About this course

Proficiency Area: Overseeing.

Impact accountability is the ability to hold the organization accountable for achieving outcomes.

In the first lesson toward your bronze Merit badge, you'll explore:

  • What nonprofit impact accountability is, and how we define impact, accountability, and outcomes.

  • The difference between managing our performance-related outputs and our impact-related outcomes in the nonprofit sector.

  • Why managing outcomes and impact can be tricky.

  • A four-step accountability framework that can be applied across your entire nonprofit organization.

Course curriculum

    1. What you can expect in this lesson

    2. Before we begin...

    3. Start your Workbook!

    1. What is impact accountability?

    2. Accountability’s Importance in Managing Outcomes and Impact

    3. Check your learning

    1. Check Out Workbook

About this course

  • 7 lessons

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