Implementation Evaluation and Control Plan

Implementation, Evaluation and Control
Wellness and Fitness Company will be established as a non-profit organization in the city of Portland, which has a relatively high population of adolescents with obesity. The overall objective/goal of this non-profit organization is to reach out to the most possible low income family to participate in the program’s activity since the value of this initiative is to reduce obesity among adolescents in that category of people. As a non-profit organization, Wellness and Fitness Company will be established in partnership with Boise Eliot Elementary School, which has a large percentage of African American student population. The new non-profit organization seeks to implement a nutrition and fitness program into the daily routine for students and their parents to embark on in order to reduce adolescent obesity in the region. This paper discusses the implementation plan as well as evaluation and control for this new non-profit organization.
Implementation Plan
The success of the new non-profit organization in achieving its objectives of reducing obesity among adolescents in the city of Portland requires an effective implementation plan. The first step towards establishment of this new non-profit organization is to create partnerships with Boise Eliot Elementary School and community partners/donors like Whole Foods, Trader Joes, Fred Myers, Feed the Mass, Nike, Adidas, and Kaiser Permanente. Bangen (2018) states that even though establishing partnerships between for-profit and non-profits can be time consuming and stressful, it is very beneficial for the business/organization and the community. Since this non-profit organization will primarily focus on initiating a nutrition and fitness program at the school as well as depend on donations from the various community partners, creating partnerships with the school and these companies is the first step toward the implementation process.
This process will entail providing the school and these companies with a well-documented overview of the non-profit organization, its mission, and how their involvement would be beneficial for the business and the community. The documentation will explain how fruitful partnerships will be created between the non-profit and the school and companies towards benefiting all parties including the community. The next step in the implementation process will entail creating a well-planned nutrition and fitness program that will be implemented in the school. The program will be designed in a manner that does not interfere with the daily operation of the school and students’ learning. Once it’s designed, it will be shared with the school administration and teachers for feedback. Feedback from these stakeholders will then be used to make any necessary adjustments before the program is rolled out within a specified timeframe.
Evaluation and Control
Evaluation is one of the most critical steps toward promoting and enhancing the effectiveness of a non-profit organization. For this Wellness and Fitness Company, the evaluation process will entail conducting program evaluations, which are periodic studies to examine the effectiveness of a specific intervention or program (The Bridgespan Group, 2018). In this regard, the new non-profit organization will enlist the services of independent evaluation experts to help examine the effectiveness of the nutrition and fitness program. The program will be evaluated based on its objective i.e. its contribution to the reduction of obesity among adolescents in the school. This will entail collecting data before and after implementation of the program to determine obesity trends in the school. Additionally, participants in the program will be surveyed on their wellness practices before and after the implementation of the program.
Information derived from the evaluation process will in turn be used to establish suitable control measures to enhance the effectiveness of the program. In this case, any necessary changes and improvements will be made on the nutrition and fitness program depending on the insights obtained from the evaluation. These changes/improvements will act as control measures for ensuring that the program’s activities are geared towards achieving its overall objective. In addition, the control measures will be established after every periodic evaluation for enhanced effectiveness of the program.
References
Bangen, E. (2018, January 31). Partnering with a Nonprofit: How Will It Benefit Your Business and Community? Retrieved October 13, 2018, from https://www.baerpm.com/blog/partnering-nonprofit-will-benefit-business-community/
The Bridgespan Group. (2018). Program Evaluation. Retrieved October 13, 2018, from https://www.bridgespan.org/insights/library/nonprofit-management-tools-and-trends/program-evaluation