Learn How To

Do it with your team

  • Assess the breadth, depth and focus of your social impact using a three-part framework.

  • Craft a theory of change for your organization or initiative.

  • Improve your impact using the Lean Data approach, with added inspiration from case studies showing how other social enterpprises have measured their impact in lean and rigorous ways.

  • Learn For Free

    Bring the entire team for no-cost learning

  • Change Your View of the World

    Draw inspiration from though-provoking readings, videos, and reflections

  • Receive Certification

    Attain a Statement of Accomplishment in recognition of your successful completion of the course

Participant Reviews

Angela

“This course helped me think more clearly about what is important to measure and what is important to communicate to (potential) donors.”

Akshay

“This course gave me a structured approach to thinking about impact.”

Kelly

“Thank you for this free resource. The readings and methods of impact analysis were extremely helpful!”

Komel

"It was clear, concise, easily understood. Very relevant to all the social work being done in Pakistan."

Course curriculum

  • 1

    Learning Tools

    • 4 reading guides highlighting case studies and examples

    • 4 discussion guides to structure the development of your own theory of change

    • Video tutorials from Sasha Dichter, Acumen's former CIO and Co-founder of 60 decibels
  • 2

    Introduction to Social Impact Analysis

    • Introduction to the course

    • The state of social impact analysis

    • The lean social impact mindset

    • How to develop a social impact hypothesis

    • Introduction to social impact analysis

    • The social impact buzz

    • Philosophies guiding social impact analysis

    • Why measuring social impact matters

    • What this course will cover

    • Develop your impact hypothesis
  • 3

    Building an impact framework

    • Framework for measuring impact

    • Theory of change

    • Breadth of impact

    • Depth of impact

    • Target population

    • Case study of solar company
  • 4

    Developing a theory of change

    • Theory of change overview

    • Building hypotheses into a theory of change

    • Pitfalls to watch out for when creating a theory of change

    • Activity: create your theory of change
  • 5

    Current and future approaches to impact measurement and data collection

    • The future of social impact analysis

    • Coclusion

    • Activity: From impact hypothesis to customer promise

    • Activity: Summary deck