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Smarter Social Value: The Human Future of AI, Local Needs and Impact

What does social value actually look like inside a major technology company – and how do you measure it in a way that means something?

In this webinar, Catherine Manning (Director of Impact Practice, Impact Reporting & Programme Director of MeasureUp) is joined by Shelley Cotterill, Head of Social Value at DXC Technology – one of the world’s leading enterprise tech and innovation partners. Together they dig into the real, practical side of doing social value in a tech company: the programmes DXC runs, the policy context driving it, and a live experiment using the MeasureUp framework to actually value two of DXC’s flagship initiatives.

What’s covered:

  • Why tech companies can’t afford to ignore social value – and what the updated Social Value Model (PPN 002) means for government suppliers
  • DXC’s Dandelion Programme – supporting neurodiverse talent into tech careers (92% retention, 30–40% productivity uplift)
  • The Digital Futures Academy – a four-year STEM programme now running in Manchester, Glasgow and Newcastle
  • 7,014 STEM volunteer hours – and what that’s actually worth using MeasureUp
  • The key lesson: data and metrics help shape your social value story — but you still need to be able to tell it
  • What’s coming in 2026: digital skills gaps, gender imbalance in AI, and where the real opportunities are
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Smarter Social Value: The Human Future of AI, Local Needs and Impact

AI is everywhere — but how can it genuinely help social value leaders do better work, faster, and with more confidence?

In this thought-provoking session, we unpacked three converging themes: the growing expectation on organisations to demonstrate meaningful social value; the rapid evolution of artificial intelligence; and the need for tailored, evidence-led local needs analyses to drive quality outcomes.

  • The opportunity: how AI can scale social value measurement, local-needs diagnostics, and outcome-tracking more effectively.
  • The challenge: what social value teams need to know about bias, explainability, data integrity and ethics in AI.
  • Use case spotlight: AI-powered local needs analysis – why it matters, how it works, and how you can use it to strengthen bids, strategies and reporting.
  • Trends & future view: emerging modes of AI (agentic models, synthetic data, generative approaches) and what they mean for social value leaders now.
  • Practical guidance: first-steps, governance, tool-selection, and how to build an AI-ready social value function (without waiting for perfection).
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Beyond the Scorecard Winning Social Value Bids with MeasureUp

Social value is no longer just a “nice-to-have” — it’s often the deciding factor in procurement. In this MeasureUp webinar, Catherine Manning (Impact Reporting & MeasureUp) is joined by Lucy Wildig (BPP Education Group) and David Oakes (KLOW Consulting) to explore:

  • Why social value matters in procurement
  • The challenges still facing commissioners and bidders
  • Practical examples of how to win bids with impact commitments
  • Top tips for both suppliers and contracting authorities
  • What’s next for social value: place-based priorities, accountability, and AI
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Beyond Carbon: Practical Environmental & Wellbeing Valuation with MeasureUp

  • How to scope environmental impacts first (the “bake the cake before you ice it” approach), then choose valuation methods where they’re actually warranted.
  • A plain-English tour of carbon valuation methods: traded price, marginal abatement cost, social cost – and what aligns with UK Green Book guidance.
  • How to value beyond carbon: waste, water, air quality, biodiversity/nature, noise and green space, and where wellbeing evidence fits.
  • Common pitfalls (like “only counting the positives”) and how to stay proportionate.
  • What’s new in MeasureUp: initial environmental values including Scope 1 and 3, plus waste management examples – and what’s coming next.

Speakers: Allan Little (State of Life) and Catherine Manning (Impact Reporting)

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MeasureUp: Lifting the lid on social valuation

Where do you start with meaningful social value measurement? How do you quantify the impact of tackling loneliness? Providing more access to green spaces? Engaging young people in STEM activities? Improving mental health? 

In this on-demand webinar, you’ll learn all about MeasureUp and how it can help you make sense of these softer, harder-to-capture outcomes. Whether you’re a social value novice or an experienced practitioner, this tool offers a practical pathway for improvement – and it’s free to use.

Speakers: Matt Haworth (Impact Reporting), Will Watt (State of Life), Catherine Manning (Impact Reporting)

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SE100 Coffee Breaks with Pioneer Post: How to be brilliant at reporting on your impact

In this webinar, hosted in partnership with NatWest Social Community & Captial and sponsored by Impact Reporting, host Tim West talks with impact measurement experts and award-winning social enterprises to delve into impact reporting for social businesses.

Speakers: Verena Hefti MBE FRSA (Leaders Plus), Ben White (Impact Reporting), Dr Teàrlach Wilson (An Taigh Ceilidh), Aishwarya Bajpai (NatWest Social Community & Capital), Brendan Hegarty (NatWest Social Community & Capital)

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