Burgess COMMENTARY

Peter Burgess

Speakers See an outline of the program here. TALKING DATA: MEASUREMENT WITH A MESSAGE The Social Impact Analyst Association's Annual Conference: 3rd – 4th November 2014 Keynote /// Trina Chiasson Trina Chiasson, Co-founder & CEO, Infoactive, co-author of Data + Design: A Simple Introduction to Preparing and Visualizing Information, will talk about how data visualizations can improve your impact. Read more >> Ken Berger Ken Berger, President & CEO, Charity Navigator, will present a plenary with Tris Lumley (see below) and provide a brief historical review of how donors, institutional funders, and nonprofits have considered and responded to the demand for impact data. Read more >> Benoit Gauthier Benoît Gauthier, President of the Canadian Evaluation Society, will talk about what evaluation has to say on serving the needs of decision makers. Read more >> Adrian Hornsby Adrian Hornsby, Head of Research at Investing for Good, and author of The Good Analyst and The Good Investor, will present a plenary on Talking Data-to-Data. Read more >> lumleytris250_250 Tris Lumley, Director of Development, NPC and Trustee of SIAA, will present a plenary with Ken Berger and provide a brief historical review of how donors, institutional funders, and nonprofits have considered and responded to the demand for impact data. Read more >> Workshops Jaan ApsJaan Aps, Chairman of the Management Board of Estonian Social Enterprise Network and creator of Stories for Impact, will host a workshop on simple, efficient and creative solutions for small-scale change-makers. Read more >> SONY DSCSharon Brodovsky, Principal at Sharon Brodovsky Consulting, will bring together three managers’ perspectives on social impact reporting. Read more >> John Burrett - CopyJohn Burrett, Principal Consultant at Capacity Research and Resonance Inc, will present a workshop on the optimal presentation of data and findings, using principles of visual perception and story telling. Read more >> Read John’s blog on the topic here >> Tim CrabbeTim Crabbe, Chair of Substance, will introduce the new shared measurement tool Sportworks to talk about using data to assess risk impact and value. Read more >> Lindsay EckleyDr Lindsay Eckley, Health and Wellbeing Researcher at the Centre for Public Health, Liverpool John Moores University, will present an interactive workshop with Gayle Whelan on the impact of impact measurement – how data talks and changes future work. Read more >> John GarganiJohn Gargani, President at Gargani + Company Inc, will present new research on SROI and impact measurement methods in his workshop Avoiding Bias in the Valuation of Impacts. Read more >> Sean GeobeySean Geobey is Research Manager at the Waterloo Institute for Social Innovation and Resilience. His workshop, Measuring and Creating Social Value, will illustrate the perceived tradeoff between profitability and social impact. Read more >> Alicia McCoyAlicia McCoy, Research and Evaluation Manager at Family Life, will talk about how we can create an organisational culture for social impact measurement. Read more >> Sarah MortonSarah Morton, Co-Director at the Centre for Research on Families and Relationships, will speak about tracing and measuring the social outcomes from research. Read more >> Eibhlin Ni OgainEibhlín Ní Ógáin, Insights Manager for Nesta Impact Investments, will host a workshop on the impact in Impact Investing, which will discuss approaches to impact measurement and reporting in Social Investment. Read more >> IMG_1654 David Pritchard, Head of Measurement and Evaluation at NPC, will host a workshop on the next generation of social impact reporting. Read more >> Jane Reisman AEA Photo Headshot from ItalyJane Reisman, President of ORS Impact, will host a workshop with Sarah Stachowiak on how to get more from measurement. Read more >> Sarah Stachowiak headshot Sarah Stachowiak, CEO of ORS Impact, will host a workshop with Jane Reisman on how to get more from measurement. Read more >> Emma Tomkinson Emma Tomkinson, Australian representative of SIAA’s Country Impact Groups program and member of the Social Impact Measurement Network Australia (SIMNA) NSW Committee, will present research findings from an international survey gathering data on global state of play of social impact analysis. Read more >> Anne Vo Anne Vo, Associate Director of the University of California Educational Evaluation Center at UCLA, will talk about understanding the measurement of social impact in the context of social investment. Read more >> Gayle Whelan Gayle Whelan, Research Fellow at the Institute of Cultural Capital, will present an interactive workshop with Dr Lindsay Eckley on the impact of impact measurement – how data talks and changes future work. Read more >> Steve Williams Steve Williams, President of Constructive Public Engagement, will talk about how we can engage the public with data in his workshop: Using visualizations to build shared understanding, experiment with systems and make tough choices. Read more >> Garth Yule Garth Yule, Engagement Manager at Junxion Strategy will lead the workshop What You Should Know and Show: Build Your Own Performance Snapshot. Read more >> More speakers to be announced! Find out about SIAA’s previous confe