Module 6 – Social Impact Measurement Professional Certificate
March 17, 2026 @ 12:00 pm - March 28, 2026 @ 1:30 pm
Module 6: Social Impact Reporting Best Practices (Micro-Credential)
In this Module understand the different types, methods and audiences for reporting. Provide a set of best practices for each type of report in a matrix. Develop a framework for reporting planning.
- Recognize the current and emerging voluntary standards and regulations, and associated requirements that guide social impact reporting.
- Internal vs external reporting and related targets.
- Reporting essentials: reporting how (social media, website, PDF, verbal, presentation etc), reporting to whom and for what.
- Compare and contrast two Social Impact reports and identify 10 best practices and recommended improvements.
- Explain the importance of reporting that is: Balanced, Credible, Comparable, and Integrated with Strategy.
- Elements of an Impact Report and Elements of an Evaluation Report
Best practices in qualitative reporting and storytelling. - Best practices on dashboards and feedback loops.
- Best practices for various communication tools including funding, partnerships, regulatory uses.
- Framework for reporting planning
Deliverable and Culminating Assessment:
- Create an outline of your impact report including examples of: executive summary, impact strategy and goals, data visualization, channels, format, ongoing engagement with a summary of what would be covered under each section and the timelines for each step in the reporting process.
- Create an outline of an evaluation report to partners/all people affected, including funders, beneficiaries, partners/all people affected, and the broader community.
Next Offering: March 20, 24, 26, 2026, Synchronous On-line for 2 weeks (3 lectures, 12 noon to1:30 pm) with asynchronous readings and assignments.
- Early Bird Discount: $495 plus HST (Until Feb. 1, 2026)
- Regular Registration: $550 plus HST
- Alumni Discount: $440 plus HST
Instructional Team: Anshula Chowdhury, LEAD Instructor and Former CEO, SAMETRICA; Stephanie Robertson, Founder & CEO SiMPACT Strategy Group and Co-Chair, Social Value International and others TBA.
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