{"id":6096,"date":"2017-09-29T09:14:15","date_gmt":"2017-09-29T16:14:15","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/news.nnlm.gov\/neo\/?p=6096"},"modified":"2019-09-24T10:14:56","modified_gmt":"2019-09-24T17:14:56","slug":"my-first-logic-model-experience","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/news.nnlm.gov\/nec\/2017\/09\/29\/my-first-logic-model-experience\/","title":{"rendered":"My First Logic Model Experience"},"content":{"rendered":"

This past Wednesday Karen and Cindy held a logic model workshop, which included crafting outcomes, for NNLM staff. Most people probably did not know that it was the first time I worked with a logic model! Here are a few of my takeaways about logic models and writing outcomes: <\/p>\n

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The logic model we created during the workshop. Click on the logic model to enlarge the picture.<\/p><\/div>\n

You don\u2019t have to come up with outcomes out of thin air.<\/strong>
\nThinking of theories such as the Diffusion of Innovation<\/a> and the Kirkpatrick Model<\/a> can help you write out your outcomes. <\/p>\n

In logic models, outcomes are about someone or something else. <\/strong>
\nKaren suggested to \u201cthink in the 3rd person,\u201d and not to write sentences with a first-person subject. In the logic model above, the short-term and intermediate outcomes describe what the participating librarians do. In the long-term outcomes, the logic model describes what happens to the public and to the library. Activities are what you do; outcomes are what the participants do. <\/p>\n

If you don\u2019t have any control over something, it\u2019s probably an outcome. <\/strong>
\nCindy pointed out that many people do not like committing to outcomes because they cannot fully control the success or failure of it. We cannot control if our fictional public librarian program in St. Louis will lead to 99% of library staff starting at MedlinePlus when they have a health question, but it\u2019s something that our program could strive to do. <\/p>\n

You don\u2019t have to measure every single outcome. <\/strong>
\nWhy would you write down a hard-to-measure outcome? It details the why<\/em> of a program. Why<\/em> is it important to teach librarians how to use MedlinePlus? Why<\/em> should librarians use MedlinePlus to help with reference questions? Librarians should be taught how to use MedlinePlus because it will \u201cimprove health literacy in the public with more reliable health information.\u201d Having the end in mind will help steer the program to success<\/a>. There\u2019s a reason why we love using the Yogi Berra quote \u201cIf you don’t know where you’re going, you might not get there,\u201d it\u2019s true!<\/p>\n

Logic models can be used for many things. <\/strong>
\nLogic models are not made for just evaluation planning. Inputs can help an organization figure out a program\u2019s budget. Brainstorming external factors can lead to potential supporters, or reveal barriers. Here\u2019s the chart from the workshop\u2019s PowerPoint:<\/p>\n

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This was my first logic model workshop, but it\u2019s not my last. I am signed up for the half-day workshop Logic Models for Program Evaluation and Planning<\/a> during the American Evaluation Association\u2019s<\/a> Eval17 conference<\/a> in November. See you there!<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

This past Wednesday Karen and Cindy held a logic model workshop, which included crafting outcomes, for NNLM staff. Most people probably did not know that it was the first time I worked with a logic model! Here are a few of my takeaways about logic models and writing outcomes: You don\u2019t have to come up… Read More »<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2959,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_monsterinsights_skip_tracking":false,"_monsterinsights_sitenote_active":false,"_monsterinsights_sitenote_note":"","_monsterinsights_sitenote_category":0,"jetpack_post_was_ever_published":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_access":"","_jetpack_dont_email_post_to_subs":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_tier_id":0,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paywalled_content":false,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":"","jetpack_publicize_message":"","jetpack_publicize_feature_enabled":true,"jetpack_social_post_already_shared":true,"jetpack_social_options":{"image_generator_settings":{"template":"highway","default_image_id":0,"font":"","enabled":false},"version":2}},"categories":[27],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-6096","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-blog"],"jetpack_publicize_connections":[],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"","jetpack_shortlink":"https:\/\/wp.me\/p8ICUo-1Ak","jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/news.nnlm.gov\/nec\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/6096","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/news.nnlm.gov\/nec\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/news.nnlm.gov\/nec\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/news.nnlm.gov\/nec\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2959"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/news.nnlm.gov\/nec\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=6096"}],"version-history":[{"count":8,"href":"https:\/\/news.nnlm.gov\/nec\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/6096\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":6106,"href":"https:\/\/news.nnlm.gov\/nec\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/6096\/revisions\/6106"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/news.nnlm.gov\/nec\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=6096"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/news.nnlm.gov\/nec\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=6096"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/news.nnlm.gov\/nec\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=6096"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}