This summary was compiled by Valerie Traore. Valerie is the Executive Director of Niyel, a campaigns agency specialising in creative strategies for development, political and cultural…
TTI e-forum final summary: Part one
15 February 2015
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Measuring success (3/5)
Strengthening capacities for Impact Evaluation
13 February 2015
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This film accompanies session 1A “Impact Evaluation for Policymaking”. Presented by Beryl Leach, 3ie, and Miguel Jaramillo, Executive Director at Grupo de Análisis para el Desarrollo (GRADE), the…
The Think Tank Initiative´s Global Exchange: an opportunity to foster peer (and non-peer!) learning
12 February 2015
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Politics & Ideas has been invited to participate in the upcoming Think Tank Initiative´s Global Exchange that will bring together up to 200 think tanks,…
What can we learn from the Think Tank Initiatives stories of influence series? – The approach (Part 1 of 2)
17 July 2014
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The Think Tank Initiative have recently published 48 stories of influence to document the changes their work is supporting. This blog (1of2) reflects on the approach used to develop these and other stories of influence.
Alex Gwyther (UKCDS) on supporting better research impact evaluation
30 June 2014
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In this post, Alex Gwyther reflects on the valuable work of UKCDS in building a body of knowledge around the evaluation of research impact. He goes onto highlighting a series of resources produced by UKCDS to help guide people through this complex area.
Measuring the impact of your communications tactics: An interactive peer-learning event presented by PEC
6 March 2014
Audio & Video
This post presents three new podcasts, developed as part of the PEC programme, on measuring the impact of research communications. These will provide a focal point for a peer-learning event on March 12th.
Sparkwise: Ten reasons why you should set one up!
4 December 2013
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Sparkwise is an online tool that allows you to create interactive and dynamic dashboards to display all of your website and social media statistics and metrics…in one place and for free!
A brief introduction to altmetrics for researchers
11 September 2013
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Alternative metrics tools are a new way to track and measure the social impact of research in real time. Altmetrics tracks research via social media uptake, ciatation counts, mentions or bookmarks, attention in blogs and even Wikipedia posts.
Using Google™ to track and improve your research impact
28 August 2013
Guides & Tutorials
Google also offers you a range of opportunities to report on and track the impact you and your research are having. This guide, written by Cheryl Brown and Siobhan Duvigneau, provides a number of simple ways to track and trace your research on the web.
Are we losing sight of the true value of research ‘impact’?
11 April 2013
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In his latest post, Andrew Clappison reflects upon the discussion that took place during the Future of Impact Conference, and encourages us to think about the value of impact beyond the UK’s Research Excellence Framework (REF)
Guidelines for evaluating nonprofit communications efforts
7 March 2013
Papers & Reports
This working paper offers guidelines that nonprofit organizations can use when designing evaluations to learn about both their investments in communications strategies and the impacts of those investments.
Do we really have the processes in place to detect research ‘impact’ at all?
25 February 2013
Blog Posts
In this post, James Harvey explores some difficult and unanswered questions on research ‘impact’, such as “How deep is our understanding of influence itself?” and “Do we really have the processes in place to detect influence at all?”
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