Tea & Buns, a monthly community of practice facilitated by ACPNS, was held again on Thursday 30th May.
Attendees were fortunate enough to hear from three special guests; Sandy Blackburn-Wright – Managing Director of Social Outcomes, Dr Lyn Alderman – Principal of The Evaluators’ Collective, and Sara Parrott – Head of Corporate Responsibility at Suncorp Group and Chair of SIMNA Qld.
Topics explored in this meeting included measuring social impact, staffing, and SIMNA with questions discussed including:
- What has led to people talking about outcome and impact measurement?
- How does outcomes and impact measurement benefit an organisation?
- Is there a right or wrong way to measure outcomes?
- Is there a difference between evaluation and measuring outcomes?
- Do staff need training?
- What’s the best way to talk to staff about outcomes and impact measurement? How do we lead change?
- Do we need our Board to understand what is involved?
- What is SIMNA?
Tea & Buns aims to create an opportunity for those working in nonprofit and social innovation to learn from each other, discuss the latest research and how we can apply research to our work. Learning resources shared at May’s meeting included videos on designing a logic model, measuring your social impact: theory of change, and a TEDx talk on principles of social impact.
Other resources like LBG, the global standard in measuring and managing corporate community investment, and SIMNA membership were also included.
The webinar is online, free and gives you access to a vibrant network of like-minded people, including researchers at QUT. Register for next month’s meeting here.
