Presenter: Anshula Chowdhury <anshula@socialassets.org>, DOBSON produced these notes. They're terrible! Office in Vancouver Ability Framework to get measures across 1000s of organizations? Scalability – client decreasing cost and increasing capacity. Ontario Trillium Foundations. – numbers are exploding. 1500 orgs NGO Alternative credit – microfinance – Started with non-profits, but we’re opposed to One of the major pieces: Does one size fit all orgs? One taxonomy and benchmarking? Answer: Not possible at this point in time. Haven’t figured out what the standard would look like yet. Monetized social return. Unmonitized impact. Outcomes reporting – not necessarily causal. Report on outcomes “We did 30 workshops” .. doesn’t provide an impact assessment. Different sectors people work in (e.g. Arts and Culture) SABITA – in-house database. Social return on investment (SRI network created it). Developed by a bunch of people. Open source framework. Different levels of reporting. The type of report that comes out depends on the type of data you’ve got. IV for variables. – academic theoretical literature for these indicators. Not the solution for the entire market. There will be orgs for Need to have more specialization in reporting. Antony: Gold standard – shape and drive B-lab and GISR – Natural step impact on reporting AU Question from a design perspective. How to design a strongly sustainable business. If they follow the AU advice, can the results cause a good result on the gold standard. Indicators (not metrics) – how do they map to the design principles. Does the framework apply to small or large firms? AU: It applies to all. Focus on small orgs. Methodology work. Push off to Mozol group – mutual presentation on Friday. SLS program presentation |
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