Trying Hard Is Not Good Enough

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RBA 101: Sydney 2 Dec., Hobart 7 Dec.
Wellington 10 Dec., Christchurch 11 Dec.
Training for Trainers and Coaches: Sydney 3/4 Dec.

 

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Language Notes

1. Results-Based Accountability™ (RBA) is known as Outcome-Based Accountability™ (OBA) in the UK.
Click here for the UK Workshops page.

2. Due to popular demand, we here at FPSI have finally given in to using the acronyms RBA and OBA. We will no doubt be punished for this some day. 
 

 

RBA in the News

Connecticut: The Day: Editorial: Change in State Budget Process Needed: June 7, 2009

The National Conference of State Legislatures (NCSL) gives the 1st Con Hogan Award to Connecticut for their use of RBA to reform the
state budget process.

Articles from:
The NY Times, The London Guardian,
Children Now, The Day, and more

 


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Open Enrollment
RBA
Training

RBA101
with Mark Friedman

Sydney 2 Dec.,
Hobart 7 Dec.
Wellington 10 Dec., Christchurch 11 Dec.


Training for Trainers
and Coaches

with Mark Friedman
Sydney 3/4 December

SEE RBA
EVENTS CALENDAR
BELOW


RBFNetwork.com

Results Based Facilitation (RBF)
101, 201 and 301
with Jolie Pillsbury

 

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FULL RBA
OPEN EVENTS CALENDAR


Women's Results Leadership Retreat with Karen Finn and Deitre Epps
Location: Aspen Wye River Conference Center, Queenstown, Maryland
Date: TBD
Cost: TBD
 


June 2009

Why Organizations Resist Accountability: Adaptive Leadership in Creating Measurable Improvements with Raj Chawla, Roderick King and Adam Luecking
Location: Webinar
Date: Wednesday June 10, 2009
Cost: $25
 


July 2009

The Politics of RBA: Lessons Learned in the Connecticut Legislature with Diana Urban and Mark Friedman
Location: Webinar
Date: Wednesday July 15, 2009
Cost: $25
 


September 2009

Results Based Budgeting Basics with Phil Lee
and Mark Friedman

Location: Webinar
Date: Wednesday September 9, 2009
Cost: $25
 


November 2009

Strategic Thinking for Results Workshop (Half Day) with Karen Finn
Location: New Orleans, LA (Hotel TBD)
Date: Monday November 16, 2009 (1:00-5:00pm, starting with lunch at noon)
Cost: $175

Results Accountability Training of Training of Trainers and Coaches Workshop (Two Day) with Karen Finn
Location: New Orleans, LA (Hotel TBD)
Date: Tuesday November 17, 2008 and Wednesday November 18, 2008
Cost: $770 (includes one copy of the Results Accountability 101 DVD)
 


November 30 and
December 1, 2009

RBA Conference
Sydney Australia
Sponsored by
Family Services NSW


Results Based Budgeting Workshop (One Day)
with Phil Lee

Location: Rockville, MD (Hotel TBD)
Date:Wednesday December 9, 2009
Cost: $375



 

Trying Hard Is Not Good Enough:  New lower prices:
 amazon: $18.95        RLG: $16.95 (incl. free US shipping)     
 A new publishing arrangement with Booksurge.com allows a reduction in the retail cost from $24.00. Ordering from the Results Leadership Group is the better deal. The book can still be ordered from Trafford at the higher price, so be careful when placing orders through book stores.
                                                                                          
June, 2009                  

Results Scorecard

A new software platform for implementing Results-Based Accountability™ and linking agency performance measures to community indicators: Developed by the Results Leadership Group with technical partner Insightformation. Click here for more information.         April, 2009

Next Generation Contracting: Traditional contracting (or "commissioning" methods work OK when applied to buying units of service (How much did we do?) and quality of service (How well did we do it?). But these methods break down when applied to customer results or outcomes. Here's a slide that proposes a different approach. Accompanying paper pending.                          April, 2009

