Whether logging your training miles or recording fundraising milestones, using big data to track and measure impact is critically important! Beginning in summer 2016, Positive Tracks initiates a comprehensive evaluation study to assess the impact and implementation of its youth development programs.

“We know that our programs successfully activate, support, and incentivize young people to get active and give back,” said Mary Margaret Sloan, Positive Tracks’ COO. “Positive Tracks’ unique coupling of sports and philanthropy not only amplifies Next Gen support of causes across the globe, but also drives youth physical literacy, empathy, and resilience among the thousands of young people who use our programs to make a difference. We’re excited to thoughtfully examine the impact of our programs, as well as the strengths and barriers facing implementation.”

Leading the program evaluation effort will be the dynamic duo of Kathy Babiak and Alisha Greenberg. Kathy Babiak is an Associate Professor in the Sport Management Department at University of Michigan. Alisha Greenberg is a leader in sports philanthropy who has spent over a decade evaluating organizations as director of the annual Robert Wood Johnson Foundation Sports Award and she also pioneered the first and only academic program in the field of sports philanthropy.

“Positive Tracks is an innovative initiative harnessing youth power designed to make an impact on youth with the objective of strengthening society and themselves,” observes Alisha Greenberg. “Our proposed program evaluation is designed to elicit metrics by which the organization will be able to assess its intended impact on youth transformation and to guide future program implementation.”

Positive Tracks’ evaluation plan centers on measuring the outcomes and impact of these programs by rigorous qualitative and quantitative measures including evidence from surveys, in-depth interviews, and focus groups with participants and other key constituents. Specifically, these efforts will uncover the difference made in the lives of youth participating in Positive Tracks programs. Participant attributes and behaviors measured include:

  • Attitudes and engagement related to the program itself, philanthropy, athletics / physical activity;
  • Perceptions of and satisfaction with experience with program, challenges and barriers related to participation;
  • Behavioral impacts – to what extent was participation in program attributed to increases in physical activity, voluntarism, community stewardship and engagement;
  • Intentions and motivations – to continue / advance philanthropy, community engagement, stewardship and physical activity;
  • Awareness, recognition and knowledge about mechanisms for community stewardship and engagement, healthy behaviors, philanthropy;
  • Skills acquired (e.g., empathy, compassion, integrity, courage, confidence, resilience, perseverance and awareness building).

From this data, Positive Tracks will be able to compare outcomes and impact of youth participants by gender, age, program type, and backgrounds.  buy cheap Clomiphene online uk anticlimactically Positive Tracks’ Program Impact Study is made possible by a generous two one-year grant from Jane’s Trust Foundation

 

 

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