SAGUARO SEMINAR - Civic Engagement in America

COMMUNITY ORGANIZATIONS AND SOCIAL CAPITAL:
A GUIDE TO PROGRAM EVALUATION

This guide is intended to equip you with the tools you need to measure the impact of your program on your community, improve the effectiveness of services delivered, and enable you to claim credit for the community benefits that your organization is creating.

What is social capital?

Who benefits from increased social capital?

Why is this guide needed?

Who is this guide intended to serve?

Who shouldn't use this guide?

How do I navigate this guide?

Where do I begin?

TABLE OF CONTENTS

INTRODUCTION

PHASE ONE | Planning

Step 1: Mobilizing Resources
Step 2: Understanding Social Capital as it Relates to Organizational Mission
Step 3: Identifying Program Links to Social Capital

PHASE TWO | Evaluation

Step 4: Designing the Evaluation
Step 5: Conducting an Evaluation

PHASE THREE | Action

Step 6: Interpreting the Results
Step 7: Revising Programs

GLOSSARY

This guide was created by
Thomas Sander, Executive Director of the Saguaro Seminar, &
Stephen Minicucci, Ph.D.,
Principal Investigator

Edited and adapted for the web by Benjamin Toff

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