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The article "Research brief: Useful and non-burdensome impact measurement" summarizes key findings from a study which analyzes Common Approach participant data to determine a clear, concise set of practices that empower SPOs to measure effectively without feeling overwhelmed.
Research brief: Useful and non-burdensome impact measurement - Common Approach to Impact Measurement
A summary of key findings from “Impact measurement among social purpose organizations: which practices are associated with useful, non-burdensome impact measurement.” The paper analyzes Common…
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December 11, 2025 at 4:45 PM
The article "Research brief: Useful and non-burdensome impact measurement" summarizes key findings from a study which analyzes Common Approach participant data to determine a clear, concise set of practices that empower SPOs to measure effectively without feeling overwhelmed.
Is your social purpose organization enthusiastic about Common Approach’s vision for flexible, shareable impact measurement? Then join our supporters' page! By adding your logo, you'll join a growing community of SPOs enthusiastic about the future of impact.
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December 9, 2025 at 7:02 PM
Is your social purpose organization enthusiastic about Common Approach’s vision for flexible, shareable impact measurement? Then join our supporters' page! By adding your logo, you'll join a growing community of SPOs enthusiastic about the future of impact.
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Curious if research supports the work of Common Approach? Read the article "Research brief: Why Social Enterprises Resist or Collectively Improve Impact Assessment", which discusses Jarrod Ormiston's findings on investee measurement experience and highlights the need for a flexible approach.
Research brief: Why Social Enterprises Resist or Collectively Improve Impact Assessment - Common Approach to Impact Measurement
A summary of the findings of the paper, “Why Social Enterprises Resist or Collectively Improve Impact Assessment: The Role of Prior Organizational Experience and 'Impact Lock-In'” which explores why…
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December 4, 2025 at 4:45 PM
Curious if research supports the work of Common Approach? Read the article "Research brief: Why Social Enterprises Resist or Collectively Improve Impact Assessment", which discusses Jarrod Ormiston's findings on investee measurement experience and highlights the need for a flexible approach.
If you're attending this year's Sustainable Finance World Forum, be sure to check out our Executive Director's fireside chat tomorrow at 12 PM ET.
It's not too late to register! Learn more at www.sfwf.org
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November 26, 2025 at 4:40 PM
If you're attending this year's Sustainable Finance World Forum, be sure to check out our Executive Director's fireside chat tomorrow at 12 PM ET.
It's not too late to register! Learn more at www.sfwf.org
It's not too late to register! Learn more at www.sfwf.org
Common Approach to Impact Measurement is proud to stand with the sector in signing Tamarack Institute's "Open Letter from Canada’s Nonprofits and Charities to Corporate and Philanthropic Funders."
Read more about why we signed, and how the letter aligns with Common Approach, at buff.ly/ynuDwoj
Read more about why we signed, and how the letter aligns with Common Approach, at buff.ly/ynuDwoj
November 20, 2025 at 4:45 PM
Common Approach to Impact Measurement is proud to stand with the sector in signing Tamarack Institute's "Open Letter from Canada’s Nonprofits and Charities to Corporate and Philanthropic Funders."
Read more about why we signed, and how the letter aligns with Common Approach, at buff.ly/ynuDwoj
Read more about why we signed, and how the letter aligns with Common Approach, at buff.ly/ynuDwoj
Looking to learn about the concepts behind the Common Approach standards? Read this brief article, "Creating Flexible Standards: Construct-Based Equivalence," which defines and explores a key concept and how it enables standards to strike a balance between uniformity and flexibility.
Creating Flexible Standards: Construct-Based Equivalence - Common Approach to Impact Measurement
The best approach for impact measurement will be to balance uniformity and flexibility rather than choose one over the other. To achieve this middle ground, Common Approach uses construct-based…
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November 13, 2025 at 4:45 PM
Looking to learn about the concepts behind the Common Approach standards? Read this brief article, "Creating Flexible Standards: Construct-Based Equivalence," which defines and explores a key concept and how it enables standards to strike a balance between uniformity and flexibility.
📶 The more widespread the adoption of the Common Impact Data Standard becomes, the more everyone will feel the benefits of impact data collection and reporting becoming less tedious, the more data quality will improve, and the more robust insights and analysis will be!
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October 14, 2025 at 3:45 PM
📶 The more widespread the adoption of the Common Impact Data Standard becomes, the more everyone will feel the benefits of impact data collection and reporting becoming less tedious, the more data quality will improve, and the more robust insights and analysis will be!
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📶 Using “Resource Description Framework,” or RDF for short, a data ontology like the Common Impact Data Standard provides better data than simpler data models while accommodating future developments in AI systems and technology!
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October 8, 2025 at 6:30 PM
📶 Using “Resource Description Framework,” or RDF for short, a data ontology like the Common Impact Data Standard provides better data than simpler data models while accommodating future developments in AI systems and technology!
🌐 Learn more at buff.ly/4bkwLiV
🌐 Learn more at buff.ly/4bkwLiV
The list of softwares aligning with the Common Impact Data Standard continues to grow!
Equilo is the latest to begin working towards aligning with the Common Approach’s Common Impact Data Standard.
