2020-02-06 Common Approach 101 Welcome Webinar February 6, 2020 This project is funded by: 1 The Government of Canada’s Social Development and Partnerships Program and The Investment Readiness Program 1 About Zoom 2 1 2
2020-02-06 What we will cover today 1. Why create common approach to impact measurement? 2. What is the common approach? 3. How you can stay involved? 3 3 Why a Common Approach? 2 4 4
2020-02-06 The Common Approach is the outcome of a consultative process 5 5 Measurement takes too much time ! Simple Every new funder is hard! requests new measures! It’s too There are too hard! Make many methods it simple! and tools! We need to be able to state the impact of our sector! 6 3 6
2020-02-06 Uniformity kills a standard. 7 7 Standards are communities, not documents. 8 4 8
2020-02-06 Meet people where they are. Ratchet up rigor later. 9 9 A flexible standard solves pressing problems • Make it easier to aggregate the impacts of many organizations to better understand collective impact, including portfolio impact • Reduce the reporting burden faced by social purpose organizations • Improve the practice and culture of impact measurement • Inform impact-minded consumers and investors who want to buy from and invest in positive-impact companies • Ensure accounts of impact convey the voices and perspectives of the humans who are affected by the organization 10 5 10
2020-02-06 What is the Common Approach ? 11 11 The Common Approach has five components Enabling Community owned infrastructure Data standard and data platforms Essential practices Common Foundations How to measure Common framework for social and Flexible indicators environmental indicators (SDGs) What to measure Descriptive info Common organizational information Compare fair 6 12 12
2020-02-06 (Side bar: The 5 elements have evolved slightly from the ones recommended by The Ontario Action Plan) Community owned Centres of excellence Data standard and data platforms Data centre Common Foundations Common process Common framework for social and Common framework for social and environmental indicators (SDGs) environmental indicators (SDGs) Common organizational information Common set of organizational indicators 13 13 We have an all-star team of partners, and growing 7 14 14
2020-02-06 Common Foundations 15 15 The Common Approach has five elements 1. Community owned Enabling infrastructure 2. Data standard and data platforms Essential practices 3. Common Foundations 4. Common framework for social A flexible standard and environmental indicators (SDGs) 5. Common organizational Basic info information 8 16 16
2020-02-06 What are the Common Foundations? Five essential practices which are a minimum standard for impact measurement. 17 17 Common Collect useful Foundations information Plan your change Gauge performance (e.g. logic model) and impact Use performance measures (i.e. use indicators Report on results that make sense for your organization) 9 18 18
2020-02-06 Common Stakeholders Collect useful Foundations information Stakeholders Plan your change Gauge performance (e.g. logic model) and impact Use performance Stakeholders measures (i.e. use indicators Report on results that make sense for your organization) 19 19 The Common Foundations is aligned with the recommendations of international working groups on impact measurement practice including: The European Commission Expert Group on Social Economy and Social Enterprises (2014) The G8 Social Impact Investment Task Force (2014) 20 10 20
2020-02-06 Common Foundations • At their foundations, all impact measurement approaches are very similar. • Common Foundations highlight that similarity. • Common Foundations are a minimum standard. • You are probably already using the Common Foundations. • To learn more, you can: • Download the document (free) • Take the self-assessment on-line (free) • View the video clips of each essential practice on-line (free) • Enroll in on-line training ($) 21 21 Join us by aligning with the Common Foundations! • Are you doing all five of these essential practices? • Would you like to show that you are aligned with the Common Approach? • You can use the Common Approach logo on your communications if you are aligned with the Common Foundations. • Send an e-mail to info@commonapproach.org with subject heading Common Foundations. We will be in touch! 22 11 22
2020-02-06 Become a Common Foundations Champion! • Are you an evaluator, trainer, or consultant helping other organizations to carry out all five of these essential practices? • Would you like to show that you are aligned with the Common Approach? • Would you like to help us develop the community of folks who are supporting organizations in adhering to the Common Foundations as a minimum standard of social impact measurement in Canada? • Our partner, CCEDNet, is leading the development of a community of Common Foundations Champions. Email info@commonapproach.org 23 23 Common Organizational Information 12 24 24
2020-02-06 The Common Approach has five elements 1. Community owned Enabling infrastructure 2. Data standard and data platforms Essential practices 3. Common Foundations 4. Common framework for social A flexible standard and environmental indicators (SDGs) 5. Common organizational Basic info information 25 25 Common Organizational Information • Includes things like: • Identifying info: • Name of organization, address, charity or business number, etc. • Info that rarely change: • mission/vision statement, description of work. • Financial data: • A few key financial metrics that have been shown to be predictive of financial health. • To learn more, you can • Download the document (free) • Attend the Organization Indicators webinar (free) • Tell your grant makers and investors about this. • If you are a grant maker or investor, use these! 26 13 26
2020-02-06 Common Framework for Social and Environmental Indicators 27 27 The Common Approach has five elements 1. Community owned Enabling infrastructure 2. Data standard and data platforms Essential practices 3. Common foundations 4. Common framework for social A flexible standard and environmental indicators (SDGs) 5. Common organizational Basic info information 14 28 28
2020-02-06 29 29 An example of indicator mapping 30 15 30
2020-02-06 An example of how indicators can “roll up” # of people with improved employment conditions progressing on a path to acquiring retaining or improving employment good employment employment Acquire skills “good” is a flexible Retention and improvement Attend training construct bound by are flexible constructs Exhibit behaviors research-informed bound by research- Acquire experience parameters informed parameters 31 31 Example based on 114 social enterprises • Using SDG indicators: only 25% of the enterprise indicators fit or somewhat fit with the proposed uniform indicator framework. • Using a flexible approach 100% of the enterprise indicators fit within the headline indicators. • Points of caution • 114 organizations is still a very small sample. • This first test was not co-created. We are now moving to co-creation. 32 16 32
2020-02-06 Co-creating a flexible standard: part 1 33 33 Co-creating a flexible standard: part 1 34 17 34
2020-02-06 Co-creating a flexible standard: part 2 • Define the boundaries • Is this indicator always related to this domain? • What are the unacceptable measures of this domain? • Which measures are preferred? 35 35 This is going to take years…… • You should know • The standard will not tell you what indicators to use • Any (reasonable) indicator you choose will be okay • The data platforms will (one day, we hope) map indicators to the common framework • To learn more, you can • Attend the Common Framework webinar (free) • Participate in the co-construction of mappings (free) 36 18 36
2020-02-06 Data standard and data platforms 37 37 The Common Approach has five elements 1. Community owned Enabling infrastructure 2. Data standard and data platforms Essential practices 3. Common Foundations 4. Common framework for social A flexible standard and environmental indicators (SDGs) 5. Common organizational Basic info information 19 38 38
2020-02-06 Data Standard • Creates decentralized interoperable data • Names types of data in consistent ways - Two databases built using the data standard will be able to exchange information easily - Information online can be tagged and becomes searchable, scrape-able • Can capture layers of information to permit roll up and drill downs - Indicators are linked to domains for roll up. - Words within indicators defined for detailed drill down 39 39 40 20 40
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