Impact Stories: Combining Stories and Data to Better Prove Impact

Description

The services that nonprofits and programs provide are life-changing. Unfortunately, many organizations struggle to capture, interpret and utilize their life-changing data in a meaningful way.

For many social workers, the anecdotes – or the stories of the people you work with – come naturally, but they have a harder time effectively blending the data and impact into more meaningful stories.

An impact story, or an authentic melding of data and empathy, can be used within an organization to prove community and participant impact. There’s tremendous power in how we share impact and how it’s put out into the community. The impact story can be used in a variety of ways: create infographics and flyers, include them in grant applications and present them to your board.

This session aims to explore reporting best practices and how to incorporate data to tell your program and participant stories and journeys fully.