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What Does Impact Look Like?

What does it mean to create impact? It's time to look at what it means and how we can tell when we achieve it.

Impact is the ultimate outcome for any social change initiative yet it’s also the most elusive and poorly defined of our evaluation metrics in practice. How do we change this? In this first post in a series, I bring us into the world of understanding impact. Non-profits are in the business of making a positive difference in spaces that are ignored or neglected by other institutions society.…

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Better Systems Thinking

Systems thinking is essential for managing complexity – if done well. These guides for systems theory, practice, and evaluation can help.

Systems thinking is natural for people when given the freedom to contemplate their world around them. While simple to do in general terms, systems thinking can be difficult when applied to specific problems, particularly those with high complexity.

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