Leadership Group Seeks Qualified Full Time Deputy Chief Administrative Officer
The Results Leadership Group, a Rockville, Maryland-based performance management/leadership consulting and training firm seeks a full-time Deputy Chief Administrative Officer. The successful candidate will be able to work at the office with the ability to attend meetings and staff workshops when necessary.
Responsibilities for the position include:
Requirements
Education: Bachelor’s degree preferred.
Skills/Qualifications: Strong knowledge of MS Excel and PowerPoint. Excellent interpersonal skills and customer service orientation. Self-directed individual who can work independently after being given initial instructions and guidance. Must have a “whatever it takes” attitude. In addition, excellent organizational skills and attention to detail are required. Passion for improving conditions of well-being for children, families and communities.
Compensation commensurate with experience. Generous benefits package included.
Please submit a cover letter and resume to info@resultsleadership.org.
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