Welcome aboard.
Welcome to the video only ‘lite’ social impact measurement and management education pack. This offering has been designed for those looking for a deeper knowledge of the best practices in social impact measurement, but without the either the time or inclination for full accreditation.
We hope you enjoy the journey.
Georgie Camp
Looking for Longitude.
Module 1 is our introduction to social impact measurement. Develop your understanding of why measuring social impact is important and why 'wellbeing' is synonymous with social impact.
Throughout the history of the world people have navigated our seas and oceans. The story of the search for longitude in western navigation is one that beautifully illustrates the search we now face to measure social value, and how the impossible can be achieved with collective effort. We acknowledge the expertise and long history of all the world's navigators - with the right measures we can reach our destinations.
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Lesson 1
An introduction to social impact measurement.
This lesson answers: What is social impact? and why do we measure it?
Lesson 2
What do we mean by wellbeing? Ultimately, we are measuring social impact to ensure the wellbeing of all people. Before we dive therefore into how to measure social impact in terms of wellbeing, we need to first start by understanding what we mean by it…
Lesson 4
Beyond financial measures of social impact. Recognising the goal of social impact is to put people in the best place to achieve wellbeing necessitates a consideration of how social impact is valued. The purpose of social impact valuation is therefore to provide a common yardstick that enables decision-making across different contexts and initiatives. For example, valuation can be used to justify the investment into specific programs, or used to inform decision-making and budget allocations…
FAQ
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Lesson 3
Applying a wellbeing approach to a targeted program. It is often easy to get people to agree that ultimately, social impact should result in the wellbeing of people. But when it comes to measuring the impact of programs, most approaches will focus on the target outcomes only, inferring that they ultimately contribute to wellbeing. These approaches will measure how effectively the target outcomes were achieved, instead of measuring to ensure they are the best outcomes to be focusing on. We call this measurement, self-fulfilling…
Exercises
Exercises and further reading.