The document discusses how to measure and achieve lasting impact. It emphasizes the importance of clearly defining goals and missions, and measuring outcomes that truly reflect the welfare of the system being impacted. It also notes that accurately measuring impact requires understanding what change was created by an intervention and what would likely have occurred without it. The document presents frameworks for assessing whether solutions address needs, are effective, can reach intended users, and will be used properly to create impact.

2. Impact

3. What it is
and how to
make it happen

4. Kevin Starr,
Lasting Impact

5. http://poptech.org/popcasts/kevin_starr_lasting_impact

6. Know your mission.
Measure the right thing.
Measure it well.

7. Donnella Meadows,
Thinking in Systems

8. “If the goal is defined badly,
if it doesn’t measure
what it’s supposed to measure,
if it doesn’t reflect
the real welfare of the system,
then the system
can’t possibly produce
a desirable result.”
Traps and
Opportunities

9. Kevin Starr,
Lasting Impact

10. “Measuring well means
taking an honest stab at understanding
what change you created—
what happened with you
and what would've happened without you,
because your real impact
is the difference between the two.”

11. Impact from a thing
Is it needed?
Does it work?
Will it get to those who need it?
Will they use it correctly?

12. “Two things will paralyze our
creativity faster than anything else:
1. We haven’t defined success.
2. We haven’t defined failure.”

13. Other Frameworks

14. http://poptech.org/popcasts/kevin_starr_lasting_impact

15. Impact from a thing
Is it needed?
Does it work?
Will it get to those who need it?
Will they use it correctly?

16. Needs
Opportunities

17. Needs
Capacities
Opportunities
Panthea Lee

18. Juliette LaMontagne

19. Juliette LaMontagne