Impact Measurement and Management – Perspectives from the Frontline

The last decade has seen an increase in impact measurement and reporting among social purpose organisations and a call for more systemised impact management and reporting. Progress has been made in recent years with the development of frameworks, tools and metrics to measure and report on impact. But has the burgeoning of impact measurement activity succeeded in meeting both objectives of driving learning and improvement as well as proving impact?

Buzzacott, Matter & Co. and The Good Economy undertook a survey to understanding the social enterprise practitioner perspective on impact measurement. The results in this report present a revealing picture about impact measurement practices and uses of findings.