Compelling Longer-term Change Impact Stories
The vast majority of social sector partners simply CANNOT measure the longer-term impact for their clients. So how do you tell compelling impact stories about the longer-term change you expect your clients to achieve? This week's blog post walks you through the critical must-haves to tell this important impact story.
VIDEO: Compelling Longer-term Change Impact Stories
VIDEO: The vast majority of social sector partners simply CANNOT measure the longer-term impact for their clients. So how do you tell compelling impact stories about the longer-term change you expect your clients to achieve? This week's blog post walks you through the critical must-haves to tell this important impact story.
Systems Change is a Goal, NOT a Destination
I constantly see posts and blogs about the importance of the social sector making meaningful systems change. While systems change is a crucial goal, it's not something we're actually able to measure or be sure we can even ever accomplish. This is hard to explain - but I'm going to give it a first try here.
VIDEO: Systems Change is a Goal, NOT a Destination
VIDEO: I constantly see posts and blogs about the importance of the social sector making meaningful systems change. While systems change is a crucial goal, it's not something we're actually able to measure or be sure we can even ever accomplish. This is hard to explain - but I'm going to give it a first try here.
Trust-based Partnerships Make Way for Systems Change
It's through the collective efforts of Trust-based Philanthropy, the Equitable Evaluation Initiative, Capitalize Good, Grantmakers for Effective Organizations, the Council on Foundations, the Council of Nonprofits, Fund for Shared Insight, Listen4Good, and their sister organizations, that we are moving closer to shifting power across the sector and toward the systems change we all envision.
VIDEO: Trust-based Partnerships Make Way for Systems Change
VIDEO: It's through the collective efforts of Trust-based Philanthropy, the Equitable Evaluation Initiative, Capitalize Good, Grantmakers for Effective Organizations, the Council on Foundations, the Council of Nonprofits, Fund for Shared Insight, Listen4Good, and their sister organizations, that we are moving closer to shifting power across the sector and toward the systems change we all envision.
A Transformation of Program Evaluation
I have transformed traditional program evaluation into a first-of-its-kind framework and toolbox you can use day-to-day to track mission fulfillment and iteratively improve programs, separately or collaboratively together. Read about the ImpactStory™ Strategy and my upcoming book!
VIDEO: A Transformation of Program Evaluation
VIDEO: I have transformed traditional program evaluation into a first-of-its-kind framework and toolbox you can use day-to-day to track mission fulfillment and iteratively improve programs, separately or collaboratively together. Read about the ImpactStory™ Strategy and my upcoming book!
A Strategy for Co-Building Knowledge
What if... we established uncomplicated, sector-specific structures, defined metrics, and capacity for tracking, analyzing, and using impact data?
VIDEO: A Strategy for Co-Building Knowledge
VIDEO: What if... we established uncomplicated, sector-specific structures, defined metrics, and capacity for tracking, analyzing, and using impact data?