๐๐ฟ๐ฒ ๐ช๐ฒ ๐ ๐ฒ๐ฎ๐๐๐ฟ๐ถ๐ป๐ด ๐ช๐ต๐ฎ๐ ๐ ๐ฎ๐๐๐ฒ๐ฟ๐? ๐ฅ๐ฒ๐ณ๐น๐ฒ๐ฐ๐๐ถ๐ผ๐ป๐ ๐ณ๐ฟ๐ผ๐บ ๐๐บ๐ฝ๐ฎ๐ฐ๐ ๐ผ๐ฟ ๐๐น๐น๐๐๐ถ๐ผ๐ป
Webinar: A post-report launch reflection presented by ISDM and 4th Wheel Social Impact
Dear Readers,
Earlier this year, in March, we launched โImpact or Illusion: Current Practices and Challenges in Impact Measurementโ, a report developed in collaboration between ISDM and 4th Wheel Social Impact. The study brought together insights from diverse social purpose organizations and experts across the Indian development sector, examining the question, โAre our current approaches to impact measurement truly reflective of social change?โ. The report identified interactions between funder expectations and practitioner realities, between numerical indicators and lived outcomes and between standardization and contextual relevance.
Designed as an exploratory qualitative study, the research gathered data from two primary sources: 21 Monitoring and Evaluation (M&E) experts and 25 implementing Social Purpose Organizations (SPOs). These SPOs contributed responses from 235 individuals across leadership, management, and field teams, providing a nuanced understanding of how current M&E practices align with efforts to measure social impact.
As a next step, weโre convening a focused webinar on the 25th of June, 2025, to explore these issues further.
โก๏ธ ๐๐ฎ๐ฝ๐ ๐ฏ๐ฒ๐๐๐ฒ๐ฒ๐ป ๐๐ต๐ฒ ๐ถ๐บ๐ฝ๐ฎ๐ฐ๐ vision and the current KPI frameworks
โก๏ธ ๐๐ฐ๐ผ๐๐๐๐๐ฒ๐บ-๐น๐ฒ๐๐ฒ๐น ๐ฏ๐ฎ๐ฟ๐ฟ๐ถ๐ฒ๐ฟ๐ to long-term, systems-focused evaluation
โก๏ธ ๐ฃ๐ฟ๐ฎ๐ฐ๐๐ถ๐ฐ๐ฎ๐น ๐๐ผ๐น๐๐๐ถ๐ผ๐ป๐ to reposition M&E as a tool for learning and adaptive change
๐คThis session will be led by Sharon Weir, Co-Founder and Strategy & Research Lead at 4th Wheel Social Impact, and Trisha Varma, Director of Operations at the Global Knowledge Hub, Indian School of Development Management.
This webinar is part of that continued effort to deepen the conversation, challenge assumptions, and explore pathways toward more meaningful and grounded forms of evaluation. We invite M&E professionals, funders, nonprofit leaders, and field practitioners to participate. Whether youโve engaged with the report already or are encountering its themes for the first time, your perspective will add depth to the discussion.
๐ Read the report here
If you can't attend the live session, please still register to receive the recording and all presentation materials shared during the webinar.
Watch our past webinars here.