By Madeline Nightingale, Ethicore Associate As an interested observer, much seems to be asked of monitoring and evaluation (M&E) professionals: uphold the highest possible quality standards; use appropriate and robust methodologies; attribute change excluding any contradictory factors; be cost effective and capture the theory of change. This is tough with unanticipated effects and broader, more […]
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Planning for Impact
By Jane Thurlow, Ethicore Associate Planning for impact builds on our Design for Impact series where we outline 3 steps for good planning: Identify where you are Define where you want to go Design the journey So follow our plan for more influence, and unlock your potential for genuine impact … Jane has over 20 years […]
EXTREME ENGAGEMENT – HOW TO DESIGN PARTNERSHIPS AND STRATEGIES FOR IMPACT (DESIGN FOR IMPACT SERIES NO. 1)
By Rachael Clay, Director, Ethicore The challenge of sustainable development is beyond you and I, isn’t it? We need to work together in partnerships and multi-stakeholder intiatives (MSIs), but we lead different organisations. So, how do we build these relationships and design for impact with others? Achieving deep and shared understanding, values and partnership takes […]
DESIGN FOR IMPACT SERIES: FROM EXTREME ENGAGEMENT TO M&E FOR IMPACT
BY Jane Thurlow, Ethicore Associate Business, NGOs and institutions alike, are working towards sustainable development. It takes a deep understanding of the issues and opportunities, a bold focus on social and environmental impact and new partnerships to transform lives and businesses. All this, while we lead our own organisations. So, what does it mean […]
Learning from development: how constraint can foster innovation for UK services
By Kate Wareing, Ethicore Associate Although it makes me feel old to do the maths, I’ve now accumulated some twenty years of working experience across the UK statutory, not for profit and international development sectors. Whenever I cross over between the UK and development worlds I am struck by how much the work has in […]
Poverty Footprinting – A Step Closer
By Jo Zaremba, Ethicore Associate You may have missed this, but the UN Sustainable Development Summit launched not only the SDGs, but also the Poverty Footprint Tool and Indicator guidance from the UN Global Compact and Oxfam International. Two transformational agendas, although the latter may have been overshadowed. So let’s take a look at the […]
Registering your charity – ten lessons learnt
So you want to register a charity? Perhaps you’re setting up a brand new organisation to achieve change in your community. Perhaps its time for your existing community group to take the step to become a formal charity. Here are some of the lessons we’ve learned as we’ve helped organisations through this process.
Social Media Journey – The Ethicore Way
A Social Media Journey – The Ethicore Way infographic, is where small can be mighty with the power of influence.
A Healthy 2015
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Don’t Ask ‘Why?’ – Creating Behaviour Change
Beliefs have a powerful influence on our capability as individuals and also as organisations. Beliefs can be empowering, enabling us to achieve our potential. But beliefs can also be limiting, based on generalisations from our own experience. For example, …