UK: OBA 101 Workshop WORKBOOK Version 1.9  
(49 pages) This is the document used in all OBA 101 Workshops. Click here for a description of the changes.          April, 2009

New Zealand: Results-Based Accountability™ reaps rewards in Hawkes Bay: When Pam McCann made the move from Child, Youth and Family Services to managing Family Works Hawkes Bay, she wanted to find a way of better expressing what they were trying to achieve and what a difference they were making.   The opportunity to attend a Results-Based Accountability™ (RBA) workshop hosted by Family and Community Services (FACS) provided her with the solution. Read the full story. (Ministry of Social Development, Family and Community Services Newsletter, March, 2009)

Montgomery County, Ohio releases it's 10 Year Progress Report. Partners in Montgomery County have been using RBA for 10 years to assess the well-being of the people who live in their community and plan actions to make things better. One of their turn the curve success stories is featured in Trying Hard Is Not Good Enough (p. 123). This year's report includes a congratulatory note from Mark Friedman.
                                              
March, 2009

 

RBA Implementation Self Assessment: This tool provides a more comprehensive look at what it means for a government or nonprofit organization to implement RBA. The new assessment covers language discipline, population accountability and performance accountability and allows a score to be computed. This is still a work in progress and comment are welcome. Note: there is a correction to the version of this released with RBA 101 workshop materials 1.9. Click here for more information.  February, 2009

NSW Family Services Performance Report (NSW, Australia)
The report includes an excellent set of performance measures, an honest assessment of the story behind the numbers, an action plan, plus a Data Agenda, Research Agenda and Policy Agenda.
February, 2009

RBA 101 Workshop WORKBOOK Version 1.9  
(53 pages) This is the document used in all the RBA 101 Workshops. Click here for a description of the changes.          January, 2009

OBA Master Class in London on 5 November brought together 160 OBA practitioners from across the UK. Speakers included Mark Friedman, Dame Gillian Pugh, Christine Davies, Rob Hutchinson CBE, Jacky Tiotto, Dr. Andy Gill, Dr. Jocelyn Parry and Steve Pitt. The event was sponsored by the IDeA, and can be viewed in its entirety, including all of the powerpoint presentations at the Local Government Association website.                       November, 2008

Five New Powerpoint Slide Sets that can help you teach and use the concepts of RBA/OBA
1. RBA in a Nutshell: One page containing the most important innovations in the framework. Click here for the OBA version.

2. RBA the Journey Analogy: One page slide that shows how RBA goes from report cards to action plans to the end of turned curves. Click here for the OBA version. (See this presented at minute 51 of the London Master Class.)

3. RBA/OBA Star Exercise: A fun way to teach the concept of ends vs. means.
4. Cutting Budgets with RBA (OK, the fun's over): These slides show the progression from Generating cut ideas, to Analyzing cut ideas to Deciding what to cut. Each section displays both traditional methods and RBA additions. OBA version  (NEW version 4)
5.
Turn the Curve (TTC) Debriefing Questions: the questions used in RBA/OBA 101 to discuss lessons learned from the Turn the Curve Exercise - for use by trainers, coaches and facilitators
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                                                           November/December, 2008

Montgomery County, Maryland: Healthy and Sustainable Communities Initiative and Website  The website provides an excellent example of how to use RBA methods to improve environmental quality of life, and illustrates a dynamic way of using the RBA framework to gather community and expert input. June, 2008

Turning the Curve Stories: UK Department of Children, Schools and Families releases report on Outcome Based Accountability by researchers David Utting, Alison Painter and Judy Renshaw. Turning the Curve Stories describes the principles of the Outcome Based Accountability (OBA) framework for planning and taking action to improve the quality of life and outcomes for all children (and other populations) and to improve the performance of specific services, agencies and service systems. The resource is accompanied by a series of England-wide case studies, illustrating how the approach has been applied.  June, 2008
                                                                                                      

