Why Impact matters

Karl Wilding, NCVONovember 2013

'If I am scuppered I'm leaving you £1,000 to do some of the things

we talked about.'

Edward Vivian Birchall

What is Impact?

• Impact is overall change we seek to achieve.

• What we do – our outputs – designed to deliver impact.

• Impact significantly bigger and more important than evaluating, or monitoring, or measuring.

Definitions

• Impact – broad or longer-term effects of project or organisation’s work.

• Outcomes – intermediary changes, designed to achieve overall impact.

• Experiences – how people feel while being involved in your services.

• Outputs – your services, projects, work activities … these are not impacts, they’re designed to achieve them.

The brave new world of doing good

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Changing attitudes: donors, buyers or

investors?

Commissioners are also looking for impact

What works & evidence

Impact Practice Cycle

Impact increasingly will be about engagement…

And finally: some examples, big and small…

http://www.charitywater.org/

http://www.syfab.org.uk/

http://www.colalife.org/

http://www.childsifoundation.org/

http://www.simononthestreets.co.uk/

http://www.nowproject.co.uk/

The people behind these initiatives know far more about

impact than me

http://www.ncvo.org.uk/practical-supporthttp://inspiringimpact.org/

But if you want to stay in touch…Twitter: @karlwildingBlog: http://blogs.ncvo.org.uk/author/karl-wilding/