Dr. Mat Despard published a chapter titled “Program Evaluation in Nonprofits: Necessary Evil or Tool for Organizational Learning?” in the new book Leading and Managing Nonprofit Organizations published by NASW Press. Dr. Despard draws on his experience working in and with nonprofit organizations to offer a set of practical guidelines and tools for engaging in program evaluation and approaching evaluation not as a dreaded task, but as a way to help organizations learn and grow.

You may read Dr. Despard’s contributions in

Part 4: Coordinating Skills; Chapter 9 “Program Evaluation in Nonprofits: Necessary Evil or Tool for Organizational Learning?”.