Guide to Pilot Projects for Social Entrepreneurs

This toolkit from the Community Action Network (UK) takes you through three key stages of running a pilot project: planning, monitoring and evaluating.

A pilot is a test phase or prototype that aims to establish whether a project is conceptually and financially sound and that sufficient demand for the product or service exists, prior to becoming a full-scale operation.

The potential of a successful pilot is to bring about significant change to an organisation and, possibly more importantly, to those who work within in it and those who benefit from its services.

The Community Action Network (CAN) Pilot toolkit takes you through three key stages of planning, monitoring and evaluating, providing the room and space for all the key players in your organization to contribute to its success.

The Toolkit contains:

Background:

• What is a pilot?
• When to run a pilot?
• CAN do: know-how & examples
• Three stages: plan, monitor and evaluate
• he team: engaging your organisation
• Other measuring tools

Key Questions

• Overview
• Stage 1: Plan
• Stage 2: Monitor
• Stage 3: Evaluate

The Toolkit was written by Stuart Elliott and Owen Jarvis for the Community Action Network.

Follow this link to the CAN website to download the CAN Pilot Toolkit for Social Entrepreneurs (opens in a new browser window).

For further information

Contact	:	Community Action Network (CAN)
Address	:	1st Floor Downstream Building 1 London Bridge London SE1 9BG
Phone	:	0845 456 2537
Fax	:	0845 456 2538
Email	:	canhq@can-online.org.uk

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