How it works.
Our social impact analytics platform is built to support a phased-approach that considers all aspects of data for your impact organization.
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Goals
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Stories
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Analyze data and visualize impact.UpMetrics makes it easy for everyone in your organization to visualize impact and gather insights. Our flexible data visualization tools were designed specifically with impact organizations in mind, so you can understand what your data is telling you and make informed decisions.
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Share ongoing progress towards goals.The UpMetrics platform allows you to show others the impact you are making over time. Track ongoing progress towards goals and share updates in real time to keep your community up to date.
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Tell compelling stories that drive impact.Telling your story should be more than just numbers. Supporters and stakeholders want to understand the transformative work you are doing on the ground level of your organization. Collect anecdotes, articles, testimonials, photos, and more, and share with easy-to-use tools to capture your complete story.
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Collect data and centralize from multiple sources.With UpMetrics easy-to-use Data Collector tool, you can deploy mobile-friendly surveys and update data dashboards in real-time.
No matter where your data lives, UpMetrics allows you to gather data from multiple sources in one place. By centralizing data into the UpMetrics platform, you are able to analyze the data in a timely manner, and use up-to-date information to make decisions. |
Simplify reporting with sharing tools.With UpMetrics sharing tools, you can streamline reporting to show donors, investors, or stakeholders the impact you are making. Track ongoing progress towards goals and provide ongoing updates in real-time via shareable data dashboards.
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What is Social Impact Measurement?
A social impact assessment attempts to map out how your target communities benefit directly and indirectly from your organization’s activities. It requires setting goals and applying social impact metrics to track those goals. It is imperative that to measure the overall impact of your organization, you have absolute clarity concerning your overall impact. UpMetrics allows you to have a complete view of your organization’s efforts, not program by program or activity by activity.
You need measurable and meaningful data from many sources, not just one, to achieve the context needed to understand the true impact you're making and the true root causes of the change you want to drive social impact analytics.
UpMetrics created the DeCAL method to measure social impact. Some of the social impact metrics you may incorporate include sustainability, the beneficiaries, the ways in which people benefit, and the number of people who are benefitting.
We understand how difficult a subject this can be to tackle. This is why we have developed an innovative, cutting-edge impact analytics platform to enable your organization to manage its true impact on the communities you serve. It blends quantitative and qualitative data functions, providing the flexibility and depth for impact organizations to collect, analyze and communicate impact with data-driven stories.
You need measurable and meaningful data from many sources, not just one, to achieve the context needed to understand the true impact you're making and the true root causes of the change you want to drive social impact analytics.
UpMetrics created the DeCAL method to measure social impact. Some of the social impact metrics you may incorporate include sustainability, the beneficiaries, the ways in which people benefit, and the number of people who are benefitting.
We understand how difficult a subject this can be to tackle. This is why we have developed an innovative, cutting-edge impact analytics platform to enable your organization to manage its true impact on the communities you serve. It blends quantitative and qualitative data functions, providing the flexibility and depth for impact organizations to collect, analyze and communicate impact with data-driven stories.
Why is Impact Measurement Important?
Studies have shown that consumers are increasingly looking to do business with companies that make a social impact. With causes ranging from climate change to racial inequality, investors and customers are looking to work with businesses that align with their values. As social issues become increasingly complex and our community needs expand, it is also crucial for philanthropic organizations to be measuring impact. It is the only way to ensure you’re addressing the root causes of the issues and challenges you’re looking to impact for positive change.
Impact measurement shows stakeholders what your organization is doing with its money and how it is making a difference on their behalf. Furthermore, it fuels informed decision making resulting in decisions that inspire action.
With impact measurement data, you can analyze both the quantitative and qualitative aspects of your organization.
Benefits of Impact Measurement
Social impact measurement that is rooted in measurable and meaningful data is essential to demonstrate value to stakeholders. Social impact analytics provides you with the insight and context to communicate your impact in a way that inspires action and results in buy-in—both of which are essential to achieving your mission.
At UpMetrics, we believe measuring social impact in an impact analytics platform has real, tangible business benefits, such as:
Impact measurement shows stakeholders what your organization is doing with its money and how it is making a difference on their behalf. Furthermore, it fuels informed decision making resulting in decisions that inspire action.
With impact measurement data, you can analyze both the quantitative and qualitative aspects of your organization.
Benefits of Impact Measurement
Social impact measurement that is rooted in measurable and meaningful data is essential to demonstrate value to stakeholders. Social impact analytics provides you with the insight and context to communicate your impact in a way that inspires action and results in buy-in—both of which are essential to achieving your mission.
At UpMetrics, we believe measuring social impact in an impact analytics platform has real, tangible business benefits, such as:
- Bettering the Community – If you’re trying to make a social impact, it’s important to be able to see how much you’re helping. How close are you to your goals? How can you accelerate the development of your programs? Measuring impact enables you to answer all these questions.
