About this course

Proficiency Area: Learning.

Program success is an organization’s ability to assess the impact of its programs and direct services. In the first lesson toward your bronze Merit badge, you'll explore:

  • What program success is, and is not.

  • The difference between programs and services.

  • How the Theory of Change model helps us define and understand our program success.

  • The difference between causality and correlation.

Course curriculum

    1. What you can expect in this lesson

    2. Before we begin...

    3. Start Your Workbook

    1. What is program success?

    2. Why does the capacity for program success matter?

    3. Check your learning

    1. Check Out Workbook

About this course

  • Free
  • 7 lessons
  • 0 hours of video content

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