What can I find in the Impact Measurement Resource Center?

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Basics of Impact Measurement

Impact Measurement is what an organisation does to plan, understand, communicate, and improve the difference it makes in the world. Explore the basics, main definitions and jargon buster of Impact Measurement.

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Learn to Measure your Impact

Go deeper and learn how to Measure your Impact in 5 steps. Gain clarity on your goals, so you can decide what data to collect and determine whether your activities are creating the desired impact.

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Self-assessment

It helps to know more about how good your impact practice is when deciding what to do next. The simple self-assessment tool helps you identify how to improve your impact practice and data collection.

Explore Impact Resources

In 2018 more than 850 Ashoka Fellows from 74 countries took part in a Global Fellows Study designed to understand their impact as well as the role Ashoka has had in contributing to that impact. Ashoka is learning from Fellows’ partnerships with companies and leveraging their work to create a more equitable world where everyone is powerful and able to create positive change.

Gábor Lévai's presentation on the basics of social impact measurement. In his presentation, he presents what international frameworks exist to help introduce impact measurement. It also covers the importance of choosing measurement methods, the stakeholder map and the initial steps in developing an impact measurement system. (Video available in Hungarian.)

The case study of IttaSzezon! includes the impact chain, impact measurement plan and infographics developed during the half-year Impact Academy program. It also outlines the challenges they faced in developing the basics of impact measurement, how they were addressed and what lessons were learned from the program.