Outcomes Measurement Workshop Melbourne November 2024

Elevate and showcase your organisation’s impact

In this interactive workshop, you embark on a transformative journey that will equip you with invaluable tools and insights to revolutionise how you measure, assess, and communicate your organisation's impact. Whether you are from government, a not-for-profit organisation, a corporation, a social enterprise or a consultancy firm, when you enrol in our two-day Outcomes Measurement Workshop, you will:

• Learn how to measure, evaluate and report on your social impact
• Take away an outcomes measurement to-do list for your organisation to action straight away
• Enjoy face-to-face learning and engagement with key leaders in the social sector
• Access a network of peers to continue learning and sharing
• Explore approaches to measuring impact that are culturally relevant and safe

Workshop Content

• Language and key concepts of outcomes measurement and evaluation
• Practical methods, tools and instruments to support quantitative and qualitative data collection
• Developing a program logic, outcomes measurement framework and data collection plan
• Designing a simple survey and conducting interviews and focus groups, within ethical guidelines
• Storing and managing data
• Communication and reporting on findings
• Links between outcomes measurement, research and evaluation
• Explore a range of evaluation approaches, including approaches to complexity and ‘next generation’ evaluations
• National frameworks and tools that can be used to guide approaches to measurement that are informed by cultural safety
• Reflection on the existing culture and practices across various sectors
• An action list to ignite outcomes measurement in your organisation

Upskill with the Centre for Social Impact

Cost

Government/Corporate: $1200 plus GST

NFP and Social Enterprise ticket cost:  

• Small NFP and Social Enterprise (those with annual revenue under $500,000): $750 plus GST
• Medium NFP and Social Enterprise (those with annual revenue of $500,000 or more, but under $3 million): $850 plus GST
• Large NFP and Social Enterprise (those with annual revenue of $3 million or more): $1,000 plus GST

Watch here for a taster of the workshop, presented by Professor Paul Flatau.

Facilitator

Professor Paul Flatau, Director, Centre for Social Impact UWA

Over the last two decades, Paul has held an extensive research and evaluation record across the social purpose sector and with government and businesses, covering a broad range of social issues. He has worked extensively with social purpose organisations, businesses and government departments in establishing their outcomes measurement and reporting frameworks.

Guest speakers

Professor Erin Wilson - Director, Centre for Social Impact Swinburne

Erin has a long track record in outcomes measurement, particularly in the context of social services and marginalised groups. She is the lead researcher of the team that designed the Community Services Outcomes Tree, now used by social purpose organisations around the world. She has also designed award winning feedback mechanisms for children with disability. Erin works with a wide range of social sector organisations in their evaluation and outcomes measurement design and has a strong understanding of the practical constraints.

Dr Roksolana Suchowerska - Research Fellow and Senior Lecturer, Centre for Social Impact Swinburne

Roksolana works with organisations across public, private, community and hybrid sectors to co-create knowledge for inclusive social change. Roksolana is Research Fellow and Senior Lecturer at Centre for Social Impact Swinburne (CSI Swinburne) in Swinburne’s School of Business, Law and Entrepreneurship. She has expertise in political sociology and her interests span network governance and systems of support for critical life transitions in the digital age.

For further details or if you have any questions, please contact us on 08 6488 5691 or csi-business@uwa.edu.au