Social Impact Measurement

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This course is coming soon – June 30th, 2025

Learn how to effectively measure, analyze, and communicate your social impact in this immersive, hands-on course. Through case studies and practical exercises, you will learn to implement essential practices of good enough impact measurement and meet impact measurement standards such as the Common Foundations. You will gain practical skills to define indicators, collect valuable data, and tell compelling stories backed by evidence. Whether you’re a nonprofit leader, social entrepreneur, or funder, this course provides the skills and tools to amplify your impact while prioritizing and addressing the needs of the communities you serve.

Understand the fundamentals of impact measurement and its importance.
Explore Essential Practices and Standards such as the Common Foundations.
Design a Theory of Change to connect actions to outcomes.
Define meaningful indicators and collect ethical, relevant data.
Analyze impact data using quantitative and qualitative analysis tools and techniques.
Communicate your impact through compelling, data-driven stories.
Use insights to make strategic, community-centered decisions.

Course Content

Module One: Foundations of Impact Measurement

What is Social Impact? Exploring its dimensions and implications
Understanding Impact Measurement: Why it matters and what happens when we don’t measure
Purpose: Clarify the “who,” “why,” “what,” and “when” of impact measurement
Real-World Insights: Case studies on the benefits of impact measurement in action
Exercise: Know Your Why – Analyze your motivations for impact measurement

Module Two: Approaches to Measuring Impact

Module Three: Articulating the Impact to Measure

Module Four: Selecting and Defining Indicators

Module Five: Collecting and Managing Data

Module Six: Analyzing and Gauging Impact

Extras

Video: Introduction to Impact Assessment for Social Ventures by Christiana Hachikian
Video: Impact Assessment Case Study
Reading: What is monitoring and Evaluation
Video: Monitoring, Evaluation, Research and Learning by Linda Fogarty, Director of Measurement, Evaluation, Research and Learning at International Youth Foundation
Video: Activities vs Outcome
Video: Data Collection
Reading: Choosing Social Impact Indicators
Video: Creating a Theory of Change
Reading: Creating a Social Impact Model
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About Course

This course is coming soon – June 30th, 2025

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Course Content

Module One: Foundations of Impact Measurement

What is Social Impact? Exploring its dimensions and implications

Understanding Impact Measurement: Why it matters and what happens when we don’t measure

Purpose: Clarify the “who,” “why,” “what,” and “when” of impact measurement

Real-World Insights: Case studies on the benefits of impact measurement in action

Exercise: Know Your Why – Analyze your motivations for impact measurement

Module Two: Approaches to Measuring Impact

Navigating Frameworks: Those suggesting what to measure versus those standardizing how to measure

Deep Dive into Common Foundations: Five practical steps and tools for good enough measurement

Alternative Pathways: Explore the TIES 6-step approach and its uniqueness

Indigenous Perspectives: Lessons from decolonized and culturally rooted approaches to measurement

Case Study: Raven Indigenous Measurement Framework (RIM)

Exercise: Begin designing your impact measurement strategy

Module Three: Articulating the Impact to Measure

Engage First: Weaving Healthy Collaborative Societies

Theory of Change (TOC): Co-create and refine a TOC linking change actions to outcomes

Turn Theory to Vision: Transitioning from a logic model to a strategy framework

Avoiding Pitfalls: Common mistakes in crafting a TOC and how to avoid them

Exercise: Develop and pressure-test your TOC to align with your mission.

Module Four: Selecting and Defining Indicators

The Role of Indicators: Clarify their purpose in measuring outputs and outcomes

Types of Indicators: From simple custom metrics to complex standardized benchmarks

Practical Guidance: Define or select indicators and explore indicator banks

Balancing Depth and Precision: Avoid indicator blindness and metrics overload

Exercise: Build an indicator framework that is actionable and aligned with your goals

Module Five: Collecting and Managing Data

Data Collection Essentials: Focus on what truly matters

Ethical Standards: Principles for ethical and inclusive data collection

Methods: Tools and techniques for qualitative and quantitative data gathering

Exercise: Develop a data collection framework, incorporating tools and ethical considerations

Module Six: Analyzing and Gauging Impact

Impact Data Analysis: Fundamentals of quantitative and qualitative data analysis

Analysis in practice: Methods and software for quantitative analysis

Case Study: Exploring B.World – An AI-powered impact measurement software

Analysis in practice: Methods and software for qualitative analysis

Case Study: Using Quirkos, Nvivos & Dedoose for impact data analysis

Exercise: Create a data analysis plan tailored to your needs and objectives

Extras

Video: Introduction to Impact Assessment for Social Ventures by Christiana Hachikian

Video: Impact Assessment Case Study

Reading: What is monitoring and Evaluation

Video: Monitoring, Evaluation, Research and Learning by Linda Fogarty, Director of Measurement, Evaluation, Research and Learning at International Youth Foundation

Video: Activities vs Outcome

Video: Data Collection

Reading: Choosing Social Impact Indicators

Video: Creating a Theory of Change

Reading: Creating a Social Impact Model

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