- Attracting Investment – If you receive outside funding, you must be able to show your results and track your progress, pivoting as needed to attract additional investment. By accurately measuring your social impact, you can also drive conversations with your board in a productive and effective manner.
- Marketing Your Brand – Social impact could be the differentiating factor between you and your closest competitors. Impact is a viable marketing strategy that offers a competitive edge. It involves data-driven storytelling, with impact measurement data informing brand stories. These stories can help communicate otherwise complex ideas.
- Trust – In an increasingly skeptical world, backing up your words with provable actions is vital to your future success. Your target audience wants to see fact-based results in the real world rather than on paper. Specifically, they want to be able to trust your organization.
- Impact Measurement – The results of an impact study serve as launching points for future projects across your organization. By measuring impact on a platform like UpMetrics, you’re removing data silos which allows you to analyze multiple sources of data at once.
How You Should Measure Impact?
Figuring out how to measure social impact is tough because this is not an exact science. It requires an approach that differs from the way in which you measure other business metrics. At UpMetrics, we rely on the DeCal method to measure impact.
With social impact analytics, you greatly improve your data capacity. Our platform can streamline the process of running reports and collecting data. The time you save on these tasks can be devoted to things like applying for more grants for your nonprofit. In addition, social impact analytics provides the information you need to make data actionable.
Measuring social impact is about using the right social impact software for the job, one that incorporates qualitative and quantitative data.
The concept of “impact” cannot be boiled down to a single number. There must be a story behind the data since there is no way one can put a number on happiness, equality, or justice.
UpMetrics’ impact analytics platform is built to reveal the stories behind the numbers. Rather than wasting time drowning in irrelevant numbers, our social impact software takes into account all quantitative and qualitative data to show your overall impact.
Investors and customers don’t just want your social impact as a percentage. They want to see the people behind the numbers.
Telling your story is easy with UpMetrics. We are more than an impact measurement tool. With our platform, you have access to features like dashboards and data collectors, as well as the capability to gather photos, articles, anecdotes, and more to capture the full story alongside your data.
The UpMetrics’ platform takes the concept of an impact assessment tool to the next level, making it easier than ever before to demonstrate the values of your organization in the real world.
Common Metrics for Measuring Impact
The most common difficulty organizations have when conducting impact measurement is choosing the right metrics for measuring impact. The truth is metrics depend on the business. Common social impact metrics include:
Public data
Survey
Reporting
With social impact analytics, you greatly improve your data capacity. Our platform can streamline the process of running reports and collecting data. The time you save on these tasks can be devoted to things like applying for more grants for your nonprofit. In addition, social impact analytics provides the information you need to make data actionable.
Measuring social impact is about using the right social impact software for the job, one that incorporates qualitative and quantitative data.
The concept of “impact” cannot be boiled down to a single number. There must be a story behind the data since there is no way one can put a number on happiness, equality, or justice.
UpMetrics’ impact analytics platform is built to reveal the stories behind the numbers. Rather than wasting time drowning in irrelevant numbers, our social impact software takes into account all quantitative and qualitative data to show your overall impact.
Investors and customers don’t just want your social impact as a percentage. They want to see the people behind the numbers.
Telling your story is easy with UpMetrics. We are more than an impact measurement tool. With our platform, you have access to features like dashboards and data collectors, as well as the capability to gather photos, articles, anecdotes, and more to capture the full story alongside your data.
The UpMetrics’ platform takes the concept of an impact assessment tool to the next level, making it easier than ever before to demonstrate the values of your organization in the real world.
Common Metrics for Measuring Impact
The most common difficulty organizations have when conducting impact measurement is choosing the right metrics for measuring impact. The truth is metrics depend on the business. Common social impact metrics include:
Public data
- Demographic information
- Employment rates
- Graduation rates
Survey
- Satisfaction levels
- Psychographic
- Perceived change
Reporting
- Number of volunteers
- Total meals served
- Number grantees
- Average grant size
UpMetrics Solutions
We understand how difficult it can be to gather all the relevant numbers and aggregate all this data for your impact organization.
That’s why our impact analytics platform makes it easy to aggregate numbers from any source, collect new data with our data collector tool, and import them into user-friendly dashboards. Better yet, the dashboards power conversations that allow you to develop deep connections with your community and investors because it presents key data points clearly. You can also use our platform to measure change through data-driven stories that accelerate impact. At UpMetrics we simplify reporting and make it easy to build and develop your organization’s impact measurement framework.
That’s why our impact analytics platform makes it easy to aggregate numbers from any source, collect new data with our data collector tool, and import them into user-friendly dashboards. Better yet, the dashboards power conversations that allow you to develop deep connections with your community and investors because it presents key data points clearly. You can also use our platform to measure change through data-driven stories that accelerate impact. At UpMetrics we simplify reporting and make it easy to build and develop your organization’s impact measurement framework.
