Working Together: How A Shared Approach To Measurement Can Benefit The Social Sector

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WORKING TOGETHER: HOW A SHARED APPROACH TO MEASUREMENT CAN BENEFIT THE SOCIAL SECTORAngela Kail, New Philanthropy Capital

June 2016

TRANSFORMING THE CHARITY SECTOR

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Transforming the charity sector

Charity

Funder

Increasing the impact of charitieseg, impact-focused theories of change

Strengthening the partnership

eg, collaboration towards shared

goals

Increasing the impact of funders

eg, effective commissioning

Sector

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WORK IN SHARED MEASUREMENT

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• Charities and social enterprises under pressure to demonstrate impact

• New funding mechanisms, eg, social invesment requires robust and comparable measurement

• But:

• Impact information is often of low quality, not embedded, not easily comparable, and rarely standardised

• Charities are spending resources developing custom measurement frameworks and tools

BACKGROUND

Shared measurement is a potential solution

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BENEFITS OF SHARED MEASUREMENT

• Saves time and resources

• Reduces duplication in reporting

• Improves standards of impact measurement

• Externally validates impact data

• Allows comparing what works best for whom

• Promotes systems thinking

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WHAT WORKS?

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SHARED MEASUREMENT

vTHANK YOU angela.kail@thinkNPC.org

June 2016