Advocacy Evaluation and Capacity Building

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The most effective advocacy work happens when groups and coalitions know where they stand and can leverage their organizational strengths to work for social change. Bolder Advocacy, an initiative of Alliance for Justice, is leading the charge of nonprofits and foundations in their embrace of public policy.

This presentation will:

• Introduce participants to Alliance for Justice'’s free, online tools, Advocacy Capacity Tool (ACT) and Power Check for community organizing,
• Describe how they are being used, and
• Discuss evaluation principles.

Using ACT, nonprofits and foundations can benchmark their advocacy skills, identify specific gaps and opportunities in their advocacy strategies, identify areas to build, efficiently focus resources for best results, and evaluate their capacity building progress. PowerCheck makes it easy for nonprofits, evaluators, and funders to assess their capacity for engaging in community organizing, planning successfully, and tracking capacity building progress over time. In addition, the webinar introduces AFJ’s easy to use library, Resources for Evaluating Community Organizing.

We recommend you complete the ACT!Quick, a short version of the Advocacy Capacity Tool, ahead of viewing the webinar.

Presenter: 

Susan Hoechstetter, Senior Advisor for Foundation Advocacy Evaluation with Alliance for Justice, creates programs and materials that help nonprofits effectively evaluate and strengthen their advocacy efforts. Sue brings over a decade of experience in leading organizations to influence policy, and holds an M.S.W. and B.A. in Sociology and Political Science.

​Category: Advocacy, Leadership, Executive Directors & CEOs
Expertise: Beginner/Intermediate
Format: Recorded webinar
Published: 2018
Length: 1 hour