Our Work

Maximising Impact

We offer the below services to help our partner organizations maximize impact. Please click on each to know more.

• Theory of Change

  We work with our partner organizations in bringing in greater clarity in their stated vision and goals, at the same time mapping the vision and goals to the programme interventions. This is achieved by using the industry best practice of developing a Theory of Change (ToC). The ToC identifies the long term and medium term outcomes, and links them to the interventions of the partner organization on the ground, thus outlining a clear pathway of change. As part of the exercise, the assumptions being made in achieving the outcomes and the risks associated are also outlined, thus helping in developing a strong risk mitigation strategy. Less

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• MEL framework

  We work with the partner organizations to develop a comprehensive Monitoring, Evaluation and Learning (MEL) framework, to operationalize the ToC in their day-to-day work. The primary goals of the MEL framework development are to help assess their programme's progress on a real time basis as well as frequently report on the progress to the donor agencies / incubators. The MEL framework details out the impact metrics for each stage of the ToC and the study methodologies recommended for capturing these metrics. Additionally, other details like the frequency of data capture, the points of data collection and the scope of each study methodology (sample, census) are outlined leading to clarity on the resources required, timelines and roles and responsibilities. Less

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• Monitoring solution

  We work with the partner organizations to develop a customized progress monitoring system which is instrumental in tracking progress on a real time basis and enabling timely course correction. The questions in the monitoring system are drawn from the impact metrics developed as part of the MEL framework. We use technology in the form of an open source cloud based mobile app software (Commcare), to enable capture of data in a timely manner with high data quality. Since progress monitoring is an ongoing process, our focus is also on capacity building of relevant personnel in the organization. This ensures that any further iterations to the system can be carried out by the organization internally, thus institutionalising the practice of review and monitoring. Less

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• Role-based dashboards

  With the twin aims of supporting decision making and communicating impact to external stakeholders, we create role based online dashboards which reflect the progress achieved on the KPIs finalized as per the organization's ToC. These dashboards are built from certain templates which are customized as per the organization's needs. The dashboards have a good mix of infographics like heat maps to better visualize the outreach and progress as per the ToC. We also bring in distinction between visualization of a strategic and operational nature which can be seen in the dashboard wireframe sample below. Less

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• Strategy realignment

  Organizations, especially in their initial years, need to realign their strategy at a much greater frequency compared to more mature organizations. As part of our impact maximization support, we engage with organizations through a self-assessment tool, delivered in a workshop mode. The tool allows for a comprehensive relook at the different components of the organization's strategy and provides a quantitative understanding of the gaps in strategy. This allows for the organization to work on these gaps and achieve scale more effectively. Less

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• Impact assessment

  We work as a Third-Party Assessor to present an objective evaluation of the organisation's overall achievement and progress based on the organisation's questions, objectives and baseline. We also assess impact and attribution to the organisation on the ground, in the process answering both the 'What' and the 'Why' of change. Less