Mission:
 To build the skills, knowledge, and processes within public and nonprofit organizations to improve their overall organizational learning and effectiveness. Innonet materials, tools, and services help organizations develop effective structures, program plans, and evaluation processes to achieve better results. Its resources are available to the nonprofit sector through one-on-one counseling, in-group training sessions, on the Web, and in print.

Purpose of Site:
 Nonprofits of any size or type can tap the InnoNet Web site for assistance on program development, including planning, evaluation, budgeting, understanding evaluation, developing stronger proposals, and more.

Background:
 InnoNet was founded in 1992 to identify and collect model programs to serve as examples for grantmakers and service providers. Soon after its beginnings, the organization heard from many service providers, grassroots agencies, and large national nonprofits that traditional program evaluation methods were not very helpful. These nonprofits wanted better methods for measuring progress, improving internally, and sharing results more effectively. InnoNet responded by creating its participatory evaluation service, which engages staff, board members, volunteers, sister agency staff, and funders in the evaluation process. The success of its evaluation assistance led InnoNet to develop services to assist nonprofits in program planning and measuring organizational effectiveness.

Home Page:
 The main body of the home page has links to new features on the site as well as links to the main areas of the site: InnoNetworking (interaction with other nonprofits), My Workstation (planning tools), Resources (definitions, samples, and links), Services (consultations and trainings), and About Us (InnoNet's history, mission, and other general information). The home page also offers links to the site's search feature, contact us page, login, and new users registration.

Outstanding Feature:
 The My Workstation feature on the InnoNet Web site walks nonprofits through the planning process, from the creation of a mission statement to the evaluation plan and even the grant proposal. And best of all, the work is done entirely on the InnoNet Web site. Users are prompted to enter the necessary information, which is continually saved on the site. The saved work is accessible with a password, allowing users to work on their plans in any order for any length of time.

 The goal of the workstation is to help organizations create thorough and effective plans, and throughout the guided online process, the site pushes users to answer in-depth questions. (Examples include: "How many people are you trying to reach?" and "What is it that you hope your clients will know or be able to do as a result of your efforts?.") Each page of the Workstation offers examples of what other nonprofits have done, and several pop-up windows offer even more guidance. The feature's Program Plan allows users to form a written plan with an introduction and mission, goals and objectives, activities and resources, outcomes, and more, in addition to a Program Work Plan, which helps coordinate people working on a project, their schedules, program deadlines, prioritization of tasks, and necessary resources.

 The Workstation's Evaluation Plan offers a similar process to help nonprofits review what has been done and make improvements for the future, while the Budget Plan assists with the budgeting process, performs calculations, and ultimately provides a complete picture of the plan's expenses and revenue totals.

Honorable Mention:
 The InnoNetworking part of the site is the hub of InnoNet's Web activities. The page is the place to check for new features and offerings on the Web site and also includes a bulletin board-style forum for nonprofits to share information and help each other solve problems. Users can also sign up on the page to receive an e-mail from InnoNet about any new features or updates to the site.