Impact Measurement Methodology
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Social Innovation: Comparative perspectives
Social innovation is a topic that is more and more being discussed on both national and European levels (hence, the announcement of this being a strategic priority EU wide). To better be able to provide social impact in the society and find novel solutions also for operating social enterprises, it is necessary to explore how…
IMPACT MANAGEMENT TOOLBOX
For the organisations working with the youth
This toolbox helps organizations and organizers to plan, implement and communicate the positive changes that they aim to create with their initiative or organisation in the lives of young people. It has been designed to help to do, measure, improve their activities… and repeat! In other words – to be able to create a more positive impact. Besides providing more clarity…
B Impact Assessment
B Impact Assessment Developed by B Lab, a non-profit organization dedicated to using the power of business as a force for good, the B Impact Assessment helps companies measure their impact on workers, community, environment, and customers, empowering them to assess the performance, compare themselves to peers, and identify areas for improvement. This is a good choice…
SE Impact Tool to assess impact measurement, planning, and implementation.
SE Impact Tool This tool is developed for helping social entrepreneurs and people working in the SE field to assess their perceptions of SE Impact measurement, planning, and implementation. Afterward, it helps to deeply understand the value and range of tools of the SE Impact, outlining their needs and steps for the progress in this…
Wises’ Social Impact Measurement in the Baltic States
WISEs’ Social Impact Measurement in the Baltic States Audrone UrmanavicieneTallinn University DOI: https://doi.org/10.13135/2704-9906/5091 Keywords: Social enterprise, WISEs, Social impact measurement, Measurement indicators ABSTRACT WISEs devote most of their time and resources to working with the target group – not only organizing their employment activities and developing skills but also adapting their work environment, improving the psychological climate,…
An Overview of Baltic Youth Impact
A consortium of partners has released a paper on impact management needs and challenges of youth associations in the Baltics, and the best practice examples. It provides an overview of whether and how youth organizations and social enterprises in the three Baltic States — Estonia, Latvia, and Lithuania — measure their impact and presents different examples…
In France, a mission-based approach is seen as a commitment versus an opportunity!
Inspiration from France! In France, a mission-based approach is seen as a commitment versus an opportunity – La Loi Pacte was amended to encourage companies to be more social. Last year, in collaboration with Dealroom, this report proposed a methodology to measure entrepreneurial activity and capital invested into purpose-driven tech companies across Europe. This was…
Actionable Impact Management – A Roadmap for Your Organisation
Actionable Impact Management (AIM) is designed to assist in defining an internal organizational framework. This is executed by establishing an enduring impact measurement process which is primarily data and outcome oriented. AIM’s objective is to outline a roadmap for your organization to follow in the hopes to reaching a point where you are able to…
SDG Impact Assessment Tool
I you as a social entrepreneur want to work with the SDG´s the SDG Impact Assessment Tool can be a useful tool to visualizes how your activities affects the SDG´s. For social entrepreneurs and everybody else, who is trying to create a better world, it is important to see this change in a larger and…
Corporate Impact Analysis Tool by UNEP FI
Picture taken from Corporate Impact Measurement tool Initially Corporate Impact Analysis Tool was developed for banks and investors to gain a cross-cutting view of the impact status and possibilities of their clients and investee companies. Based on the Positive Impact Initiative’s unique approach, it provides a holistic analysis of companies’ impacts across different sectors and countries….
Green Care -based wellbeing services and impact? How to.
Natural Resource Center in Finland has published learning materials and a workbook about modelling and measuring your wellbeing service’s impact. The materials are available in Finnish. The workbook is part of a wider impact program aimed to service providers who provide green care -based wellbeing services. The materials state that impact modelling, measurement and communication…
Measuring the Good – Developing Impact Measurement in Finland.
