C03: From Ideas to Actions: Managing Implementation to Achieve Results
Track
Learning for Improvement
Session Designer
Lauren Kurczewski, U.S. Education Delivery Institute
Session Description
Both foundations and nonprofits excel at designing initiatives, but poor implementation often puts much of our good work at risk. It doesn’t have to be this way — good implementation is a discipline that anyone can learn. In this session, speakers, including a technical assistance provider and a peer funder, will introduce the “delivery methodology,” a proven approach that offers practical tools for managing implementation. Speakers will share real-life examples, both from philanthropy and nonprofits, of how the methodology can be used to drive continuous improvement and learning. You will have a chance to discuss some of the implementation challenges that your organization and your grantees face and then practice using a few tools of the delivery approach that can be easily applied in your day-to-day work.
Session Designers
Lauren Kurczewski, U.S. Education Delivery Institute
Speakers
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Lauren Kurczewski, Education Delivery Institute
Biography
Lauren supports EDI’s knowledge management efforts and network development. In this role, she works to develop new methods for capturing and sharing learning internally at EDI and to create new tools to help our partners better learn and apply delivery to their contexts. Prior to joining EDI, Lauren taught high school social studies in Atlanta, Georgia, as a Teach For America corps member. She also worked in the Office of the State Superintendent of Schools at the Georgia Department of Education. Lauren holds a degree in Political Science and Latin American Studies from Tulane University and a Master's in Public Policy from American University.
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Thomas Kelly, Hawaii Community Foundation
Biography
Tom Kelly joined the Hawai'i Community Foundation in 2012 as vice president for knowledge, evaluation and learning after 13 years managing evaluations at the Annie E. Casey Foundation in Baltimore. His work includes the building of internal and grantee evaluation and knowledge-building capacity, evaluation of policy advocacy and community capacity, and foundation performance and results measurement. At Hawai‘i Community Foundation he is focused on the use of evaluation and knowledge to increase nonprofit and philanthropy effectiveness. Tom is a board member of Grantmakers for Effective Organizations and is a graduate of Harvard College and The George Washington University.