Are you an impact practitioner working closely with organizations helping them to learn and
report their impact? Do you design the right impact strategy, select metrics,
define data collection processes, analyze and report impact for mission driven organizations?
Often all of these steps involve simple or no technological tools. Practitioners,
you are the architects in the impact space but no building. Why? Hi everyone. My name is Chris
Gaines, Lead trainer at SoPact. Today, I have something completely different to share. About
four and a half years ago there was a gap between impact strategy, data and learning. In fact,
measurement and management was a huge burden on mission driven organizations. We needed a proven
solution to manage impact data with less time and money. We also needed a flexible solution
which works for foundations, social enterprises, accelerators, nonprofits, impact funds, social
businesses and impact investors. All is possible today, but how? Before I get into it, don't forget
to smash that like button and subscribe and click that notification bell, so you don't miss any of
the upcoming content we have planned for you. But without further ado, let's jump into how all of
the impact measurement and management shortcomings are being resolved today and how practitioners can
tap into the knowledge and technology so together we can grow and take snapshot impact reporting to
impact management with continuous learning. Practitioners can be working alone in small
groups or it can be a large consulting company. In 2019, we listen to hundreds of practitioners like
yourself and learn that we have to make impact strategy live outside of Excel pdf or Google Docs,
grow the impact management space with continuous learning and fulfill global goals for a better
world we all share and live in together. So let's take a deep dive into how it's possible
today. Impact Strategy is an iterative process and core to a practitioners responsibility. Every
organization is unique in its own way and yet you are reinventing the wheel every time you build a
strategy for your client organization. Build step by step strategy with the TOC wizard in
Impact Cloud, SoPact's cloud-based platform. It's easy to create, visualize and connect each step.
You can then download as a PDF and share with your clients for feedback and that's not all, are you
still choosing the right metrics by researching multiple standards and frameworks? Impact cloud
has 4,000 standard metrics built in and searchable by area of focus, TOC step, SDG, GRI and IRIS
plus themes for starters. You can make your custom metrics and align it to the framework
as well. Scaling your practice can be done in two different ways. Do more with less time and show
your work in a different lens. Efficient strategy, metrics selection, data collection, aggregation,
analysis and insight, all in one platform can save lots of time to do work with multiple clients.
Also do you ever wonder what your own impact is? Is your impact consulting resulting in acquiring
impact capital for your client? Did allocating saved resources to impactful programs amplify
the impact for your client? Some consultants are like accelerators and make it lasting impact on
their clients by saving money, amplifying impact and mitigating risks. Why not track your impact to
entice impact capital and take your practice to a new level? Do you always feel sad that
organizations often invest in strategy but do not execute the strategy by collecting, aggregating,
analyzing and learning from the data? We keep an eye on financial data all the time. Why not impact
data? In 2020, the global pandemic clearly showed how important data is in our lives. Continuously
learning from the impact data is like a steering wheel for the grant or impact investment making
organizations. If used properly, data can save lives, money and time. To adjust the program,
continuous learning is a must. If you can provide end-to-end service to an organization
from strategy to data collection to impact insight on the dashboard, you can make your practice a lot
more valuable. Impact cloud's platform enables you to do just that. Don't limit your services
at strategy, take them to continuous impact learning. Have I mentioned some of the other
advantages such as customer referral, recurring revenue, branding, marketing and unlimited
knowledge exchange possibilities? How is impact cloud uniquely designed for impact practitioners?
Let's list off a few facts. Flexibility in use - it's a cloud-based configurable solution ready
for any practitioners to use in no time at all. It's not dependent on the type of organization,
program or standards. It lets you choose standards, metrics or make your own custom
metrics. Flexibility in type of partnership - refer, implement or build collective impact
with a large funders. Flexible pricing - fits in all types of consulting practices. I'm sure
by now you're getting excited and I'm also sure that you're curious to know how you can become a
SoPact partner. What are the partnership levels and what are the steps? We periodically hold
partner webinars, so you can join them to learn more. Check link in the description for more
information. Well thanks for watching everyone. I hope you learned something new and I'm curious to
hear what challenges you and your organization are currently facing when it comes to impact
measurement and management. Drop a comment down below and let's get the discussion started and
if you found this information helpful, don't forget to Like and subscribe to our channel so
you never miss an upload and until then this has been Chris Gaines. I'll catch you in the next one.