Problem How you structure the problem is critical for how and where you begin to address the needs or service gaps that you identify. Keeping with the example of addressing child hunger, we must articulate the problem to build some scaffolding for systematic intervention. If you say that children are hungry because their parents don’t […]
OLM: Assumptions as Baselines
Assumptions: What is going on that causes you to want to intervene? The point of assumptions is to establish a baseline—a measurable general perspective, view, and logical starting point of the collaborating body developing the OLM. Assumptions are not directly tied to each row, but they are about the evaluation you conduct at the conclusion […]
OLM: Strategy Breakdown and GLT
Some may question as they attempt to wrap their heads around the OLM, “Do we complete multiple outcome logic models?” Typically, you have one outcome logic model for the organization or the unit or department that were focusing on. The OLM could be for the whole organization, but if your organization is broken into departments, […]
OLM: Emphasizing Entrepreneurship
The Wright method emphasizes entrepreneurship through outputs as a method to sustain the organization. This transition begins with the definition of entrepreneurship. Organizations often say that they want employees with an entrepreneurial spirit. Many organizations say this, but this isn’t want they want. But, the most profitable organization, and there’s lots of research to support […]
OLM: Wright Method Difference
In the Wright Method, the outputs are products that lend themselves to individualized packaging and distribution.
OLM: Definition and Process
An outcome logic model (OLM) is a table outlining the important components of a proposed business or an organizational innovation.
CSWE 2018: Tools for Social Justice
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Subject Headings to Get Email Read
If you are like me, you still overlook important emails. My excuse is that it is a challenge, even with rules and filters, to quickly process the hundreds of emails received in a business account in a work day.
Dialogue: MAWMonday Motivators 08/13/2017
Dialogue Even if it Results in Compromise The solution will not work if we do not approach it with the goal of consensus and the willingness to compromise. Dialogue continues as long as we observe those two tenets. We lose once we demonize the other, call names, and close our ears. As any adult can […]
Mission Creep: Structuring Business Against It
Mission Creep
Mission Creep, also called mission drift, is when your activities within the organization begin to demonstrate something different than the mission indicates as your desired outcomes. It affects many organizations as they attempt to meet the different and changing needs of funders, client populations, and other stakeholders. You will want to ensure that your business bylaws are written to guard the mission.