The Frameworks.
Often, organisations benchmark their impact (or set their strategy targets) based on “did we do better than last year”, “can we do more with less”, or even “as long as we’re ‘more successful’ than our competitors”.
However, without intentionally assessing your impact, you might be efficient… but are you effective?
How can you determine if your organisation is even achieving its mission?
By systematically assessing the outcomes of your initiatives, not just your outputs, you can ensure that your organisation is actually moving the dial towards its vision and mission.
Where do we begin?
Identify what change we want to see.
Articulate what would be evidence for that change.
Action how we’re going to measure it.
1. What change do we want to see?
The Theory of Change framework helps you identify why your organisation exists, what outcomes you want to see, and what is it that’s going to indicate you’ve reached those outcomes.
2. What sorts of things would be evidence for that change?
This Logic Model provides an explanation of your intended impact and defines the specific outcomes you will need to achieve in order to realise that impact.
3. What will it take to measure it?
An Evaluation Framework maps out what you’re going to measure and how. It documents the specific metrics you will be using to measure each outcome articulated in your logic framework and how you’re going to measure it.
