How can you articulate your Social Impact experience effectively?

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If you are passionate about making a positive difference in the world, you might have some Social Impact experience to showcase in your resume or interview. Social Impact is the effect of your actions or initiatives on the social and environmental well-being of others. It can include volunteering, activism, advocacy, fundraising, education, research, or entrepreneurship. However, simply listing your Social Impact activities is not enough to impress potential employers or collaborators. You need to articulate your Social Impact experience effectively, by following these tips:

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1 Align with your goals

Before you write or talk about your Social Impact experience, you need to identify your career goals and how they relate to the social issues you care about. What are the skills, values, and outcomes you want to highlight? How do they match the expectations and needs of your target audience? For example, if you are applying for a job in a nonprofit organization, you might want to emphasize your commitment, leadership, and impact measurement skills. If you are pitching a social venture idea, you might want to focus on your innovation, problem-solving, and sustainability skills.

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Elaine KA

Bridging Customer and Product at Amazon | ex-UNICEF | Columbia | Passion for customer-led tech innovations
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Also consider the goals of the organization or role. If you are interviewing, it makes it easier for the hiring manager to a) understand your impact and b) what you bring to the table when you speak about the impact through the lens of the business goals as well.

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2 Use the STAR method

The STAR method is a popular technique to structure responses to behavioral questions in interviews. This method stands for Situation, Task, Action, and Result. You can use it to clearly and concisely explain your Social Impact experience by providing examples and evidence of your accomplishments. For example, if you are asked to describe a time when you showed social responsibility, you can follow the STAR method as such: describe the context and challenge you faced, the goal or objective you had to achieve, the steps you took, the skills used, and the role played. Finally, highlight the outcome, the impact, and the learning gained.

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3 Quantify your impact

One of the most effective ways to articulate your Social Impact experience is to quantify your impact. This means using numbers, percentages, or other metrics to demonstrate the scope, scale, or magnitude of your actions or initiatives. For example, you can mention how many people you reached, how much money you raised, how much time you saved, or how much waste you reduced. Quantifying your impact can help you showcase your achievements, your value, and your potential.

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As an example - when in 2016 we at Cisco set a goal to positively impact 1 billion lives, we were very specific of how we would quantify impact. Within our One Billion Lives goal, positive impact occurs when an individual has gained access to a critical resource, learned something, or engaged in a meaningful way. For our social impact grants, positive impact is further defined based on the priority sector being addressed. For our social impact grants, this includes improved student attendance and engagement; decreased drop-out rates; increased student mastery of subject matter, etc.; improvements in teacher capacity, satisfaction, performance, etc.

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4 Tell a story

Another powerful way to articulate your Social Impact experience is to tell a story. A story can help you connect with your audience emotionally, show your personality, and illustrate your passion. A story can also help you demonstrate your challenges, your motivations, and your learnings. To tell a compelling story, you need to have a clear beginning, middle, and end, and use vivid details, sensory language, and anecdotes. For example, you can start by describing what inspired you to get involved in a Social Impact project, then explain what you did and what you learned, and end by sharing how it changed you or others.

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Dr Brendan King ????

Multi Award-winning Impact & Evaluation | Social Research & Gender Consultant | Internationally Published Author | Storytelling with Data | Mentor | Speaker
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Telling a story, or 'speaking with data', requires creativity and clarity in the message(s) you want readers or observers to take away with them. I try and adopt a rule of three: what three takeaways can one take from a section, chapter or an entire social impact report. Don't be afraid to use explicit messaging - calling out your inferences (emphasis on yours and not everyone's) - while noting the appropriate limitations of caveats. Remember, most people won't have full sight of your methods, analyses or context. Most will also not be overly enthusiastic about doing the intellectual or cognitive gymnastics to interpret your data into a coherent narrative. Be prepared to do the heavy lifting yourself!

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5 Seek feedback

Finally, to articulate your Social Impact experience effectively, you need to seek feedback from others. Feedback can help you improve your communication skills, identify your strengths and weaknesses, and tailor your message to different audiences. You can ask for feedback from your peers, mentors, coaches, or experts in the field of Social Impact. You can also practice your writing or speaking skills in front of a mirror, a recorder, or a friend. Feedback can help you refine your content, your structure, and your delivery.

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6 Here’s what else to consider

This is a space to share examples, stories, or insights that don’t fit into any of the previous sections. What else would you like to add?

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1 Align with your goals

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3 Quantify your impact

4 Tell a story

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