You're passionate about social impact. How can you make a bigger difference with your skills?

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You're passionate about social impact. How can you make a bigger difference with your skills? Whether you work for a nonprofit, a social enterprise, or a for-profit company, you want to use your talents and expertise to create positive change in the world. But how can you measure and improve your impact? How can you align your personal and professional goals with the needs and expectations of your stakeholders? How can you communicate your value and learn from your challenges? In this article, we'll share some tips and tools to help you answer these questions and enhance your performance as a social impact professional.

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Barry B.

CEO @ Association Ventures | Adjunct Professor Social Entrepreneurship University of Denver
Dheeraj Verma

Merging Social Good & Tech Excellence | Ex-Product, Dhwani RIS
Tarun Varma

I love bringing teams together to set & meet world class goals in business and impact // Share insights from 4 career…

1 Assess your impact

The first step to making a bigger difference with your skills is to assess your current impact. This means defining your goals, indicators, and data sources for measuring your social and environmental outcomes. You can use frameworks such as the Theory of Change, the Logic Model, or the Impact Value Chain to map out your inputs, activities, outputs, outcomes, and impacts. You can also use tools such as surveys, interviews, focus groups, or case studies to collect and analyze data from your beneficiaries, partners, funders, and other stakeholders. By assessing your impact, you can identify your strengths, weaknesses, opportunities, and threats, and set realistic and relevant targets for improvement.

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Barry B.

CEO @ Association Ventures | Adjunct Professor Social Entrepreneurship University of Denver
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Defining your goals is a critical first step in creating meaningful change. It sets a clear direction for your efforts and provides a benchmark for success. By articulating what you aim to achieve, you can align your activities, measure progress effectively, and make informed decisions to maximize your impact.

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Dheeraj Verma

Merging Social Good & Tech Excellence | Ex-Product, Dhwani RIS
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Hey there! I've been working in social impact for a while now, and let me tell you, it's awesome! But it's not always sunshine and rainbows. Here's how you can use your skills to make a real dent in the world: Teamwork Makes the Dream Work: You're a collab whiz? Connect non-profits, governments, and communities. Together they're unstoppable! Friendship is Magic (and Impact): Great with people? Build strong partnerships! The right connections make projects hit the jackpot. Tech Hero: See a tech issue? Fix it! Design user-friendly solutions that make a real difference.

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2 Plan your development

The next step to making a bigger difference with your skills is to plan your professional development. This means identifying your knowledge, skills, and attitudes that are essential for your role and your impact. You can use frameworks such as the Social Impact Competency Model, the Social Entrepreneurship Competency Framework, or the Social Innovation Skills Framework to assess your current level of competence and your learning needs. You can also use tools such as personal development plans, learning contracts, or mentorship programs to set your learning objectives, strategies, and resources. By planning your development, you can enhance your capabilities, confidence, and credibility, and achieve your career aspirations.

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Barry B.

CEO @ Association Ventures | Adjunct Professor Social Entrepreneurship University of Denver
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Planning your professional development is essential for amplifying your impact. Identifying core competencies through frameworks like the Social Impact Competency Model or the Social Entrepreneurship Competency Framework helps pinpoint where you stand and what you need to learn. Utilizing personal development plans or mentorship programs enables setting clear learning objectives. This strategic approach boosts your capabilities, confidence, and credibility, paving the way to fulfilling your career aspirations and making a more significant difference.

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3 Implement your actions

The third step to making a bigger difference with your skills is to implement your actions. This means applying your knowledge, skills, and attitudes to your daily tasks and projects, and delivering your expected outputs and outcomes. You can use frameworks such as the Project Management Cycle, the Design Thinking Process, or the Lean Startup Methodology to plan, execute, monitor, and evaluate your actions. You can also use tools such as action plans, checklists, feedback forms, or dashboards to track your progress, performance, and impact. By implementing your actions, you can demonstrate your value, solve problems, and create solutions that make a positive difference in the world.

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4 Reflect on your learning

The fourth step to making a bigger difference with your skills is to reflect on your learning. This means reviewing your actions, outcomes, and impacts, and identifying your achievements, challenges, and lessons learned. You can use frameworks such as the Kolb's Experiential Learning Cycle, the Gibbs' Reflective Cycle, or the Schon's Reflection-in-Action and Reflection-on-Action to structure your reflection process. You can also use tools such as journals, portfolios, blogs, or podcasts to document and share your learning. By reflecting on your learning, you can improve your understanding, awareness, and insights, and foster your personal and professional growth.

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Tarun Varma

I love bringing teams together to set & meet world class goals in business and impact // Share insights from 4 career transitions across nations & life in the Nordics
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Understand as many players and stakeholders as possible in the ecosystem. Large companies, nonprofits, investors, government and infleuncers etc all have a role to play. - Who can do what? - how does it all come together? - where is catalysis and where is there a gap? Being able to bring it all together and having a thesis is a superpower.

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5 Collaborate with others

The fifth step to making a bigger difference with your skills is to collaborate with others. This means engaging with your colleagues, partners, beneficiaries, funders, and other stakeholders, and building relationships, trust, and synergy. You can use frameworks such as the Stakeholder Analysis, the Partnership Development Cycle, or the Co-Creation Process to identify, prioritize, and involve your collaborators. You can also use tools such as communication plans, feedback mechanisms, or online platforms to communicate, coordinate, and co-create with your collaborators. By collaborating with others, you can leverage your collective strengths, resources, and networks, and amplify your impact.

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Simran Srivastava

Founder, Mental Health Decolonized | Content & Campaigns Specialist, Pride Circle (Pride Cares & India Workplace Equality Index) | Feminist & Gender Activist ?????
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Collaborative efforts are vital for achieving social impact by uniting diverse stakeholders' strengths, resources, and expertise. Collaboration helps in: - Leveraging diverse perspectives to foster innovative problem-solving for multifaceted social issues. - Pooling resources by combining funding, manpower, and infrastructure to amplify impact. - Maximizing efficiency by streamlining processes and reducing redundancy. - Building partnerships to facilitate knowledge-sharing, capacity building and mutual support. - Fostering community engagement with local stakeholders to build culturally appropriate solutions. - Driving systemic change by empowering stakeholders to advocate for policy reform and address root causes.

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6 Celebrate your success

The sixth and final step to making a bigger difference with your skills is to celebrate your success. This means acknowledging your achievements, outcomes, and impacts, and recognizing your contributions, efforts, and learnings. You can use frameworks such as the Appreciative Inquiry, the Positive Psychology, or the Strengths-Based Approach to focus on your positive aspects and experiences. You can also use tools such as certificates, awards, testimonials, or stories to showcase and share your success. By celebrating your success, you can boost your motivation, satisfaction, and well-being, and inspire yourself and others to continue making a difference.

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7 Here’s what else to consider

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1 Assess your impact

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4 Reflect on your learning

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