Module 5 – Social Impact Measurement Professional Certificate
February 26, 2026 - February 27, 2026
Module 5: Data Collection Plan & Alignment with Business Case Constraints & Opportunities (Micro-Credential)
Prerequisite: Complete Module 3 and 4 prior to this session to maximize its value and receive a Certificate.
In this Module create a plan to leverage technology to collect, compile, analyze and communicate reliable and credible data on the outcome-oriented metrics selected. Address and resolve the weak points in your business case based on the Culminating Assessment from Module 4, and further develop your data collection plan by examining comparators/benchmarking data.
- Assess an organizations’ current data tools and identify the gap between what is available and what is needed, and what is possible given current constraints.
- Create a collaborative plan to assess partner information needs considering storytelling as well as information on outputs, outcomes, and impact.
- Examine the pros and cons of different methods of data gathering including surveys, interviews and focus groups and choose the methods most appropriate to your impact.
- Review against data security and regulations
- Examine the metrics/indicators an organization currently has access to and how they might be modified or aligned with the strategy.
- Identify benchmarking and comparators for your proposed social impact measurement.
- Evaluate data capacity, data tools, and data strategy.
- Identify an ethical framework for data collection including data privacy.
- Identify internal and external partners/all people affected who will interact with the tools, their capacity to collect, analyze, interpret and take action on data, the levels of effort required, and develop a consultation plan.
- Examine the opportunities for working with partners/all people affected to measure.
- Review strategies change management and strategies for managing discussions about data collection and interpreting results.
- Describe the best practices for data collection, compilation, analysis and communication.
Identify the financial requirements for data tools and align with the impact assessment goals.
Deliverable and Culminating Assessment:
- Create a plan to leverage technology to collect, compile, analyze and communicate reliable and credible data on the outcome-oriented metrics selected.
Next Offering: February 26 & 26, 2026 in-person, all day, at University of St. Michael’s College at the University of Toronto. With asynchronous readings and assignments.
- Early Bird Discount: $1620 plus HST (Until January 1, 2026)
- Regular Registration: $1800 plus HST
- Alumni Discount: $1440 plus HST
Instructional Team: Alex Mazanik, Founding Partner at Context Research Group Inc. and Professor, Humber College and William Schatten, Founding Partner at Context Research Group Inc.
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