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Impact-orientation is the key to success<\/h2>\n\n\n\n
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Charities, donors and institutional funders aim to make a difference together for a good cause. Impact-oriented action can be integrated into existing work processes in six steps. The Zewo Impact Tool supports charities in this process.<\/p>\n<\/div><\/div>\n\n\n\n

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Towards Impact in 6 steps<\/h3>\n\n\n
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Impact-orientation starts with good planning of an intervention. Charities working towards achieving positive results closely monitor the progress of their work. Monitoring data provide the basis for assessing effects and gaining insights for the future.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n

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The Zewo Impact Tool<\/h3>\n\n\n
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The Zewo Impact Tool supports charities in developing an impact model in no time, formulating smart goals and tracking the progress of an intervention.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n

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Step 1: Set goals<\/h2>\n\n\n\n

Through their interventions charities want to improve the situation for their target groups. They are familiar with the context, know the needs and have an idea of what should be changed and for whom. To help, plan activities or have already designed a project or service.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

This is how the Zewo Impact Tool supports you:<\/h3>\n\n\n\n
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Guided by practical entry screens, you describe how a specific service or project should help your target group. Your data is protected. It’s your decision who gets access.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n

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Step 2: Develop an impact model<\/h2>\n\n\n\n

An impact model outlines the intended effects of a particular intervention and how these effects should be brought about. It clarifies what should change and how this shall be achieved. The impact model provides charities with a framework to monitor and evaluate whether their initiatives have been effective and meaningful. It helps them to find out whether the underlying theory of change with its assumptions about causes and effects was designed appropriately.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

This is how the Zewo Impact Tool supports you:<\/h3>\n\n\n\n
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Answer a couple of questions to describe what your organization does or plans to do and what effects it hopes to achieve through its activities. The questions develop dynamically. This means that your answers will produce the subsequent questions. Selection menus and examples simplify your entries. <\/p>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n

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Then create the impact model with just one click. You can add to and refine it at any time. Download the final model to edit it further as a text document.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n

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Step 3: Plan to measure results <\/h2>\n\n\n\n

But how can charities assess whether their interventions are achieving the intended effects? The answer to this question is key to success. To assess progress, charities must specify their goals and intended effects with measurable indicators. Such indicators should fulfill the following SMART criteria:<\/p>\n\n\n\n