Encourage those who require impact evaluation (e.g. funders, social investors, government, etc) to do so purposefully (avoid hypocrisy) and feed it in decision making Encourage balance around time spent evaluating and time spent delivering interventions Encourage learning sharing throughout the life of projects – by the time you finish a project and want to share learning you have moved to the next thing Make it clear we are working on broad entry-level guidance and link to advanced discussion, for example around impact measurement in preventative work “We want to get involved!” At the end of the event questionnaire we asked attendees whether they would like to get involved in Inspiring Impact and provided options as to how to get involved. In summary: 33 people would like to get involved in Inspiring Impact. From these: 14 people would like to become an Inspiring Impact Champion 12 people would like to produce a case study and another would think about it. Potential total: 13 people 26 people would like to attend future seminars/ events and one more person would think about it. 18 people would like to complete surveys 28 people would like to sign up to the II Newsletter. Two have already signed up. “How did we do?” Most participants told us what they enjoyed the most was: Having time to reflect on impact practice (and realising that we are already doing a lot relating to the principles); Sharing experiences/ views; Meeting new people; Hearing stories about impact measurement; Sharing excitement about changes and working towards same goal, and Learning more about Inspiring Impact and plans in Scotland. Some specific comments were: “The best thing about today was … An opportunity to continue dialogue and networking around good practice to measuring impact.” Sharing of experiences/ views.” Realising we are already doing a lot relating to the principles.”
Encourage those who require impact evaluation (e.g. funders, social investors, government, etc) to do so purposefully (avoid hypocrisy) and feed it in decision making Encourage balance around time spent evaluating and time spent delivering interventions Encourage learning sharing throughout the life of projects – by the time you finish a project and want to share learning you have moved to the next thing Make it clear we are working on broad entry-level guidance and link to advanced discussion, for example around impact measurement in preventative work “We want to get involved!” At the end of the event questionnaire we asked attendees whether they would like to get involved in Inspiring Impact and provided options as to how to get involved. In summary: 33 people would like to get involved in Inspiring Impact. From these: 14 people would like to become an Inspiring Impact Champion 12 people would like to produce a case study and another would think about it. Potential total: 13 people 26 people would like to attend future seminars/ events and one more person would think about it. 18 people would like to complete surveys 28 people would like to sign up to the II Newsletter. Two have already signed up. “How did we do?” Most participants told us what they enjoyed the most was: Having time to reflect on impact practice (and realising that we are already doing a lot relating to the principles); Sharing experiences/ views; Meeting new people; Hearing stories about impact measurement; Sharing excitement about changes and working towards same goal, and Learning more about Inspiring Impact and plans in Scotland. Some specific comments were: “The best thing about today was … An opportunity to continue dialogue and networking around good practice to measuring impact.” Sharing of experiences/ views.” Realising we are already doing a lot relating to the principles.”
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