Lisa Wyatt Knowlton - The Logic Model Guidebook: Better Strategies for Great Results

A very thorough treatment of the practice of logic modeling with concrete guidance based on actual programs and projects. The Guidebook is useful both as a teaching tool and as a more general way of familiarizing practitioners with logic models. I am impressed with the comprehensiveness and detail

Richard Elmore, PhD, Graduate School
of Education, Harvard University

Better thinking and planning through logic models can contribute to stronger results. The Guidebook supports rigor and quality. Its a great tool for the important work of creating sustainable social change.

Joseph M. Stewart, Trustee, W. K. Kellogg Foundation;
CEO & Chairman, Stewart Industries

This book should be in the hands of anyone with intentions of leading change. It is a much-needed and practical guide based on years of real-world experience. The advice about quality is essential to improving the social sector.

David Ray, Head of Policy & Advocacy, CARE

A holistic roadmap for design, plans, and evaluation. This text offers sage advice on metacognition and easy, clear steps to improve effectiveness.

Wendy Puriefoy, Chief Executive Officer,
Public Education Network

This book should be in the library of every individual involved in program development and evaluation. It is a powerful tool for practitioners and students.

Sylvie Taylor, PhD, Antioch University Los Angeles

The Guidebook is an essential tool for practitioners looking to improve organizational performance and maximize impact in a resource-constrained world. Here, the capable authors provide much-needed practical direction for program evaluation and planning.

Matthew Knott, Chief Operating Officer, Feeding America

The material in this book has enduring value. It is a keeper for students and me.

Simon Fass, PhD, School of Economic,
Political and Policy Sciences, The University of Texas at Dallas.

Regardless of sector, logic models are valuable tools to design systems and improve strategy.

Kori Reed, Vice President Cause & Foundation, ConAgra Foods

The Guidebook is an important resource. It provides savvy counsel, is accessible and focuses on results. The authors attention to quality is an essential contribution to how we design and execute work.

William Rudnick, Co-Managing Partner, Chicago Office, DLA Piper

The Guidebook fills a niche in the skills and knowledge needed by nonprofit managers to be successful in their work. It leads the field in providing both the theory and practice of using logic models as a critical management tool.

Kathryn Agard, PhD, (retired) Executive Director,
Dorothy A. Johnson Center for Philanthropy &
Nonprofit Leadership, Grand Valley State University

The Guidebook is a tremendous resource for the novice to expert. It offers explicit counsel on the steps to ensure quality in design, plans and evaluation. I recommend it for anyone in philanthropy and social change.

Jill Wohlford, Vice President for Learning & Strategy,
Completion by Design

It is the only text I am aware of that focuses specifically on logic modeling. The links from theory to practice are important. It contains many practical illustrations of innovative and diverse logic models. The Guidebook also offers support to more experienced professionals by providing a range of approaches and raising important considerations in model development.

Gary Miron, PhD, Professor, Evaluation, Measurement & Research,
Western Michigan University

The Guidebook is easy to read and understand. I like how logic models make assumptions visible. This makes it more likely to choose effective strategies and secure desired results.

Faye Richardson-Green, Director Global Learning
& Development, Steelcase, Inc.

I especially liked the learning aids, the clear writing style, the many figures and examples and the listings of important points within each chapter. This is all good teaching methodology. Logic models are an important tool in planning and evaluation. Both planners and evaluators should know how to use them.

James Sanders, PhD, Professor Emeritus, Western Michigan University

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The
Logic Model Guidebook

For Taylor, my earth angel.
I know you will soar.
For Tim, with profound gratitude, admiration, and respect.

For Courtney and Nicholas, my greatest lessons learned. You have taught me much.

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The
Logic Model Guidebook

Better Strategies for Great Results

Lisa Wyatt Knowlton Cynthia C. Phillips

Phillips Wyatt Knowlton, Inc

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The logic model guidebook : better strategies for great results / Lisa Wyatt Knowlton, Cynthia C. Phillips. 2nd ed.

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R esponding to and creating change is demanding. Every day, people in nongovernmental organizations, the private sector, universities, and community-based organizations are responding to or creating change. Models can help us see what is and what we want to create. They can be powerful tools that support learning and performance. They can help us with metacognition: thinking about our thinking.

Logic models are used in a huge range of topical content and functions worldwide. They can easily explicate the influence of actions on results. If our aim is coping with change and generating it, a critical review of do and get is a vital action. As we face complex challenges like climate change, education quality, poverty, homelessness, water distribution, healthcare inequities, aging, and hunger, we need potent ways to communicate the current situation and the desired one. As we consider ways to innovate, transfer, and market knowledgewe need powerful approaches to new contexts. As we deliberate a sustainable planetwe need to be able to co-create options with shared meaning. Logic models are tools that help these examples of important work.