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Social Impact Evaluation Principles and Practices

Delivered:
Brisbane

Duration:
3 half days

Price:
details below

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This course introduces the principles and practice of evaluating the effectiveness of program activities using evaluative and strategic thinking.

Overview

The course aims to provide a broad overview of key skills relating to evaluation and impact measurement whilst equipping participants with the skills to foster a learning culture, where evaluation is used to prove and improve the impact of programs and services.

QUT EX course overview

Evolve with QUTeX

This course consists of three half-day sessions over three months. It is designed for those in a leadership or board position within the nonprofit or social enterprise sphere in Queensland. Using a top-down approach, they will be able to drive change within their organisations and influence program design and evaluation upon completion of this course.

Specifically, those seeking to:

  • Learn the key concepts in a practical and applied setting;
  • Gain access to a series of templates and case studies which can be used and shared within their organisation, beyond the life of the workshop experience; and
  • Engage with like-minded and supportive peers within a collaborative group learning environment.
Partnering with QUTeX is Hand Heart Pocket the Charity of Freemasons Queensland

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Hand Heart Pocket is a philanthropic foundation established by the Freemasons of Queensland with a history of helping the community for more than 110 years. We partner with other charities and philanthropists to help improve outcomes, particularly for youth at risk. We also support initiatives that help an ageing population, improve men’s mental and physical health or improve women’s financial and physical security. At a grassroots level, we work with Freemason Lodges to identify and support hundreds of local community initiatives each year.

QUT EX course facilitator

Your expert facilitators Dr Ruth Knight and Louise Baldwin

Dr Ruth Knight

Dr Ruth Knight is an experienced trainer, researcher and evaluator who has been working in the nonprofit sector for more than 30 years. Ruth is passionate about facilitating conversations about social outcomes, logic modelling and impact measurement. She has undertaken a wide range of research and evaluations and helped organisations develop strategies, tools and approaches to ensure they are compliant, innovative and developing a continuous improvement culture. Ruth provides practical and high energy workshops to create collaboration and action learning.

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Louise Baldwin

Louise Baldwin is a lecturer and researcher in QUT’s School of Public Health & Social Work. She is an innovative leader in health promotion and public health in Australia and globally. She is known for her ‘out of the box’ approaches to population wide health and her ability to conduct large scale programs and evaluations.  She is a passionate leader in evidence-based practice and working across sectors to create on-the-ground, community-based change.   She is currently expanding this work to identify opportunities between social entrepreneurship and social enterprise and the impacts for public health. Louise was recognised in 2018 as an inaugural Brisbane Lord Mayor’s Convention Trailblazer for her extensive work in chronic disease prevention in Queensland and national influence in health promotion.

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Core concepts

On completion of this course you will be able to:

  • Identify the steps involved in developing a theory of change
  • Use your theory of change to plan an evaluation
  • Compare and contrast different outcome measurement approaches
  • Pinpoint ethical issues that may impact the evaluation process
  • Discuss strategies to collect and analyse data about impact

Identify strategies for sharing evaluation findings with different stakeholders

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QUT EX course testimonial

"A great way to learn and sharpen my focus on measuring what matters most in the work I lead."

“The Social Impact Evaluation – Principles and Practices offered by QUTeX and Hand Heart Pocket is the perfect offering of theory, practice, activities and tools to measure the real impact of the work we do in our communities.  The coursework provided by the team at The Australian Centre for Philanthropy and Nonprofit Studies is well crafted to meet the needs of leaders, program leads for organisations creating social impact for their clients. Personally I have found the course materials, the group activities and meeting other like minded not for profit leaders, a great way to learn and sharpen my focus on measuring what matters most in the work I lead.  I would highly recommend this course to others interested in measuring all aspects of program delivery and impact, and connecting with other wonderful likeminded leaders of social change”. Click here to hear more from Chris.

Chris Seiboth

Executive Lead, Lutheran Services

Details

Where and when

QUT Executive Education Centre
B Block, QUT Gardens Point
2 George St, Brisbane QLD 4001

Registrations Closed

Session one: Friday, 3 September 2021 | 8.30am - 1pm

Session two: Friday, 1 October 2021 | 8.30am - 1pm

Session three: Friday, 5 November 2021 | 8.30am - 1pm

Please note, attendance by the same two people per organisation is required at all three sessions.

Certification

Certificate of completion provided.

Cost

Hand Heart Pocket subsidised price for two people - $500.00 (gst included)

There is no need to contact QUTeX or Hand Heart Pocket for subsidy, please register online via the "enrol now" button.

Full standard price for two people - $1450.00 (gst included)

Registration for this course requires two people from one organisation to attend.

Single registration is not available.

More details

You will be asked, Are you a charity registered with the ACNC?

Depending how you answer will decide if you can claim the Hand Heart Pocket subsidy. This is all done online via the registration site by clicking "enrol now".

  • Yes – Your organisation is eligible for two senior attendees on the course, subsidised by Hand Heart Pocket.
    • Please provide your ABN (11 digit number)
    • Please provide a link to your organisations’ entry on the ACNC Charity Register
    • Please list your charity program classifications as provided in your ACNC Annual Information Statement
  • No – Unfortunately your organisation is not eligible for subsidised places on the course. Full fee places are available.

Future course dates

Sunday 1 Jan 2023
Brisbane
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