Adaptive Performance Management

APM logo The Adaptive Performance Management Forum is a supported network of member organisations with a common interest in improving planning, budgeting and through this, step change improvements in overall performance. It is helping organisations look at best practice and is helping them to help each other in developing potentially radical solutions to some of the constraints of the traditional approaches to planning by sharing information, past successes and implementation experiences.

The Forum will work to promote best practice through structured discussion and case studies from charities already implementing some of the new ideas on such issues as:

  • strategic planning
  • allocating resources to strategic priorities
  • measuring outcomes and performance
  • implementation and change management
  • better ways of managing and controlling risk

 

14 December 2011 - Performance management
This session will look at ways of learning about what works and how charities should measure effectivesness. Alex Jacobs has recently taken up a role as Director of Programming and Effectiveness for Plan International. His website ngoperformance.org discusses performance management issues. He will talk about his experience of developing systems that add value.
 
7 March 2012 - Systems thinking
Ideas on making systems work from the customers' point of view have been developed for service organisations by Vanguard Consulting. They work with many public sector organisations and charities will find much of what they have to say relevant and interesting. Lesley Kragt from Vanguard will show us what is meant by studying the system and then implementing change that is adaptive and works with the grain instead of against it.
 
20 June 2012 - Rolling Forecasts
Rolling forecasts can be used to replace annual budgets and help you manage decisions about allocating resources on a continuous basis.

Who should participate?

The Forum is open to senior managers from all charities. Over 100 organisations have participated in the Forum including ActionAid, Action for Children, British Heart Foundation, British Red Cross, Historic Royal Palaces, Islamic Relief, National Trust, RIBA, Sightsavers, Victoria & Albert Museum and Walsingham.

Go to events or contact Paul Stirrat at Sayer Vincent on 020 7841 6360 or paul@sayervincent.co.uk to book a place or for further details.

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Dates for future meetings:

14 December 2011 - Performance Management - what can charities do to measure effectiveness and find out what works