March 24, 2010

Aside: Lack of Accountability

Seen: According to a recent survey of C-level executives conducted by BusinessWeek Research Services, the biggest obstacles to successful execution of performance management are “lack of accountability” and “a culture that does not support measurement.” (Instilling Company-Wide Accountability). It’s not about “scorecarding” but about “accountability.”

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March 22, 2010

Jerry Rankin on Assessment and Accountability

In a new blog post, Jerry Rankin talks about the “activity trap”: “We need more budget, but don’t ask us to be accountable for what we do with it. After all, we are engaged in a spiritual task and the results are up to God. We cannot be held accountable for results… as long as they were busy doing good things and fulfilling their assignment, it didn’t matter if anything was accomplished.” Rankin’s thought: “If Southern Baptists have assigned us the task of winning the lost, discipling believers and planting churches around the world, and they invest $300 million in supporting [...]

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March 12, 2010

How To: evaluate your non-profit events

Here’s a new book, “Analyze This: a Nonprofit’s Guide to Event Fundraising Analytics.” Reviewed in Katya’s Non-Profit Marketing Blog.

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March 2, 2010

No assessment may be better than a bad one.

There is an age-old argument in missions and the church in general when it comes to assessing anything: the argument of quantity vs. quality. Pick up any review of a statistical reference on the church (e.g. Operation World, the World Christian Encyclopedia, World Christian Trends or the recently released Atlas of Global Christianity, reviewed in the latest International Bulletin of Missionary Research) and you will find this argument at least mentioned if not made. It is present in the debates over church growth measurements. It is present in the debates over discipleship vs. evangelism. Admittedly, measuring quantities are easier. It [...]

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