Sarah Ford | December 17, 2013

Measuring Outcomes vs. Outputs: Why Leadership in the Nonprofit Sector Needs to Head in This Direction

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By Steve Delfin, President and CEO, 精东影业鈥檚 Charities

Creating Performance Based Culture in the Nonprofit Sector, by Steve DelfinThey filled Capital Hilton ballroom in Washington, DC, leaders of large and small charities throughout the country trying to build higher performing organizations 鈥渕anaging to outcomes.鈥 The was the brainchild of Mario Morino, Founding Chairman of and Chairman of the , where Morino, who made his fortune in the early days of the tech boom, has for the past two decades turned his innovative mind and business acumen toward helping the philanthropic sector embrace meaningful outcomes.

His ground-breaking book, (2011), urges leaders government, business and the philanthropic sectors to take 鈥渂old action鈥 in order to focus increasingly limited resources where they do the most good in addressing pressing social needs. I鈥檝e been following Morino鈥檚 work for over 15 years and have watched his influence begin to move the discussion from 鈥渨hy鈥 should we do this to 鈥渉ow.鈥 And just as importantly, I watched the symposia and conferences discussing outcomes- and evidence-based philanthropy grow from gatherings of a couple dozen thought leaders, to what is now truly becoming a movement of change and impact.

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