1. Most Significant Change Stories & Outcome Harvesting. Evaluation of
Most Significant Change Stories & Outcome Harvesting Evaluation of Partnerships & Networks in the Not-For Profit Sector
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2. Partnership Development
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3. Networks Include Unpredictable Interconnected contributions from a variety of actors

4. New approaches suited to complexity to paint a full picture for accountability & learning
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5. Evaluation approaches
Most Significant Change
Social Network Mapping
Outcome Mapping/Harvesting

6. Most significant change
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7. Social network mapping
Partnership projects
Network projects
Stakeholder – government sector
Stakeholder – private sector
Stakeholder – voluntary sector
Stakeholder – added by participants

8. Outcome mapping Program influence decreases Community ownership
increases
Inputs
Activities
Outputs
Outcomes
Impacts

9. Harvesting Outcomes

10. Paradigm shift
First…
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11. Discover the activities and outputs that contributed
Paradigm shift
Second…
Discover the activities and outputs that contributed 11

12. Capacity Building in Networks Defined
Partnership/ Collaboration: Network Development and Co-ordination
Tools for Impact: Information, Resources & Communication
Knowledge/Learning: Strategy Development and Relationships
Innovations/Quality Improvement/Business Development

13. Harvest from 14 Diverse Projects
Accessible Community Counselling and Employment Services (ACCES)
Community Microskills Development Network
Hong Fook Mental Health Association
KCWA Family & Social Services Network
Immigrant Women Services Network Ottawa
Pillar Non-Profit Network
Capacity Waterloo Region

14. Outcome Harvest Data Base
United Way of Chatham Kent
Ontario Volunteer Centre Network
Tamarack Institute for Community Engagement
Mowat NFP Policy Research Hub
Ontario Not for Profit Organization Network
Centre for Social Innovation
Imagine Canada

15. Grantee Outcome Contributions by Capacity Building Definitions
47 outcome descriptions from 14 projects
36 outcome descriptions from 12 projects result of new capacities built through PGP.
9 outcome descriptions from 5 projects as a result of existing capacities enabled.

16. Network Development and Co-ordination
Chatham-Kent United Way with Ontario Not-For Profit Network: “On Friday, November 22, 2013, 52 representatives of local non-profits, foundations, and government officials attended the Ontario Non-profit Network Regional Meeting. At this meeting, the group voted on the need and benefits of forming the Chatham-Kent Non-profit Network.”

17. Significance of Outcome to Mission of Chatham-Kent United Way
The United Way of Chatham-Kent’s mission is to build stronger communities. The network empowers local non-profits to build more community capacity and improve the lives of their clients and families.
The formation of this group demonstrates increased trust among “competitors.” The social and economic impact generated by non- profits in Chatham-Kent has been poorly recognized, which leads to issues of funding and stability causing non-profits locally to compete against one another to secure funding for pressing needs.

18. Contact: Heidi Schaeffer Knowledge Management, Learning and Evaluation, Ontario Community Health Centres,