Evaluation with Power: A New Approach to Organizational Effectiveness, Empowerment, and Excellence
Author: Sandra Trice Gray
Evaluation with Power becomes more important in the social sector every day. Donors no longer reward good intentions, they reward results. This book can help social sector leaders manage for the mission and measure results.
— Frances Hesselbein, president and CEO, Peter F. Drucker Foundation
Evaluation with Power transforms evaluation into a powerful tool nonprofits can use to help their organizations progress and change in ways that lead to greater achievement of mission. Building on THE INDEPENDENT SECTOR'S ongoing research on evaluation, it is a practical, comprehensive handbook for turning program, process, and organizational evaluation into a positive learning experience that connects performance to mission. The book focuses on the needs of the nonprofit and reveals the sort of evaluation that is most appropriate to and helpful for nonprofits.
Leading experts from a wide range of show how to use evaluation in key organizational areas, including program design, human resource management, information systems, volunteers, and more.
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A practical handbook on evaluation for nonprofit professionals, showing how to connect performance to mission with organizational programs and process evaluation. Part I covers aspects of making evaluation a useful management tool, such as empowering staff for evaluation, the board's role in evaluation, volunteer contributions to evaluation, and using client feedback. Part II contains information on using ongoing evaluation to strengthen key areas such as program outcomes, human resource management, resource development, and information management. Other subjects include adapting evaluation to the organizational culture, and using outside evaluators. Includes sample forms. Annotation c. by Book News, Inc., Portland, Or.
Natural Attenuation of Fuels and Chlorinated Solvents in the Subsurface
Author: Todd H Wiedemeier
The first comprehensive guide to one of today's most innovative approaches to environmental contamination Natural attenuation is gaining increasing attention as a nonintrusive, cost-effective alternative to standard remediation techniques for environmental contamination. This landmark work presents the first in-depth examination of the theory, mechanisms, and application of natural attenuation. Written by four internationally recognized leaders in this approach, the book describes both biotic and abiotic natural attenuation processes, focusing on two of the environmental contaminants most frequently encountered in groundwater—fuels and chlorinated solvents. The authors draw on a wealth of combined experience to detail successful techniques for simulating natural attenuation processes and predicting their effectiveness in the field. They also show how natural attenuation works in the real world, using numerous examples and case studies from a wide range of leading-edge projects nationwide involving fuel hydrocarbons and chlorinated solvents. Finally, they discuss the evaluation and assessment of natural attenuation and explore the design of long-term monitoring programs.
An indispensable reference for anyone working in environmental remediation, Natural Attenuation of Fuels and Chlorinated Solvents in the Subsurface is essential reading for scientists and engineers in a range of industries, as well as state and federal environmental regulators, and professors and graduate students in environmental or chemical engineering.
Table of Contents:
| Preface | ||
| 1 | Overview of Natural Attenuation | 1 |
| 2 | Attenuation of Source Zones and Formation of Plumes | 27 |
| 3 | Abiotic Processes of Natural Attenuation | 118 |
| 4 | Overview of Intrinsic Bioremediation | 162 |
| 5 | Intrinsic Bioremediation of Petroleum Hydrocarbons | 189 |
| 6 | Intrinsic Bioremediation of Chlorinated Solvents | 241 |
| 7 | Evaluating Natural Attenuation | 298 |
| 8 | Modeling Natural Attenuation | 361 |
| 9 | Case Studies: Fuel Hydrocarbons | 446 |
| 10 | Case Studies: Chlorinated Solvents | 516 |
| 11 | Design of Long-Term Monitoring Programs | 564 |
| App. A | Geochemical and Physical Data | 581 |
| App. B | RBCA Chemical Database | 593 |
| Index | 605 |
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