Understanding Your SROI: Why Context Matters

Understanding Your SROI: Why Context Matters

The increasing interest in using Social Return on Investment (SROI) as a way to understand and communicate the value that is created by an organization or program has led to important conversations among those who are passionate about creating change in their...
The Value of Social Enterprise

The Value of Social Enterprise

Before we begin to think about what the value of social enterprise might be, we need to be clear about what social enterprise actually is. While there is no specific legal definition of a social enterprise as an entity, and there are many different potential...
Measuring Impact: Moving from idea to action

Measuring Impact: Moving from idea to action

For the past several months, I have been studying the impact measurement agenda sitting alongside and beyond the typical boundaries of SiMPACT’s work. Examples of investments that are a part of the impact agenda include investments across a wide range of social issues...
Prioritizing Triple-Bottom-Line Initiatives: Part 2

Prioritizing Triple-Bottom-Line Initiatives: Part 2

Part 2: DECIDE In Part 1 of this article, we looked at design. Our example: Let’s take a small air pollution control company that wants to improve its triple bottom line. After the board of directors outlines their TBL policy guides, they have their company assessed...
Shifting Perspectives and Transforming Systems

Shifting Perspectives and Transforming Systems

Part 5 of Mike’s 5-part leadership series   The University of British Columbia is one of Canada’s largest and most prestigious universities, and consistently ranks among the top 40 academic institutions in the world. Renowned for its Nobel Prize-winning...
SROI is a marathon, not a sprint

SROI is a marathon, not a sprint

On May 27th in Calgary, more than 11,200 people participated in a series of running events organized by the Calgary Marathon Society. Options included a 5k, 10k, half marathon and full marathon events, with a 1km children’s marathon for 500 enthusiastic and aspiring...

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