Impact Assessment

9/6/2010

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2006 Impact Assessment

The 2006 Impact Assessment took two years from conception to publication. Craig Leavell, Director of Operations, undertook this huge task with excellent results.

Notes and Observations

The Assessment was designed following a model established by Boys & Girls Clubs of America in the publication Clubs Measure Up – A Guide to Measurement Strategies for Proving and Improving Club Impact. The assessment is divided into three sections. Each section delves in different levels of measurement. The sections are:

1. Membership, Attendance, Participation

2. Club and Organizational Assessment

3. Outcome Measurement

· This project gave us a much clearer picture for establishing our baselines for improvement and evaluation in the future.

· Data needs to be checked, evaluated, checked, and then checked again!

· Is there a positive slant to our results? Probably, but the positive findings were reinforced by both internal and external (independent) findings.

· Some surprises:

- Are we seen as a baby sitter – The results clearly indicate not!

- The breadth of our market was greater than we thought

- Our membership renewal rates were lower than we anticipated

- The scope of the project grew larger and larger as we moved forward

- We learned that Charles Elementary had the single largest number of Club members from any single school

Thanks to our members, their parents, our staff, and all who participated in the 2006 Impact Assessment Report.

To view or download the full report, click here.

To view or download the overview summary, click here.