Social Impact/Outcomes Measurement

In a previous blog titled “Outcomes Measurement and why its so important”, we defined what outcomes measurement is all about and its importance.  Once you know this information, you need to be able to put this into practice and start your outcomes measurement journey. This blog offers nine practical questions you need to be asking […]

Whether you are the designated IT person managing data at your organisation or you have inherited this IT function, data management can be overwhelming with different systems requiring ongoing maintenance and attention in order to function properly. The main challenge is that too often data management is equated to data collection, however they are not synonymous. Although […]

Reporting is an important component of any outcomes measurement system.  If you can’t get data out, then your system is practically useless.  So your software reports should be able to tell you what programs and services are most efficient, how they are achieving their goals, and whether or not participants are meeting desired outcomes. Despite […]

The purpose of outcomes measurement is to prove that your programs are delivering measurable and positive outcomes, not just good intent. It also allows you to improve upon things that aren’t working and leverage things that yield success.  But, aside from financial data, what should you be measuring to look at program performance? This blog […]

Program outcomes are extremely important and lie at the core of your organisation because they show that the services you provide and the programs you operate generate a benefit for your clients and the community. In a previous blog we introduced outcomes measurement and highlighted how its primary benefit it to help keep our finger […]

These days, we can no longer assume that we are making an impact, we actually have to prove that we are making a real difference in the lives of those we serve through positive outcomes, positive impact, and positive change. Therefore, in order to adequately answer the question “Are we making an impact?”, there are […]

Outcomes measurement software give organisations the opportunity to answer important questions about the effectiveness of their programs by using data to validate program hypotheses and assumptions. The kinds of questions an organisation can answer with their data depends on where they are at in their outcomes measurement journey.  In essence, there are 5 questions that […]

Data is critical to your organisation’s operation, which is why you may have invested considerable time and money into an outcomes measurement system that adequately captures and stores your data.  But you may feel overwhelmed by all of the data that you collect –  marketing data, website analytics data, program and services data, financial data, […]

In another blog (add link) we defined outcomes measurement and outlined why it is so important.   This blog builds on the former blog and describes the “how” of outcomes measurement work in 5 simple steps.   The steps are the same, regardless of the function of your organisation.  These steps are integrated, cyclical, and continuous – as […]

It’s important to review how your database and technology systems are working every quarter. In this post we give you some tips to help you maximise your software investment