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Approach
What type of assessment are you looking for?
Tools
Methods
Best Practices
Purpose
What is your end-goal?
Assessment
Management
Certification
Organization
What type of organization would you like to assess?
NGO/nonprofit
Program Cluster
Social Enterprise
Government
Foundation
Social Investor
Sector
What sector would you like to assess?
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General sector applicability
Civil Rights, Social Action, Advocacy
Education
Employment
Environment
Food, Nutrition, Agriculture
Health General and Rehabilitative
Housing/Shelter
Human Services
Microfinance
Philanthropy, Grantmaking Foundations
Other
Focus
What are you measuring?
Organizational Effectiveness
Social Impact
Cultural
Economic
Environmental
Political
Social
At what stage of the impact value chain?
Outputs
Outcomes
Impact
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Geography
What type of geography are you assessing?
Developing Countries
Developed Countries
User
Which type of organization do you represent?
NGO/nonprofit
Program Cluster
Social Enterprise
Government
Foundation
Social Investor
Intervention
What type of intervention would you like to assess?
Knowledge Development
Capacity Enhancement and Skills Development
Enabling Systems and Infrastructure
Service/Product Development and Delivery
Behavior Change
Policy Development and Implementation
Stage
At what stage of the solution are you working?
Frame the Problem
Develop Approach
Demonstrate and Refine Solution
Scale and Sustain
Cost
What costs may be incurred?
Technology Costs
Subscription/Licensing Fees
Third Party Consultant Costs
Yes
Yes
Yes
No
No
No
Techniques
If searching for methods or best practices, which of the following planning techniques would you like to use?
Stakeholder Consultation
Issue Mapping
Formative Evaluation
Logic Model
Evaluability Model
Which of the following data gathering methods would you like to use?
Interviews
Direct Observations
Program Data Collection
Focus Groups
Participant Surveys
External Data Collection
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