- Monday, 4 November 2019
12:30 pm - 2:00 pm - CB10.02.410
How can we plan, record and articulate impact? Knowledge Bites sessions focus on the sharing of scholarly approaches evaluation practices.
About this Event
With competition for funding increasing, organisations are being asked to prove the impact of their work. The lack of a standardised approach to evaluating social impact; and with many teams under-resourced and understaffed; it can be difficult!
Launching in October 2019, the Social Impact Toolbox provides a collection of key resources including online courses with video, forums, questionnaires, interactive templates and a repository of reliable, verifiable and validated measures, all collated in an open digital platform. Come along to hear from the UTS team that developed the Social Impact Toolbox.
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This session provides you with an opportunity to learn more about the toolbox, and ask questions to the toolbox creators. During the session we will cover:
An overview of the toolbox
Examples of how these resources can be implemented in the field
Discussion addressing the challenges of evaluation in the sector
This community of practice focuses on the sharing of scholarly approaches to social impact research and evaluation practices. It seeks to draw on the knowledge and expertise across UTS, sharing our experience and stories, building the capacity of staff to undertake socially impactful work, and evaluate it!
Meet our experts
Associate Professor Bronwen Dalton
Bronwen is the Head of the Department of Management and Director of the Masters of Not-for-Profit and Community Management Program at the University of Technology, Sydney. Bronwen completed her PhD at the University of Oxford and has a BA from the Australian National University and a MA from Yonsei University, Korea. Bronwen has served on the Boards of the Federal Department of Foreign Affairs’ Australia Korea Foundation, the Korean Studies Association of Australasia (Vice-President), Volunteering Australia,the National Volunteering Research Advisory Group, Volunteering NSW and the editorial board of the journal Nonprofit and Voluntary Sector Quarterly. Bronwen has conducted extensive research in the field of Not-for-Profit sector studies and has published on NFP business venturing, NFP policy,social enterprises, child care, governance and advocacy. She has also published studies on international NGOs andco-authored a book on the role of NGOs in combatting Sex Trafficking. Bronwen was an investigator on an Australian Research Council Linkage grant which examined the National Compact, an agreement later finalised between the NFP sector and the Australian Federal Government.
Rachel Bertram
Rachel Bertram is a social impact and evaluation specialist, based at the Centre for Social Justice and Inclusion. She works across the university delivering training and support for both professional and academic staff, building their capacity to plan, evaluate and report on their social impact. Rachel also manages the delivery of the Social Impact Toolbox – an initiative of UTS Business School, democratising access to evaluation resources for the Not for Profit sector. Rachel is an effective communicator helping people and organisations bring about positive social impact. She is the recipient of the Mark Lyons Award for excellence in NFP and Social Enterprise Management, and has received an Order of Australia Certificate of Commendation for her community service.