Learn to navigate the social impact measurement eco-system.

This course was designed by the team at Huber Social, the lead drafters of the Standards Australia 'Measuring and Valuing Social Impact' Handbook.

Our presenter Georgina Camp, Founder of Huber Social and Founder and Director of the Wellbeing Intelligence Network, will walk you through the process of ensuring the social impact methodologies each of us use are fit for purpose. You will also receive the best tools we have available and a practical education in end-to-end social impact measurement and management.

The course is delivered in ten self-paced modules, fully online through engaging videos, lessons and practical applications, with a workbook to keep for yourself. Participants will have full access for 15 weeks.

Your Syllabus

Module 1: Looking for Longitude

Develop your understanding of why measuring social impact is important and why 'wellbeing' is synonymous with social impact.

Module 2: Lame Dogs and Reckoning

Learn how a principles-based approach can enable a measurement system that is fit-for-purpose, allowing decision makers to apply an appropriate level of confidence to their findings. The principles for social impact measurement will also help you to avoid a measurement system that is self-fulfilling - focused on what the initiative does not what people need.

Module 3: Mapping the Social Impact Ecosystem

There is a myriad of measurement authorities, standards and frameworks operating within and across sectors. We offer a map to the ecosystem to help you identify appropriate tools and authorities to refer to for your measurement project.

Module 4: Understanding the Commander’s Intent

To design a measurement system that adequately informs decision making, it is critical to understand the measurement objectives, how findings will be used and all the relevant stakeholders and their role in the measurement.

Module 5: Plotting the Course: Theory

Social impact measurement is a scientific process, and the hypothesis you are testing is known as the impact thesis - the theory of how your project creates change. This week you will develop your own impact thesis based on the planning done to date.

Module 6: Plotting the Course: Practical

Best practice impact measurement provides a voice to the communities you impact. Explore the approaches for ensuring the measurement reflects the values and aspirations of those impacted, using community engagement strategies.

Module 7: X Marks the Spot - Meaningful Metrics

Track progress against your theoretical impact thesis by sourcing data to help answer your measurement objectives and provide actionable insights. This module moves beyond easy to measure output metrics towards data that accurately reflect the outcomes and impact targeted.

Module 8: Data Collection and Doing No Harm

Your measurement findings are only as strong as the data collected. From planning through to reporting, social impact measurement must be conducted aligned with local ethical guidelines, providing those impacted with the opportunity to provide honest responses and avoid potential harm.

Module 9: Digging for Treasure - Uncovering Actionable Insights

Every data set tells a unique story. Learn how to ask the right questions of your data set to answer your measurement objectives and inform key business decisions. Understand what level of rigour and analysis is required to ensure measurement is fit-for-purpose.

Module 10: Captains of Change - Embedding Impact into Your Organisation

Measurement findings should inspire action. Actions that aim to improve the social impact of an organisation for the people they impact and mitigate any risk of harm. Social impact data can also help to support other parts of an organisation by seeking to find more effective and efficient ways of working by providing new insights. Every organistion is at a different point in its social impact journey. Learn how to identify where your organisation is at and how to start your journey towards embedding best practice impact measurement and management into everyday operations.

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Resources

Along with each online module you will have access to a number of tools and resources to deepen your knowledge and explore practical applications of your lessons. These resources include:

Workbook
Your own captains logbook to capture all your thinking and learnings from the course.

Q&A
As our accreditation community grows and people from different sectors and industries complete the course, we share all our answers to the most frequently asked questions for each module.

Tools and Templates
Access to tried and tested social impact measurement and management tools and templates created and used by Huber Social.

Community
All accreditation graduates are invited to our private LinkedIn group for the accreditation community. Here you can share learnings, stay up to date with fast moving social impact news and connect with like-minded people.

Modules

The content is delivered through a mixture of videos, diagrams, text, templates and tools and a workbook to capture your thinking and progress. It is 100% online and self paced. Each module includes:

Stories
To set the scene for the importance of the learning outcomes.

Videos
To bring the technical lesson to life and break down concepts into practical demonstration.

Lessons
A deep dive into the theory and practical knowledge of the module, primarily in written format with diagrams and models to support.

Tasks
To ensure participants finish with real-world understanding each module asks you to apply the lessons to an organisation or project of your own choosing.

Additional Study
Suggested reading, watching and listening for those who want to dive deeper into each module.