The Technopath Way: Productivity through tech for nonprofits Impact Measurement: How do you show the world your organization's worth?
Dec 17, 2021
15:45
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This week Sarah talks about the 'why' and the 'how' of impact measurement. The main trick is drilling down to what exactly it is your organization wants to do to make the world, your community or your clients lives better. This involves making an organization impact statement.
From there, she gives you some creative examples for figuring out how to take those qualitative indicators and turn them into the numbers and data that big donors, board members and other important stake holders are looking for.
Check back next week for an episode about which metrics truly matter for nonprofits.
Helpful tech for collecting data from clients:
FormAssembly.com
FormStack.com
SurveyMonkey.com
Google Forms
*Bonus Tech Tips:
- Check before using the tool if it has native tools to help you turn the answers you get into visual reports for stake-holders. (Most do)
- Can it export reports?
- Does it have a way for you to connect it with your CRM so you can follow up with specific clients and pre-fill some of the information for them such as name, age, contact info.
Helpful tips for quantifying your survey data:
Using a Likert Scale
Giving Answers Point Values (example: 1 point for 'Yes' or 'True', 2 points for 'No' or 'False')
Sarah's Impact Measurement Hot Tips:
- Create 3 impact statements: 1, What impact do you want to make on your clients? 2, What impact do you want to make on the planet? 3, What impact do you want to make on your community?
- For each of those impact statements what would be good indicators of success?
- From there you can create questions that directly point to the indicators you've chosen.
This week Sarah talks about the 'why' and the 'how' of impact measurement. The main trick is drilling down to what exactly it is your organization wants to do to make the world, your community or your clients lives better. This involves making an organization impact statement.
From there, she gives you some creative examples for figuring out how to take those qualitative indicators and turn them into the numbers and data that big donors, board members and other important stake holders are looking for.
Check back next week for an episode about which metrics truly matter for nonprofits.
Helpful tech for collecting data from clients:
FormAssembly.com
FormStack.com
SurveyMonkey.com
Google Forms
*Bonus Tech Tips:
- Check before using the tool if it has native tools to help you turn the answers you get into visual reports for stake-holders. (Most do)
- Can it export reports?
- Does it have a way for you to connect it with your CRM so you can follow up with specific clients and pre-fill some of the information for them such as name, age, contact info.
Helpful tips for quantifying your survey data:
Using a Likert Scale
Giving Answers Point Values (example: 1 point for 'Yes' or 'True', 2 points for 'No' or 'False')
Sarah's Impact Measurement Hot Tips:
- Create 3 impact statements: 1, What impact do you want to make on your clients? 2, What impact do you want to make on the planet? 3, What impact do you want to make on your community?
- For each of those impact statements what would be good indicators of success?
- From there you can create questions that directly point to the indicators you've chosen.