Knowledge Sharing

Many ventures struggle to capture a complete picture of what is going on inside their organization. This can be problematic for a number of reasons. It can create difficulty in demonstrating the positive socio-economic effects it promised to investors. This lack of visibility also limits a venture’s ability to better understand and address the needs of their stakeholders such as customers, producers, distributors as well as the broader community.

In this three-part webinar series, we share how managers can capture valuable data– both quantitative and qualitative– to assess their multidimensional poverty impacts. We will also discuss techniques designed for businesses that have been successfully tested and executed across many sectors and geographies by the William Davidson Institute at the University of Michigan (WDI) using The Base of the Pyramid Impact Assessment Framework (BoP IAF). The framework, developed by WDI Senior Research Fellow Ted London, has been featured in publications by the Harvard Business Review, the World Business Council for Sustainable Development and the Strategic Entrepreneurship Journal.

 

Watch Webinar 1: The Importance of Implementing Multidimensional Metrics

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Guest Presenter: Julie Peachey

Key topics covered:

1. Measuring effects on stakeholders such as buyers, sellers, and local communities
2. Collecting impact metrics to address stakeholders’ economic well-being (e.g., income, savings, debt), capabilities well-being (e.g., knowledge, health, aspirations, self-esteem, empowerment), and relationship well-being (e.g., status, social support, domestic violence)
3. Using a multidimensional lens to capture positive and negative outcomes and impacts

 

Watch Webinar 2: Amplifying the Voice of Local Stakeholders

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Guest Presenter: Kat Harrison

Key topics covered:

1. Understanding qualitative methods and techniques that can be used to assess multidimensional impacts on local stakeholders
2. Sharing a strategic assessment of the poverty impacts on children of six different ventures using qualitative research
3. Comparing and contrasting impacts across stakeholders, both within and across ventures, to enhance positive impacts.

 

Watch Webinar 3: Quantifying Changes Experienced by Local Stakeholders

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Guest Presenter: Jean-Christophe Laugee

Key topics covered:

1. Focusing on quantitative methods to assess multidimensional impacts of poverty alleviation ventures
2. Applying the BoP Impact Assessment Framework to the Danone Ecosystem Fund’s Semilla project to develop a performance analysis
3. Understanding survey development methodology, quantitative survey questions, and survey testing and refinement