Social Impact Measurement
Professional Certificate
100% of Subject Matter Experts consulted during program development said they would be “Extremely Likely” or “Very Likely” to recommend this program to their colleagues.
Learning Outcomes
This University of St. Michael’s College Certificate equips learners with the essential skills to create, implement, assess, and communicate a Social Impact Measurement Strategy for a new program, or to modify or evaluate an existing one. Through a blend of on-line and in-person sessions, participants will:
Create Impact Frameworks
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Evaluate Appropriate Metrics
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Analyze Impact
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Apply Insights
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Understand the Landscape
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Gain a complete Social Impact Measurement toolbox with expert guidance to build or renovate your measurement strategy from the ground up.
Navigate complex challenges like reporting long-term impact with short-term data, creating concrete measures from qualitative information, and demonstrating business value in social contexts.
Join today to acquire a superstar team that will help you develop a credible, business-aligned, peer-reviewed Social Impact Measurement strategy unlike any other program available.
Course Modules & Content
In this module embrace the concepts that underpin a successful, impactful, business aligned and resilient social impact strategy or program.
Complete a detailed exploration of the theory of change, logic models and reverse logic models. Examine their different applications, and elements. Understand their central roles in analyzing and developing detailed social impact intervention objectives within the context of your organization’s strategy. Apply the Logic Model and Theory of Change to your organization.
Create the first iteration of a data collection strategy for your social impact program or project.
Create a business and impact case for senior leaders that articulates the added business value and costs associated with your social impact program initiative.
Prerequisites: To receive a Certificate for this module, the learning must have completed Modules 2 and 3.
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.
Learners will gain an understanding of the different types of reporting (Impact and Evaluation), reporting how (social media, website, PDF, verbal, presentation etc), reporting to whom and for what. Provide a set of best practices for each type of report in a matrix. Learners will have the opportunity to apply a framework for reporting planning and apply it to your organizational context.
Use your framework to evaluate the extent to which the initiative has achieved its intended outcomes and objectives. Compare actual outcomes with expected outcomes, considering contextual factors and unexpected challenges.
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