Building an Impact Framework & Next Steps
Your framework has 3 parts:
- Impact Statements – the big idea of the change you want to see.
- Indicators – how you’ll know if the impact is present or absent.
- Principles of Change – why you work the way you do, and what you believe drives change.
Now that you have this framework, the next step is to gather data to see whether impact is happening—and where it may not be.
Two Pathways for Gathering Data:
- Outside the Triangle (Quantitative): What people know, do, and feel — measured through surveys.
- Inside the Triangle (Qualitative): How people are believing, becoming, and loving differently — explored through qualitative methods.
Qualitative Evaluation Steps (next lessons):
- Design good qualitative questions that surface real change.
- Conduct interviews in a way that draws out deep insights.
- Analyse qualitative data to identify transformation.
Key Idea:
- Qualitative evaluation is not just open-ended questions or anecdotes.
- It reveals deeper transformation — shifts in beliefs, identity, and what people love.
This is where we begin: exploring qualitative evaluation as a way to uncover evidence of inner change.