YOU GET WHAT YOU MEASURE

Are you interested in harnessing the knowledge ideas, and energy of the people in your organization to work productively toward a common goal?

Are you looking for better ways to measure the impact of your work?

Would you like to be able to tell a compelling story about your work to the public, your board of directors, or a funder?

If you answered YES to any of these questions, consider 
YOU GET WHAT YOU MEASURE

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YOU GET WHAT YOU MEASURE
can help to ensure the vitality and resilience of your community or organization by developing your capacity to determine where you are and by focusing your energy on actions that will take you where you want to go.  With YGWYM, you can:

  • Support inclusiveness and encourage new partnerships

  • Foster independent actions to achieve shared goals

  • Save money and time by incorporating planning and evaluation in one process

YOU GET WHAT YOU MEASURE:

  • Calls people on their assumptions
  • Puts goals in the present tense and creates tension between current reality and goals
  • Defines indicators to get to measures
  • Uses a systems approach
  • Achieves greater specificity than other processes
  • Is more accountable and makes group thought processes transparent by articulating theories of change
  • Uses visualization
  • Identifies key leverage indicators and key results indicators
  • Gets away from turf issues and moves people beyond “pet” indicators and pre-defined indicators
  • Gives everyone a voice
  • Roots the plan in what is most important to people
  • Is non-linear (recursive) just like life
  • Incorporates time and time lags as significant factors

"I found the workshop to be excellent in every aspect. Shanna prepared for the session thoughtfully and comprehensively. The materials were appropriate to the task. She was on time and engaged throughout the process. She responded to each request and adjustment to the session, and gracefully adapted to scheduling challenges that prevented staff from attending the entire workshop. The substance of the workshop was excellent, and the concepts explained clearly. The subject matter is difficult, which made the assistance that Shanna provided during exercises of great value. The process and content were excellent, and I plan on using this work and building on it in multiple ways."

            — Andrea Levere, CFED Workshop, February 21-23, 2005

"This was not just another 'listen, take notes, etc.' workshop.  It was a truly enjoyable, informative, hands-on experience.  The facilitator's participation, get acquainted activities, workshop overview, and time-management played a major part in the positive response from not only our group, but others we met.  We were pleased the Draft Summary reflects the integrity of participant's views, not overshadowed by the facilitator's opinions."

       — Participant, Navajo County Forest Health Strategic Planning Workshop (AZ), 6/12/03

      

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The You Get What You Measure process has been provided to a variety of clients, including the United States Forest Service, the United States Department of Agriculture, the Missouri Department of Economic Development, Rural Action of Ohio, and the Massachusetts Rural Development Council.