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Practical guides on frameworks, outcomes reporting, evidence support, and decision-making

These articles are designed as practical guides for outcomes work. Each one addresses a specific challenge organisations face when measuring, learning, and reporting on social impact.

SDG vs SROI: which impact framework should you use, and when

What SDGs are good for, what SROI is good for, and when to use one, the other, or both. A practical decision tree for framework selection.

Activity reporting vs outcomes reporting: the difference that changes decisions

Why activity reporting dominates, what outcomes reporting requires, and how to implement an outcomes ladder. Education for boards and managers.

What funders actually want from impact reporting

What funders say vs what they use, the minimum viable evidence trail, and how to turn reporting into better decisions. Funder-facing, governance-aware.

How to build an evidence trail that survives audits and leadership changes

What an evidence trail is, evidence types, data governance basics, and simple controls you can implement in a week. Governance and evidence support.

Choosing impact metrics that won't collapse after the pilot

Characteristics of strong metrics, leading vs lagging indicators, measurement burden, and a template for metric definition. Practical metric design.

A practical guide to Theory of Change that doesn't become a wall poster

Why ToC fails in practice, how to keep ToC operational, linking activities to outcomes with real data, and review loops. For evaluators and councils.

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