Social Impact Measurement Training with AKOU - Online

Exciting news! SCCAN is partnering with AKOU again to deliver a light touch training programme over the summer.

AKOU will offer a two part workshop, one in June and a follow up in September, setting workshop attendees activities to do over the summer. The aim of this programme is to support you with the skills and confidence to do social impact measurement, community engagement, and social research.

The AKOU team wants to equip you and others in the SCCAN network with new knowledge and tools so that you can tell powerful, well-evidenced stories about the incredible work that you, and your networks, do for people and the planet.

In today's dynamic landscape of community building and innovation, understanding the real extent of our social impact is crucial. Especially when we are addressing complex problems like climate change, and systemic issues that affect our social, political and environmental ecosystems. Capturing social impact enables us to evidence the positive change that our work is creating, and to learn about how we can reach and support people differently in the future.

AKOU's goal for the training is for you to learn how to measure and quantify the social impact of your organisation, and to better tell your social impact story.

• What does social impact mean to us, and our organisations
• What is Social Impact, and why is it important?
• How can you research and collect data on your social impact?
• How can you ensure that your social impact data is effective and useful?
• What is AKOU's best practice and guidance for engaging and researching communities
• Struggle share (what are people's biggest challenges and needs)
• Thinking about impact strategies and what this means for your communities and team (in terms of engagement and managing feedback)
• Data: how to get it and what to do with it
• How can you best analyse your social impact data? How can you best present and communicate your social impact?
• Co-design some tools to test
• SUMMER TESTING & Survey to assess progress and implementation

• Regroup in September to discuss what worked (celebrate), and what didn't (learn and improve)
• Share your experiences of measuring social impact, or engaging with your communities and networks
• Get feedback from the group and the AKOU team

About AKOU:

AKOU is a social enterprise which enables organisations to better measure and showcase their social impact, and to visualise the value of their relationships and networks. We help our clients measure the impact of their activities on society and understand how their investment can deliver positive benefits in a sustainable way. Our bespoke and integrated approach is different every time, enabling clients to conceive and communicate social impact in the way that's right for them. What sets us apart is our focus on social capital and relationships, which enables the organisations we work with to understand, create and grow their impact networks. We believe in designing, delivering and measuring social impact in partnership with people, which is why our work is always collaborative and community-led. If you have any questions about AKOU or the workshops, please feel free to get in touch with [email protected]

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