About this course

Proficiency Area: Overseeing.

Impact accountability is the ability to hold the organization accountable for achieving outcomes.

In the third (and final) lesson toward your bronze Merit badge, you'll explore:

  • Four hallmarks of effective nonprofit accountability capacity: the use of frameworks, understanding attribution, use of feedback, and the adoption of healthy accountability habits.

  • Three nonprofit impact measurement frameworks: Five Dimensions of Impact, logic modeling, and Theory of Change.

  • The concept of "downward accountability" between nonprofits and funders.

Course curriculum

    1. Exploring Impact Accountability Effectiveness

    1. What Effective Impact-Focused Accountability Looks Like

    2. Measuring Impact to Focus on Accountability

    3. Check your learning

    1. Impact-Focused Accountability Resources

    2. Bronze Badge Transcripts

    3. Impact Accountability Bronze Badge Wrap-Up

    4. Before you go...

About this course

  • 8 lessons

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