Pre-Unit activities for the participants
Session preparation: Activity
- Question: How do you define impact?
- Please fill in your answer: Padlet Link
- Questions: How do you determine if a startup program is successful?
- Please fill in your answer: Padlet Link
- Do you have experience with impact measurement?
- Voting Link
Session preparation: Questions & Notes
- There are various perspectives on the effectiveness and usefulness of evaluating impact in general and evaluation support programs in particular.
- Please make notes on your personal experiences/perspectives on how useful you think impact evaluation is? What are the benefits? How much time and resources should be invested in evaluating a program?
- The Theory of Change (impact staircase) is an important tool in the field of impact management and measurement. It provides a framework that captures the inputs, activities, and corresponding outputs of a particular program and draws a relationship to the intended consequences – a) outcomes – the direct effect on the target group b) output
Session preparation: Readings
- Please read: 2.1 What is impact? & 2.3 Why measure and manage the impact of start-up programs?
- Please read: Assessing the impact of accelerators
- Supplementary Reading: The Social Impact Navigator