Program Measurement and Design

Design Your Programs with the End in Mind:

What do you want your program to achieve?

9 AM - 3 PM on all dates and at all locations listed:

Class Description:

Dr. Tullia Hamilton will conduct a highly interactive instructional workshop built around the question of "what do you want to achieve rather than what do you want to do."  Over the last decade, funders have placed increased emphasis on the impact of the programs they fund.  This workshop is designed to help improve the ability of participants think about program development in new ways...to think about developing programs with "the end in mind."

Participants will:

• Understand the relationship between program development and evaluation.

• Acquire tools for integrating program development, program implementation, and program evaluation.

• Understand the importance of aligning program development with proposal development.

Presenter's Bio : 

Tullia B. Hamilton, PhD, has over 20 years experience in philanthropy and the nonprofit sector.   The recipient of a Ford Foundation Fellowship for graduate study, she received a Ph.D. from Emory University in American Studies in 1978.  Her frequently cited dissertation remains one of the seminal scholarly works in the history of African American women.  She has taught Women’s History and African-American History at the Ohio State University. 

In 1981, she left academia to work as a program officer at the Columbus Foundation where she eventually reached the rank of vice president. In this position she was responsible for distribution of over $20 million annually and supervising a program staff of ten.  She created several program initiatives including: a funding program for small arts organizations, a nonprofit computer consortium, a public teacher awards program, and a program to stimulate coordinated services to families in the central Ohio region. 

In 1992, she assumed the reins of the St. Louis Community Foundation. She was responsible for raising the foundation’s assets (from $11 to $70 million) and profile in the community.  She was also responsible for organizing efforts that brought funding from the Robert Wood Johnson and Kellogg Foundation to St. Louis.  Throughout her career she has been active with the Council on Foundations and numerous other foundation affinity groups.  She helped to develop the first training materials for community foundation staff and was a founding member of Community Foundations of America.

Dr. Hamilton currently works as a nonprofit consultant and is on the boards of several foundations.  In addition to consulting, she also teaches a course on the history and development of the nonprofit sector at Washington University in St. Louis.

Registration:

Registration for each workshop is $50 per person and is opened to health-related organizations.  Space is limited to 20 individuals; we encourage two individuals from any one organization register to attend.