More often these days small organisations are being challenged to ‘prove it’ when it comes to the results that they say they have achieved. Many can’t and some won’t. For decades now larger social impact organisations have been developing and embedding monitoring and evaluation into their structures, systems and processes. Read more…
The most demoralising thing is to see all your hard work come to naught, isn’t it? That is often how social impact specialists can feel when there isn’t sufficient sustainability baked into their interventions. Too many times I’ve had conversations where individuals confide in me their frustrations at not being Read more…
Content for this blog post comes from an unpublished paper that I have edited and revised for Aperio Group (UK) Ltd For the last two decades there has been a drive to increase the amount of private investment and philanthropy going into the third sector and development sector. Social investment Read more…
Every year it seems that social impact makes huge strides forwards! In thinking through the past twelve months and looking ahead the following trends have emerged, at least from my point of view! Getting better at measuring complex issues: There is a growing acceptance that tackling and measuring individual issues such Read more…
Well 2019 was indeed an interesting year, here’s hoping 2020 is a dynamic and impact-full year for all of you!