Projects That Matter: Successful Planning and Evaluation for Religious Organizations

Description

This classic book helps congregational leaders who are not expert project managers, be able to design effective project plans and conduct effective project evaluations that lead to ways of improving the original project plan, a continual process improvement. The author, Kathleen Cahalan, believes that it is healthy to allow a congregation's beliefs and traditions to influence the project planning and evaluation process. In her book, she shares the five basic elements of project design and a six-step process for designing and implementing a project evaluation, all key to successful, impactful project implementation for congregations.

Features

• Examples
• Case Studies
• Bibliography
• Theological perspective

Practical Applications

• Develop effective project plans and prepare case statements for donors or grant proposals by using evaluation as a form of collaborative inquiry.
• Following Calhalan's advice, structure initiatives within your congregation as projects with goals, timelines, and outcomes, intentionally leading rather than doing things simply because they have been done before.