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News, tips, and best practices to support your sustainability and social impact reporting, develop your strategies and champion your social value initiatives.
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Social value and COVID-19 recovery: Greater Manchester’s refreshed framework
21st October 2020Articles, COVID-19, Frameworks, Greater Manchester, Social ValuePost-pandemic, we’re all looking to build back better – whether that’s as businesses, individuals, communities, regions, or as a whole nation. We’re taking inspiration from Greater Manchester Combined Authority’s recently updated…
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Spreadsheet Shortcomings: Four Times Excel Dropped The Ball
6th October 2020Articles, Business, Data Collection, Social Value, SpreadsheetsSpreadsheets: great for mathematical calculations, organising your personal finances, or for planning your weekly schedule. But not necessarily the right answer for advanced, high-stakes data collection and analysis….
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Why simplicity sells in social value consulting
23rd September 2020Articles, Business, Consulting, Data Collection, Social ValueSocial value consultants make the CSR, charitable, or philanthropic arms of businesses run smoother and work harder. Tackling all the messy logistics of managing data, initiatives, KPIs, and measuring impact. Wouldn’t it be nice if…
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The dos and don’ts of using surveys: social value and beyond
16th September 2020Articles, Business, Data Collection, Social Value, Storytelling, Surveys, volunteeringSurveys are an excellent way to gather a wide range of data for many businesses and industries, both in terms of social value and beyond. With this in mind, we’ve put together our top ‘dos and don’ts’ when it comes to using surveys as…
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Social Value and Surveys: injecting human stories into your reports
9th September 2020Articles, Business, Data Collection, Social Value, Storytelling, Surveys, volunteeringSocial value is about making a tangible, human difference. It’s about people. Having a real-world impact on actual lives. Then why, so often, does social value reporting largely focus instead on cold figures and statistics?…
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The new frontier of social value part two: harnessing employee skills to make a difference
26th August 2020Articles, Business, coronavirus, COVID-19, employees, pandemic, recovery, Social Value, staff, volunteeringWhen it comes to social value generation, we encourage you to look at one of the largest resources at your organisation’s disposal. By this, we mean your staff. They’re a valuable resource you can harness to maximise the difference you…
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