Your work affects your community, your environment, people…

What does it mean and…  Could you have made a greater contribution?

Measuring social impact is a fundamental part of any social organisation as it provides the answer to whether the job is being done effectively. 

When other organisations give you generic indicators to work with, the Social Impact Team at OGUNTE provide you with tools and techniques to understand your values, translate them into a focused proposal, and establish unique measurements criteria that fit YOU and RELEVANT stakeholders.

Why you should think of it right now?

Carrying out work without establishing what you want to achieve is like building a house without the foundations – it may end up a useful house but be standing on shaky ground.  It is very difficult and costly to put the foundations in later.

Think of measuring your impact now….

Because you will save money:

You will save up to 70% of your administration and data collection costs when you do your final reports.

Because you will save time:

You will know that some specific clients or stakeholders are not worth spending time with, if they don’t contribute to your impact.

You can re-use your social impact criteria in your marketing material, your P.R., your management systems.

Because it will help you clarify your proposition:

You will be able to set clear intentions and you will have a unique way to contribute to social change, with quantitative and qualitative, bespoke and internationally recognised measures.

Because you will be credible:

If you can demonstrate your social impact, your organisation will also stand up to scrutiny. Investors and funders will have more reasons to trust you and to support you financially.

You will be able to influence decision-makers with your evidence.

Because, most crucially:

You will know and have credible evidence of what you have achieved with little hassle and interruption to your day-to-day work.

Why should you sign up to a Social Impact Workshop?

Measuring social impact is straight forward if the planning is done.  A social impact workshop at the planning stage of a business will establish what it is you can measure and how you can measure it.  Ongoing support will help you through the ups and downs of collecting data in the real world and reporting workshops and support will help make ensure that you social impact report satisfies the needs of stakeholders and can be easily integrated into your business planning. 

Available "Measuring Impact" Support Packages

1. Measuring Social Impact – laying the foundations
1 day workshop to determine what it is you are seeking to achieve and how you can measure this.  Includes identifying methods for measuring, key indicators and how the data can be collected.

2. Measuring Social Impact – making data work for you
1 day workshop to refine and adjust data collection (usually carried out six months after laying the foundations workshop).  Data collection in the real world can take a lot of time and, in any business, the goalposts can change of be affected by unforeseen circumstances. This workshop will help you to review and refine your data collection to reduce costs and align with the direction of the organisation.

3. Measuring Social Impact – Reporting
1 day workshop (for individual organisation or in group) to help you write your report, not just for your own purposes but to also satisfy stakeholders and ensure it stands up to scrutiny.  The report has to be appropriate to what it is you have set out to achieve and not be comprised by a generic framework. 

4. Managing Social Impact – Staff and Board Development
3 day business/executive coaching support for staff and/board members to manage behaviours, communication and performance that are aligned with the social impact the organisation wants to make. (For individual organisations or in group, over 3 months)

5. Measuring Social Impact – One to one support
Key to anyone trying to establish the impact they are making in a new or innovative area.  The one-to-one programme is available for bespoke support in measurement and reporting. 
Retainer packages range from 1 day to 10 days and also include
remote e-support at any time in the process, to make sure you are on the right track.

The one-to-one support can include package 1-2-3 and 4. For support exceeding 10 days, please contact us!