Impact Accountability Courses

About this learning path...

Impact Accountability measures a board's ability to hold an organization accountable for the achievement of outcomes.

Full participation in this certificate is applicable for 3 points in Category 1.B Education of the CFRE International application for initial certification and/or recertification.

What You Will Learn

What impact accountability is, and how we define impact, accountability, and outcomes.

A four-step accountability framework that can be applied across your entire organization.

The difference between managing our performance-related outputs and our impact-related outcomes.

How we define "pressing social needs" and their related impact data points.

How to use an "accountability manifesto" to set organizational goals.

The differences--and similarities--between motivation and accountability.

Three nonprofit impact measurement frameworks: Five Dimensions of Impact, logic modeling, and Theory of Change, plus the concept of "downward accountability."

The 19 universal standards surrounding impact management, and a simple self-assessment to activate accountability.

Who is this learning path for?

This learning path is great for anyone in the nonprofit who wants to connect their work to the larger picture of impact that your organization seeks to make. With lots of work through models, reflections, and exercises, this series will help you think differently about your own role in being accountable for your mission and its outcomes.

This learning path explores the following Korn Ferry competencies: