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As a funder, you want to know that your investment has made a return. The primary return from social programs is going to be social value. The Australian Social Value Bank (ASVB) is the only...
Posted 29 Nov 2018
I have asked myself this question a lot in the last couple of years. Every few months I take some time to seriously reflect upon my skills, and recently, not so seriously, when adding hashtags to social...
Posted 21 Nov 2018
Top 5 Survey Tools We’ve researched, trialled and worked with many of the top survey tools over our careers. These are our personal favourites and a good starting point for anyone in the market for survey...
Posted 20 Nov 2018
“The math is simple: if an evaluation whose cost is equal to 5 per cent of the grants under review delivers results that are 10 per cent better as a result of the evaluative information,...
Posted 01 Nov 2018
Those of us pursuing a social purpose, are facing more pressure to not only create positive change in the world, but also to prove it. And the only way to really prove the amount of...
Posted 23 Jul 2018
The ASVB uses a method called Wellbeing Valuation (WV) to convert the value of social outcomes into dollar terms. But what is Wellbeing Valuation, and why do we use it? In general, wellbeing can be...
Posted 27 Sep 2017
The ASVB Value Calculator uses Cost-Benefit Analysis to calculate the social impact created by an activity as this is the approach recommended in government guidelines across the OECD. The Australian Government is “committed to the use...
Posted 25 Aug 2017