The Autumn, 2008 issue of LCSA's quarterly publication Local devotes 25 pages to "A Conversation with Mark Friedman" about implementation of Results Based Accountability. The Local Community Services Association is the peak body for 300 New South Wales neighbourhood and community centres. June, 2008

SEVEN NEW RESULTS-BASED ACCOUNTABILITY SUCCESS STORIES
                                                                                     February 4, 2008

1. Turning the curve on 16 to 18 Year Olds Not in Education, Employment or Training (NEET) in Newcastle, UK:  Sara Morgan-Evans, Local Connexions Manager in Newcastle, UK describes her team's multi-year success using Outcome Based Accountability, working with other partners, to produce a significant reduction in this important measure of youth disengagement.

2. Turning the curve on Positive Youth Shelter Discharges from the Spectrum Youth and Family Services Homeless Shelter in Burlington, Vermont: Trine Bech, authored this paper summarizing the exceptional work of the shelter staff and residents using Results Accountability methods to turn a declining trend in rate of positive exits for young people from the shelter. A key to their success was involvement of the youth themselves.

3. to 7. Turning Curves, Achieving Results: Five Annie E. Casey Foundation Fellows (Craig Levine, Molly McGrath, Brenda Donald, Dennis Campa and Yolie Flores Aguilar) describe their successes using Results Accountability to measurably improve the well-being of children and families in Essex County, NJ, Chicago, IL, Washington, DC, San Antonio TX, and Los Angeles County, CA. Don't miss the inspiring introduction by Molly McGrath.
 

The Results-Based Accountability 101 DVD This is the official video of Mark Friedman's acclaimed Results Accountability 101 workshop. Special features include a Q&A session with Mark and instructions on how to set up and run the population and performance Turn the Curve Exercises. View a clip and order the video at ResultsLeadership.org/sales    July, 2007


The Netherlands Workshop Page: RBA 101 Powerpoint and workshop materials in Dutch
A complete set of workshop materials translated for use in The Netherlands. Thanks to Ordina for supporting preparation of these materials. 
November, 2007

The UK Workshops Page: Outcome-Based Accountability™
A complete set of materials specially adapted for use in the UK. Included are both the workshop workbook handout as well as two versions of the OBA 101 Powerpoint presentation. 
October, 2007

Results-Based Accountability ranks better than Logic Model, Balanced Scorecard and Six Sigma on complexity of language and readability.
It is hard to find objective evidence that one management, planning or budgeting framework is easier to use than another. Most of what's out there is anecdotal at best and usually pure self promotion. In the interest of honesty, this site is about promoting Results Accountability as the best available framework. The attached analysis shows that the Results Accountability book, Trying Hard Is Not Good Enough, is significantly better than leading books on Logic Model and Balanced Scorecard, and Six Sigma, when it comes to complexity of language and readability. The field needs a serious comparison of frameworks by a Consumer Reports type organization. But in the mean time, this comparison sheds light on some of what you need to know to make an informed choice.       March, 2007


What you need to know about Privatization:

When government-delivered services are contracted out to for-profit and/or nonprofit providers, it is called “privatization.” While this method has been part of the government landscape for many years, elected officials and government managers often don’t know the basics of when privatization is appropriate and how to make it work. This short paper gives you a candid summary of what you need to know.   February, 2007



The End of the Melting Pot
and the Challenge to Create a Healthy Multi-cultural Society
A short essay suggesting that Results Accountability methods could be used to structure the discussion of how to create a healthy multi-cultural society, neighborhood by neighborhood and city by city.                           April, 2006


Responsabilidad Con Los Resultados Para Las Comisiónes Prop. 10 Guía de Planeación  Para Mejorar el Bienestar de Niños, Jóvenes y sus Familias, Traducción por Patricia Zuluaga June, 2004
 


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