Learn more at www.commonapproach.org/common-impac...
Equilo is the latest to begin working towards aligning with the Common Approach’s Common Impact Data Standard.
Learn more at www.commonapproach.org/common-impac...
October 6, 2025 at 3:15 PM
The list of softwares aligning with the Common Impact Data Standard continues to grow!
Equilo is the latest to begin working towards aligning with the Common Approach’s Common Impact Data Standard.
Learn more at www.commonapproach.org/common-impac...
Equilo is the latest to begin working towards aligning with the Common Approach’s Common Impact Data Standard.
Learn more at www.commonapproach.org/common-impac...
🔍 Most data models limit your data by using a this-or-that system—they’re either a vocabulary OR a taxonomy. An impact ontology is both, which gives greater meaning to data points and helps organizations better understand and report on their impact.
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🌐Learn more at buff.ly/4bkwLiV
October 3, 2025 at 3:45 PM
🔍 Most data models limit your data by using a this-or-that system—they’re either a vocabulary OR a taxonomy. An impact ontology is both, which gives greater meaning to data points and helps organizations better understand and report on their impact.
🌐Learn more at buff.ly/4bkwLiV
🌐Learn more at buff.ly/4bkwLiV
🔍 A data ontology is a sophisticated type of data model that allows for “interoperability” among standards. This means data can be shared across organizations and funders, even when using different standards and metrics, allowing for greater data flexibility!
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🌐 Learn more at buff.ly/4bkwLiV
September 23, 2025 at 3:45 PM
🔍 A data ontology is a sophisticated type of data model that allows for “interoperability” among standards. This means data can be shared across organizations and funders, even when using different standards and metrics, allowing for greater data flexibility!
🌐 Learn more at buff.ly/4bkwLiV
🌐 Learn more at buff.ly/4bkwLiV
Is your SPO enthusiastic about Common Approach’s vision for flexible, shareable impact measurement? Then join our supporters' page! By filling out a brief survey, you'll add your logo to a growing community of SPOs enthusiastic about the future of impact.
www.commonapproach.org/supporters/
www.commonapproach.org/supporters/
September 11, 2025 at 5:30 PM
Is your SPO enthusiastic about Common Approach’s vision for flexible, shareable impact measurement? Then join our supporters' page! By filling out a brief survey, you'll add your logo to a growing community of SPOs enthusiastic about the future of impact.
www.commonapproach.org/supporters/
www.commonapproach.org/supporters/
📆 Have you registered for our Annual General Meeting on Wednesday, September 17, at 12:00 pm ET?
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2025 Annual General Meeting | Assemblée générale annuelle 2025
Annual General Meeting of the Common Approach | L'assemblée générale annuelle de L’Approche commune
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September 9, 2025 at 3:12 PM
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September 4, 2025 at 6:06 PM
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This time of year is full of transitions—heading back to school, returning from vacations, and enjoying the last of summer before the entrance of fall. What are you embracing during this transitional time?
September 2, 2025 at 3:31 PM
This time of year is full of transitions—heading back to school, returning from vacations, and enjoying the last of summer before the entrance of fall. What are you embracing during this transitional time?
▶️ This user story shows how the Common Framework helped Social Finance Fund impact investor Rally Assets show investee progress towards positive, real-world goals.
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User stories | Grouping diverse metrics
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August 26, 2025 at 3:19 PM
▶️ This user story shows how the Common Framework helped Social Finance Fund impact investor Rally Assets show investee progress towards positive, real-world goals.
🌐 Learn more about the Common Framework at buff.ly/AA5BPcO
💰 Learn more about our work with the Social Finance Fund at buff.ly/SDBUTds
🌐 Learn more about the Common Framework at buff.ly/AA5BPcO
💰 Learn more about our work with the Social Finance Fund at buff.ly/SDBUTds
📆 Join us on Wednesday, September 17, at 12:00 pm ET for Common Approach's Annual General Meeting! Space is limited!
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2025 Annual General Meeting | Assemblée générale annuelle 2025
Annual General Meeting of the Common Approach | L'assemblée générale annuelle de L’Approche commune
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August 21, 2025 at 5:01 PM
📆 Join us on Wednesday, September 17, at 12:00 pm ET for Common Approach's Annual General Meeting! Space is limited!
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🌊 The Common Framework enables meaningful insights.
The Framework enables diverse data without erasing what makes the data unique. Custom metrics will let organizations capture contextual information, and those receiving the data will have tools to make sense of it.
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The Framework enables diverse data without erasing what makes the data unique. Custom metrics will let organizations capture contextual information, and those receiving the data will have tools to make sense of it.
🌐 Learn more at buff.ly/AA5BPcO
August 19, 2025 at 5:30 PM
🌊 The Common Framework enables meaningful insights.
The Framework enables diverse data without erasing what makes the data unique. Custom metrics will let organizations capture contextual information, and those receiving the data will have tools to make sense of it.
🌐 Learn more at buff.ly/AA5BPcO
The Framework enables diverse data without erasing what makes the data unique. Custom metrics will let organizations capture contextual information, and those receiving the data will have tools to make sense of it.
