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With the Australian Social Value Bank (ASVB) recently becoming a certified social enterprise, I was keen to attend my first Social Traders Conference in Melbourne. I wanted to gauge the current momentum behind the social...
Posted 18 Sep 2019
What is a theory of change? A theory of change should be at the core of your impact measurement methodology. Your theory of change should succinctly outline what is the need, what your intervention does...
Posted 26 Jun 2019
I’ve been there! You are the social impact lead, a.k.a. the only person who has the capacity or is willing to go over and above to deliver this new initiative! You need to find a...
Posted 20 Jun 2019
Like all social impact measurement approaches, the ASVB approach makes compromises but clearly meets the need of the for-purpose sector by making social impact measurement approachable and achievable and producing robust evidence on which to...
Posted 27 May 2019
Today, we are delighted to launch the first Financial Inclusion outcome value to be added to the Australian Social Value Bank – Financial Resilience. We would like to thank Credit Union Australia for their collaboration...
Posted 08 May 2019
At the end of March Social Impact Measurement Network Australia (SIMNA) held an event focused on ethics in impact measurement. Our Impact Specialist, Andrew Callaghan, was invited to be on a panel to share his experiences and...
Posted 30 Apr 2019
Today we launch the third in our series of government alignment papers, this time with a focus on the Victorian Government. Victoria is a hotspot for interest in using the ASVB at the moment and...
Posted 12 Mar 2019
Today we launch the second in our series of government alignment papers and we focus on Western Australia. Western Australia has a strong impact measurement community with its’ own social impact festival each year, organised...
Posted 21 Feb 2019
Governments here in Australia are changing the way in which they commission services and choose providers. The focus on the delivery of outcomes for individuals and communities is now being defined and guidance for commissioning...
Posted 30 Jan 2019
There are a number of methodologies commonly used to measure social value and we are going to compare Cost-Benefit Analysis (CBA) and Social Return On Investment (SROI). CBA is the oldest and most widely endorsed...
Posted 11 Dec 2018
