TOC Pre-Training Assessment 

To create a detailed event calendar for programs

To explain how and why a program produces real, lasting change in people's lives

To track staff attendance and volunteer hours

To set the annual budget for each department

Any description of what changed in those 100 young people as a result

The specific audience your program is designed to serve and change — the WHO

The number of people who will attend the program

The events and sessions the program delivers

A specific, measurable change in behavior, knowledge, capacity, or condition

200 is too ambitious a number for a single event

It describes what the program delivers, not what changes in the people who attend

The program name should not appear in a Q-Zero

Outputs are long-term; outcomes are immediate

They mean the same thing — output and outcome are interchangeable

Outcomes are what you plan; outputs are what actually happens

Outputs are countable deliverables (attendance, sessions held); outcomes are observable changes in people's lives

Cancel the program and replace it with something new

Ask if the causal logic is broken or if the program was simply not delivered well enough — then decide based on evidence

Increase the program budget and try again

Wait until the annual planning meeting to discuss it

A guess about how many people will attend — it matters for budgeting

An optional note for the facilitator that does not affect program outcomes

A condition that must be true for the causal chain to hold — if it breaks, the program may not produce the intended change even if it runs perfectly

A financial projection for the next fiscal year

 It standardizes what time the circles meet each week

It assigns a single regional coordinator to manage all four chapters

It gives all regions a common causal logic and measurement framework so performance can be compared and learning can be shared across the organization

TOC Pre-Training Assessment

What is the main purpose of a Theory of Change for a nonprofit like MASGLA?