🌐 Learn more at buff.ly/AA5BPcO
SPOs receiving Social Finance Fund (SFF) investments! We’ve created a new reporting template to help with SFF impact reporting requirements, and we want to hear from you. Join us for two 1-hour template feedback sessions in Aug & Sept. Interested? Reach out to socialfinancefund@commonapproach.org
August 14, 2025 at 3:31 PM
SPOs receiving Social Finance Fund (SFF) investments! We’ve created a new reporting template to help with SFF impact reporting requirements, and we want to hear from you. Join us for two 1-hour template feedback sessions in Aug & Sept. Interested? Reach out to socialfinancefund@commonapproach.org
🏋️ The Common Framework reduces burden.
The Common Framework outlines a process for aggregating standard and custom metrics. By eliminating the need for uniformity, the Common Framework will reduce the burden on those measuring and provide better data for everyone.
🌐 Learn more at buff.ly/AA5BPcO
The Common Framework outlines a process for aggregating standard and custom metrics. By eliminating the need for uniformity, the Common Framework will reduce the burden on those measuring and provide better data for everyone.
🌐 Learn more at buff.ly/AA5BPcO
August 12, 2025 at 5:30 PM
🏋️ The Common Framework reduces burden.
The Common Framework outlines a process for aggregating standard and custom metrics. By eliminating the need for uniformity, the Common Framework will reduce the burden on those measuring and provide better data for everyone.
🌐 Learn more at buff.ly/AA5BPcO
The Common Framework outlines a process for aggregating standard and custom metrics. By eliminating the need for uniformity, the Common Framework will reduce the burden on those measuring and provide better data for everyone.
🌐 Learn more at buff.ly/AA5BPcO
🔐 The Common Framework unlocks flexibility.
The Common Framework is a flexible standard that will help those who receive impact data aggregate diverse indicators (also known as metrics), unlocking better measurement and the impact story within the data.
🌐 Learn more at buff.ly/AA5BPcO
The Common Framework is a flexible standard that will help those who receive impact data aggregate diverse indicators (also known as metrics), unlocking better measurement and the impact story within the data.
🌐 Learn more at buff.ly/AA5BPcO
August 5, 2025 at 5:30 PM
🔐 The Common Framework unlocks flexibility.
The Common Framework is a flexible standard that will help those who receive impact data aggregate diverse indicators (also known as metrics), unlocking better measurement and the impact story within the data.
🌐 Learn more at buff.ly/AA5BPcO
The Common Framework is a flexible standard that will help those who receive impact data aggregate diverse indicators (also known as metrics), unlocking better measurement and the impact story within the data.
🌐 Learn more at buff.ly/AA5BPcO
🔍 How can a data ontology save investees and funders time?
Using an impact data ontology like the Common Impact Data Standard reduces the tedium and repetition of collecting and sharing impact data, which burdens funders and investees/grantees alike.
🌐 Learn more at buff.ly/4bkwLiV
Using an impact data ontology like the Common Impact Data Standard reduces the tedium and repetition of collecting and sharing impact data, which burdens funders and investees/grantees alike.
🌐 Learn more at buff.ly/4bkwLiV
July 10, 2025 at 4:59 PM
🔍 How can a data ontology save investees and funders time?
Using an impact data ontology like the Common Impact Data Standard reduces the tedium and repetition of collecting and sharing impact data, which burdens funders and investees/grantees alike.
🌐 Learn more at buff.ly/4bkwLiV
Using an impact data ontology like the Common Impact Data Standard reduces the tedium and repetition of collecting and sharing impact data, which burdens funders and investees/grantees alike.
🌐 Learn more at buff.ly/4bkwLiV
🙋 The Common Foundations articulate a minimum standard of impact measurement for social purpose organizations. It is about being good enough rather than great. The question is: good enough for what?
Read it here: buff.ly/HTY26N5
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Read it here: buff.ly/HTY26N5
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Common Foundations: Good enough for what? - Common Approach to Impact Measurement
Learnings from the Pathfinder Pilot: The Common Foundations articulate a minimum standard of impact measurement for social purpose organizations. It is about being good enough rather than great. The…
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July 3, 2025 at 3:30 PM
🙋 The Common Foundations articulate a minimum standard of impact measurement for social purpose organizations. It is about being good enough rather than great. The question is: good enough for what?
Read it here: buff.ly/HTY26N5
🌐 More blogs from Common Approach: buff.ly/6TwDuGj
Read it here: buff.ly/HTY26N5
🌐 More blogs from Common Approach: buff.ly/6TwDuGj
5️⃣ The Common Foundations outline five essential practices for non-burdensome impact measurement. As long as all five practices are in place, the impact measurement process is good enough.
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📖 Learn about the five essential practices at buff.ly/3qyEwhA
June 26, 2025 at 8:44 PM
5️⃣ The Common Foundations outline five essential practices for non-burdensome impact measurement. As long as all five practices are in place, the impact measurement process is good enough.
📖 Learn about the five essential practices at buff.ly/3qyEwhA
📖 Learn about the five essential practices at buff.ly/3qyEwhA
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June 24, 2025 at 4:48 PM
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