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 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Content for this blog post comes from an unpublished paper that I have edited and revised for Aperio Group (UK) Ltd For the last two decades there has been a drive to increase the amount of private investment and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 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 Read more…
Well 2019 was indeed an interesting year, here’s hoping 2020 is a dynamic and impact-full year for all of you!
We talk a lot about how important it is to measure outcomes and sometimes impact – and to share these results widely. But when you look closely at what organisations are really putting up on their websites, it is often Read more…
There are a lot of people these days saying that they are helping organisations to measure or prove their social impact (disclaimer: I am one of them!). In truth it isn’t some sort of rocket science and I’ve come to Read more…
‘Doing good’ – you see that all the time these days. Everyone wants to ‘do good’. And in truth, everyone can. Gone are the days when charities or nonprofits were assumed to be doing good simply because they had a Read more…
I love working with other consultants on projects. It is a great way to learn, improve and deliver work that you couldn’t do on your own. Recently however, I have had an not so great experience of collaboration. Most of Read more…
I’ve been bombarded with articles recently about how ‘reframing’ something, like evaluation, and calling it ‘design-based’ will inspire new ways to track and do innovation. Really. I’m mean, really? This particular article went on to list evaluation as both a Read more…