FINALE: Measure your Social Impact: Community of Practice

For Social Purpose Organizations

TRACK, MEASURE and REPORT your SOCIAL IMPACT.

Adopting Common Measures is a project funded by the Government of Canada, helping organizations like yours build capacity around impact measurement. This initiative is led by Social Innovation Canada and the Canadian Community Economic Development Network, with the support of Common Approach to Impact Measurement and Centre for Social Innovation.

Take part in an 8-session nationwide discussion around how your organization can effectively track, measure and report progress towards the Sustainable Development Goals.

We will be hosting sessions on Wednesdays lasting 1.5 hour each from Feb 7, 2024 to May 15, 2024. Timings would be: 1-2:30 PM EST.

Why join?

• Strengthen your network within an impact-focused community
• Access to 'CSI Impact Dashboard' platform to consistently track your data
• Learn a 5 step framework through content expert presentations
• Peer and experiential learning to support the process

Upon successful completion members can receive a Professional Development Certificate: “Flexible Impact Measurement and the SDGs”. This certificate will confirm an understanding and application of the planning, measuring and reporting efforts of your social impact.

W hat to expect? Program Curriculum and Resource List

Questions? Impact Specialist, Paluck Kohli at paluck@sicanada.org

Impact Learning Lead, Alex Applin at a.applin@ccednet-rcdec.ca.

Note:

The content level for this community of practice is beginner to intermediate level wrt social impact measurement.

This is an Event series and you will have to sign up for each session due to how this platform works. We want to make this easy and accessible for you, so even if you have signed up for even one session, you will receive email reminders and resources from our team throughout the program.

If the event is at its limit please contact paluck@sicanada.org to register , this is a free series and open to all SPOs.

See you at the sessions!

Schedule for sessions in 2023:

• Feb 7, 1-2:30 PM EST: Orientation & Sustainable Development Goals
• Feb 21, 1-2:30 PM EST: The Common Foundations of Impact Measurement
• March 6, 1-2:30 PM EST: Describe your Intended Change
• March 20, 1-2:30 PM EST: Advance your Logic Model
• April 3, -2:30 PM EST: Use Indicators
• April 17,1-2:30 PM EST: Collecting Useful Information
• May 1, 1-2:30 PM EST: Gauging Performance & Impact
• May 15, 1-2:30 PM EST: Communicate & Use Results

W e will also be hosting Preliminary sessions on Jan 30and Feb 1 for 60 mins each to understand your challenges and goals better with respect to tracking your social impact.