Measure Your Impact

As stated before, you can’t measure everything you want to know. Measuring impact is always a matter of setting priorities and making choices in relation to the time and resources you have.

Once you have decided what you want to measure, you can look for suitable indicators and measurement tools. Then you can start collecting and analysing data.

20 minutes

This lesson will take you approximately 20 minutes to work through, that is, if you just follow the explanations.

70 minutes

With additional reading this lesson should take you in total about 70 minutes to complete.

4 hours

With additional reading and a review of the academic articles and advanced concepts, this lesson will take you closer to 4 hours to complete.

This section details four topics:

  • What exactly will you measure?
  • Which measuring instruments will you use?
  • How, when, where and by whom will the data be collected?
  • How will you analyse the data?
  • Organisational learning.

We designed a clear diagram that supports you in the measurement process. Those who fill in the eight columns have their measurement process ready and clearly laid out. The template consists of part 1 and part 2 which we advise to print in landscape format.