Course Overview

• Section 1: What is a Logic Model?
• Section 2: More about Outcomes
• Section 3: More about Your Program “Logic”
• Section 4: What Does a Logic Model Look Like?
• Section 5: How Do I Draw a Logic Model?
• Section 6: How Good is My Logic Model?
• Section 7: Using Logic Models in Evaluation: Indicators and Measures

Section 1: What is a Logic Model?

Section 1 Overview

1. A Logic Model is a map
2. Logic modeling is a way of thinking
3. A simple Logic Model
4. Some everyday examples
5. An expanded simple Logic Model
6. Example of simple Logic Model
7. Full Logic Model framework
8. Components of Logic Models – Situation
9. Situation – Examples
10. Situation – Priorities
11. Inputs
12. Outputs
13. Outcomes
14. Assumptions
15. External Factors
16. Let’s practice! Input-Output-Outcome terminology
17. Let’s practice! Logic Model puzzle
18. Why use the Logic Model?
19. Section summary

Section 2: More About Outcomes

Section 2 Overview

1. The importance of Outcomes
2. So what?
3. Outputs vs. Outcomes
4. Examples of Outputs vs. Outcomes
5. Focus of Outcomes
6. Identifying Outcomes
7. Let’s practice! Who chooses Outcomes?
8. Chain of Outcomes
9. Intermediary Outcomes
10. Let’s practice! Constructing an “Outcome Chain”
11. Determining where to stop
12. Outcome criteria
13. Outcome statements
14. Let’s practice! Writing Outcome statements
15. Targets for Outcomes
16. Unintended Outcomes
17. Considerations when defining outcomes
18. Section summary

Section 3: More about your Program “Logic”

Section 3 Overview

1. Linkages– Theory of Action
2. What is Theory of Change?
3. If-then relationships
4. Let’s practice! If-then relationships
5. Multiple chains and directional flows
6. Let’s practice! Check the linkages
7. Where does Program Theory of Change come from?
8. Section summary

Section 4: What Does a Logic Model Look Like?

Section 4 Overview

1. A caution about the linearity of Logic Models
2. Logic Models come in various shapes and sizes
3. Elements that affect the look of Logic Models
4. Multiple Logic Models
5. Cultural adaptations
6. Let’s practice! What does your Logic Model look like?
7. Section summary

Section 5: How Do I Draw a Logic Model?

Section 5 Overview

1. Logic Model development is a PROCESS
2. Getting started
3. Involving others
4. Creating a Logic Model
5. Creating a Logic Model for a NEW PROGRAM – Planning – Starting at the end
6. Creating a Logic Model for a NEW PROGRAM – Planning – Starting with existing resources
7. Creating a Logic Model for an EXISTING PROGRAM – Evaluation, management, and communications
8. Let’s Practice! Create a Logic Model
9. Let’s Practice! Draw your Logic Model
10. Section summary

Section 6: How Good is My Logic Model?

Section 6 Overview

1. Standards of quality
2. Criteria 1: Meaningful
3. Criteria 2: Plausible
4. Criteria 3: Doable
5. Criteria 4: Testable
6. Let’s practice! Logic Model review exercise
7. Common pitfalls in creating and using Logic Models
8. Limitations of Logic Models
9. Section summary

Section 7: Using Logic Models in Evaluation: Indicators and Measures

Section 7 Overview

1. Where does evaluation fit in a Logic Model?
2. How do Logic Models help in evaluation?
3. What to evaluate? – The focus
4. What will the evaluation seek to answer? – The questions
5. Who will use the evaluation?
6. Example of a Logic Model with evaluation questions
7. Common categories of evaluation questions
8. Clarifying the evaluation question(s)
9. How will you know it? – The indicators
10. Logic Models and indicators
11. Selecting meaningful indicators
12. Examples of indicators
13. Properties of indicators
14. Timing
15. Evaluation designs
16. Data collection
17. Sampling
18. Instrumentation
19. WRAP-UP: A complete evaluation plan
20. Section summary