Recently a client told me that his business was too small to impact properly and that they would never be able to make the business fully accountable. I was surprised as the ideas that we had been discussing about how he could improve and measure impact were not expensive and Read more…
So I recently did an internet search on the term “Social Impact.” It sure is used by lots of people to cover a multitude of stuff. From donating to your favourite cause via a text message or attending a fundraising event sponsored by a large mainstream brand, to small acts Read more…
In two other recent blogs I’ve mentioned beneficiary feedback loops and implied they are a good thing and important for designing meaningful interventions. They are, but let’s look at them more closely. When I talk about feedback loops I am not talking about consulting focus groups and the end of the Read more…
I see a lot of tenders and evaluations that are stressing either qualitative or quantitative based approaches. As if in a backlash against the more complex evaluations that have been seen in the past five years or so. I do sympathise with a desire for simplicity in evaluation that can Read more…
We don’t listen enough. That’s what I said last week. A way to ensure that we always keep the beneficiary voice included is to put them at the heart of the organisations set up to support them and to include them in designing, delivering, monitoring and evaluating activities. We have Read more…
Last week I mentioned that NGOs should do lots of regular beneficiary testing (or user testing) when developing their projects, activities, products, interventions, etc. I thought I’d expand a little on that idea. You see we’ve spent over 50 years “doing development” in the global south and in some places people Read more…
Patricia Rogers and Greet Peersman have highlighted three Impact Evaluation Challenges to be addressed. A great blog with some thought provoking ideas!
Over the past two years an increasing amount of my work has included disability. Until relatively recently disability as an area of work or a rights-based issue has been almost invisible in international development. The convention on the rights of persons with disabilities (CRPD) has changed that. A rights-based approach Read more…
Excellent blog by Tris Lumley about Impact Evaluations! Why Impact Measurement is all about Power & Money
Good to see a social enterprise using social value budgets and SROI as part of their management and strategy tools! Lessons from an impact pioneer: Measure your value and mean it