2012

2012 Jun 24

Using Evidence to Improve Social Program Effectiveness

Sun Jun 24 (All day) to Fri Jun 29 (All day)

Location: 

Harvard Kennedy School

Executive Education Course Chaired by Professors Dan Levy and Julie Wilson

About the Course
Managers of social programs are under increasing pressure to provide evidence about the effectiveness of their programs, but what constitutes reliable and valid evidence of effectiveness? How should an organization generate evidence about the effectiveness of social programs? What data should organizations collect, and how should managers use that data? How does one assess and apply evidence that others have generated about what works? Answering these questions can help managers lead their organizations to design and implement more effective social programs.... Read more about Using Evidence to Improve Social Program Effectiveness

2012 Jun 12

Conservation Innovation Forum: Pulling Together for the Chesapeake

11:00am to 12:00pm

Location: 

Online Webinar

About the Webinar
Join us for a live, online webinar with Joel Dunn, Executive Director of the Chesapeake Conservancy, and John Maounis, National Park Service Superintendent of the Captain John Smith Chesapeake National Historical Trail.

Dunn and Maounis will describe their collaborative efforts to pull together public, private, nonprofit, and academic organizations throughout the Chesapeake watershed to achieve lasting conservation outcomes related to recreation, clean water, wildlife habitat conservation, and sustainable resource utilization. Their work is at the core of an emerging landscape-scale conservation initiative that aims to do no less than restore the health and productivity of America’s largest estuary – a resource of historic significance associated with ancient native cultures as well as some of the very earliest English settlements in the New World.... Read more about Conservation Innovation Forum: Pulling Together for the Chesapeake

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