Assemble your team to learn more about what your organization can and should measure so that you (and your funders) truly understand the value of your program.

• What data are you currently collecting?
• Is there more you could collect?
• What is the difference between an output and an outcome? And how are both of those different from impact?
• Should you measure the indirect or spillover effects of your program?
• Can you learn anything from a random sample of your program beneficiaries?
• How do you design and administer a meaningful survey?
• Once you have your data, how do you make sense of it? And how do you explain it to others?
• Do you need to reinvent the wheel? Can you use findings from other programs to help you make sense of your organization’s program?
• Why do funders care about this data?