How we do it - Impact Assessment Principles

We completely adhere to the 'Learning Driven Assessment' approach created by McKinsey & Company to help foundations, nonprofits, social enterprises, and other stakeholders discover ways to increase impact. This approach is rooted in 10 core beliefs about best practice assessment and has heavily influenced the Impact measurement systems we build. We are reproducing them below and they are a part of McKinsey & Company's Learning for Social Impact, 

• Hear the constituent voice : Involve constituents at every stage of the assessment.
  
• Exercise rigor within reason : Given the context of the effort, design the most credible assessment that is feasible.
  
• Drive assessment with learning : Address gaps in existing knowledge, understand what works and why, and harvest learning opportunities from "failures."
  
• Don't measure everything : Focus assessment on information that will truly be used.
  
• Assessment and strategy are inextricably linked : Design assessment and strategy together.
  
• Don't let assessment sit on a shelf : Actively use lessons gained through assessment to drive decisions about strategy, program design, and execution.
  
• Collaborate, don't dictate : Co-create the assessment with program leaders; ensure there are sufficient resources to execute successfully.
  
• Build off and build up : Don’t assess what is already “known” in the sector, look beyond your own organization for answers.
  
• Borrow, don't reinvent : Re-purpose existing assessment tools when possible, don’t create new methods unnecessarily. (Hence our Open Source strategy)
  
• Foster a learning culture : In addition to tools and methods, assessment needs leadership that values learning in order to succeed.
  

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