(NOTE: The links from this article refer to pages that are currently only available in Finnish) Finnish association for social enterprises ARVO has partnered during the recent years partnered with a range of high-profile impact investing and developing partners – such as ME-Säätiö – in an impact measurement development project called Hyvän Mitta (Measure for Good). The…
Ten Reasons Not to Measure Impact—and What to Do Instead
It’s important for every social enterprise – especially the small ones with fewer resources to place their focus on right things. Making impact happen. 10 Reasons Not to Measure Impact – and What to Do Instad provides a thought-provoking ideas and an important learning – the side in impact measurement that’s still very rarely talked about….
Deloitte Social Investment Leveraging Index in CEE
The new Deloitte Social Investment Leveraging Index (DSILI) developed by Deloitte in partnership with EVPA and GSEN provides arguments on why investing for impact through social investment may yield significant social returns in Central and Eastern Europe. Showcasing the social investment leverage across the four sub-regions in CEE (the Balkans, South Eastern Europe, the Baltics and the Visegrad Countries),…
News from Finland: New impact management system for social enterprises
Arvoliitto – The association for social enterprises in Finland and Laatukeskus – Excellence Finland – The Finnish Association for Quality have started to develop a new impact management and quality system tailored for social enterprises and other impact organizations. The new system and it’s tools will enhance also the social procurement practices of municipalities. The…
Four types of Impact
As social entrepreneurs we have become quite familiar with the term impact, as it’s the way we bring our mission vision statement to life and create change in society. Across all the different types of organizations and their relevant impact, there are 4 distinct types of impact that can be observed according to the MetaIntegral…
Finnish Online courses on impact assessment
Want to learn how to develop skills in impact assessment or writing a story about your impact? Impact assessment online courses are now available in Finnish through online video platform Videokoulutus.fi There are several courses available for the fall 2018 that help you start your journey: Vaikutustarinalla vaikuttavuus esiin is all about how to build…
Unleashing the Impact of your Social Enterprise
Recent exploration on worldwide known educational platform Coursera has lead to discovery of some valuable resources, which might help social entrepreneurs in defining the social impact of their social and commercial activities. As it is not always clear what to measure, how to measure and how to communicate the impact, there are some video interviews…
Steps towards impact – Tools and examples
We all long for simple tools and examples how to understand the logic of stepping towards social impact. Finnish innovation fund Sitra has for 3 years built a impact investment ecosystem in Finland, and as part of the work, aimed to enhance the service providers’ and municipalities’ capability to work towards more impactful procurement. As…
Helping social ventures scale their impact
This content is delivered to you in the framework of the SEBS2 project co-funded by the Erasmus+, as our aim is to popularize social business and social entrepreneurship in the Baltic Sea Region. Around the world, millions of children’s needs are not being met. Addressing these needs is a vital part of reaching the…
Eestikeelne ühiskondliku mõju hindamise käsiraamat
Sotsiaalsete Ettevõtete Võrgustik andis välja ühiskondliku mõju hindamise käsiraamatu nii eesti (LINK siin) kui inglise keeles (LINK siin). Õppematerjaliks sobiva raamatu autoriks on Jaan Aps, kes lisaks SEV-i juhatuse esimehe rollile on võrgustiku meeskonnas ka mõju kaardistamise lahenduste suuna eestvedaja. Iga sotsiaalse ettevõtte või mõne teist tüüpi ühiskondliku eesmärgiga organisatsiooni olemasoluks on ainult üks õigustus:…
Selected impact analysis resources in English
Hereby please find some of the greatest hits of impact analysis materials in English. Be inspired and guided! A toolkit for charities, voluntary organisations and social enterprise to provide ways to prove and improve their quality and impact “Impact Measurement. An introductory guide for Irish social enterprises and charities on using Logic Models, Theory of Change and…
Impact analysis resources in national languages
While most of impact analysis materials are still available only in English, there are luckily more and more materials also in national languages of the Baltic Sea Region countries. Please find selected materials in Danish, Estonian, Finnish, Lithuanian and Polish. DENMARK 1. The Danish Ministry of Education´s guide on how to create a Theory of Change…
