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UNITED MIDCOAST CHARITIES DESIRED OUTCOME GOALS & OBJECTIVES PRECONDITION PRECONDITION (GOAL 1) (GOAL 2) Strong goals and objectives build toward your desired SMART STEP SMART STEP SMART STEP SMART STEP (OBJECTIVE) (OBJECTIVE) (OBJECTIVE) (OBJECTIVE) outcome. Building from your outcome allows funders to see that your proposal is ACTIVITY ACTIVITY ACTIVITY ACTIVITY likely to work. ACTIVITY ACTIVITY ACTIVITY ACTIVITY FUNDERS WANT IT TO WORK

UNITED MIDCOAST CHARITIES GOALS & OBJECTIVES Often grant proposals look like this. ACTIVITY ACTIVITY ACTIVITY ACTIVITY

UNITED MIDCOAST CHARITIES DESIRED EVERYONE OUTCOME IS GOALS HAPPY! & OBJECTIVES Or like this. ACTIVITY ACTIVITY ACTIVITY ACTIVITY

UNITED MIDCOAST CHARITIES DESIRED OUTCOME DESIRED GOALS OUTCOME & OBJECTIVES Sometimes SMART STEP TO like this. GOAL 1 (OBJECTIVE) ACTIVITY ACTIVITY ACTIVITY ACTIVITY BUILD TRUST BY BUILDING CLEAR CONNECTIONS

UNITED MIDCOAST CHARITIES DESIRED OUTCOMES OUTCOME COME FIRST NECESSARY NECESSARY PRECONDITION PRECONDITION (GOAL 1) (GOAL 2) First understand the problem to be solved Outcomes are about your service population. Then determine: Outcome: What change will solve the problem? Include them in planning and design! Indicator: How will we know it has occurred? Outcomes express the Population: Who will experience change? change you want to occur. Threshold: How much change counts? BUILD TRUST BUILDING CLEAR CONNECTIONS

UNITED MIDCOAST CHARITIES DESIRED OUTCOME GOALS & OBJECTIVES PRECONDITION PRECONDITION (GOAL 1) (GOAL 2) Preconditions are what must Include your assumptions and exist in order for your desired rationale when designing strategies outcome to come into being. to achieve preconditions. The change will not occur without them and can be expected to occur with them. What do we assume about the situation & strategy? Your goal is to create those Are our assumptions correct? conditions. Do we have good reason to think these strategies will work? BUILD TRUST BY BUILDING CLEAR CONNECTIONS

UNITED MIDCOAST CHARITIES DESIRED OUTCOME GOALS & OBJECTIVES PRECONDITION PRECONDITION (GOAL 1) (GOAL 2) Objectives are logical, necessary steps to achieving a goal. SMART STEP TO SMART STEP TO SMART STEP TO SMART STEP TO GOAL 1 GOAL 1 GOAL 2 GOAL 2 Objectives are Specific (OBJECTIVE) (OBJECTIVE) (OBJECTIVE) (OBJECTIVE) Measurable Attainable Relevant Timebound They are not outputs BUILD TRUST BY BUILDING CLEAR CONNECTIONS

UNITED MIDCOAST CHARITIES GOALS & OBJECTIVES Wait What's an output? BUILD TRUST BY BUILDING CLEAR CONNECTIONS

UNITED MIDCOAST CHARITIES Outputs GOALS The tangible & products of your OBJECTIVES activities Do count them POUNDS OF PATIENTS PROGRAM FOOD SERVED ATTENDEES DISTRIBUTED (but don't count on them to justify funding without further rationale) MEALS BED NIGHTS GRADUATES TRAININGS SERVED HELD BUILD TRUST BY BUILDING CLEAR CONNECTIONS

UNITED MIDCOAST CHARITIES DESIRED OUTCOME GOALS & OBJECTIVES PRECONDITION PRECONDITION (GOAL 1) (GOAL 2) Design activities last. SMART STEP SMART STEP SMART STEP SMART STEP (OBJECTIVE) (OBJECTIVE) (OBJECTIVE) Activities change based on (OBJECTIVE) evolving environments and new information. Stay nimble & responsive ACTIVITY ACTIVITY ACTIVITY ACTIVITY by focusing on outcomes. ACTIVITY ACTIVITY ACTIVITY ACTIVITY FUNDERS WANT IT TO WORK

UNITED MIDCOAST CHARITIES GOALS & OBJECTIVES 20-30 words Nouns and verbs Newspaper words So how do I No jargon Include numbers write it?? Use active voice and simple verbs BUILD TRUST BY BUILDING CLEAR CONNECTIONS

UNITED MIDCOAST CHARITIES GOALS & OBJECTIVES No seriously. When in doubt cut helping verbs, adjectives, and adverbs. Then find stronger verbs. How. BUILD TRUST BY BUILDING CLEAR CONNECTIONS

UNITED MIDCOAST CHARITIES GOALS Many of our low income, employed & clients report difficulty in accessing OBJECTIVES healthcare, due to our limited daytime hours and their lack of flexibility in work schedules. Many clients cannot access healthcare during business hours. Good writing allows the reader to see meaning. BUILD TRUST BY BUILDING CLEAR CONNECTIONS

UNITED MIDCOAST CHARITIES DESIRED OUTCOME GOALS & OBJECTIVES PRECONDITION PRECONDITION (GOAL 1) (GOAL 2) The world is not this simple. SMART STEP SMART STEP SMART STEP SMART STEP (OBJECTIVE) (OBJECTIVE) (OBJECTIVE) (OBJECTIVE) But. Building from your outcome allows funders to ACTIVITY ACTIVITY ACTIVITY ACTIVITY see that your proposal is ACTIVITY ACTIVITY ACTIVITY ACTIVITY likely to work. FUNDERS WANT IT TO WORK