At Impact inFocus we are committed to protecting and respecting your privacy.
This policy sets out the base on which any personal data we collect from you, or that you provide to us, will be administered by us. Please read the following carefully to understand our practices regarding your personal data and how we will deal with it.
We acknowledge and agree that any personal data of yours that we manage will be handled in accordance with all applicable data protection laws in force from time to time. Currently, the Data Protection Act 2018 (DPA 2018) applies after it was written into UK law via the Data Protection Bill on 23 May 2018. DPA 2018 includes GDPR after it became EU law on 25 May 2018.
Our Principles
inFocus will:
1. Process personal data reasonably and lawfully;
2. Process personal data only where this is truly necessary for legal and regulatory purposes, or for legitimate organisational purposes;
3. Guarantee that personal data is only used for the purposes that it was originally obtained, or for other compatible purposes;
4. Ensure that that personal data is appropriate and not excessive in relation to the purpose or purposes for which it is processed;
5. Certify that personal data is accurate and, where necessary, kept up to date;
6. Ensure that personal data is only retained for the time necessary to meet the organisation’s fair requirements;
7. Provide clear information about how personal data will be used and by whom;
8. Ensure that personal data is processed in alliance with the rights of data subjects –
a. access to personal data;
b. right to withdraw information;
c. right to restriction of the handling of personal data;
d. opposing to adverse automatic decisions;
e. compensation for breaches of statutory obligations;
f. right to data manageability;
9. Implement suitable organisational measures against unauthorised or unlawful use of personal data, and against accidental loss or destruction of personal data;
INFORMATION WE MAY COLLECT FROM YOU
For the purpose of registering for our services through our website for either an eLearning course, webinar or to join our impact community, we may receive and manage the following data about you:
Your name
Your country of residence
Your email address
Organisation name
Your job title
Other information about your job role and organisation
HOW WE USE YOUR DATA
We use the data we collect exclusively to provide the services for which we provide to every customer who is part of our learning community.
This includes:
To provide you with a personalised eLearning experience
To provide advice and guidance on the IMM training courses
To notify you about changes to our service
To contact you to provide you with information regarding upcoming or previous training opportunities
We do not:
Send you marketing emails if you have opted out to receive such communications from us
Sell your data to any third party
IP ADDRESSES
We may collect information about your computer, including where available your IP address, operating system and browser type, for system administration and to report cumulative information. This is numerical data about our users’ browsing actions and patterns, and does not identify any individual.
COOKIES
Our site may use cookies to differentiate you from other users of our website. This aids us to provide you with a good experience when you browse our website and allows us to improve our site.
This cookie policy sets out the terms between you and us under which cookies are used on our website https://impactinfocus.com/ .This cookie policy applies to all users of, and visitors to, our site.
Our site uses cookies to manage your experience, including keeping you logged in securely and storing your specific user preferences. No other cookies will be used on our site. You are asked to consent to the use of these cookies to use our site as it requires the use of such cookies to perform correctly. If you do not consent to the use of these cookies you must not use our site.
LEGAL BASES FOR PROCESSING
We collect and manage information about you only where we have legal bases for doing so under appropriate EU laws. The legal basis depends on the services you use and how you use them. This means we collect and use your data only where:
We need it to provide you the services, including to operate the services, provide customer support and personalised features.
You give us consent to do so for a specific purpose
We need to process your data to comply with a legal obligation.
If you have consented to our use of information about you for a specific purpose, you have the right to change your mind at any time, but this will not affect any processing that has already taken place.
WHERE WE STORE YOUR PERSONAL DATA
The data that we collect from you is only stored on data centres located inside the European Economic Area (“EEA”). The data is stored within our online system and is not shared with any third parties.
DISCLOSURE OF YOUR INFORMATION
We may disclose your personal information to any member of our group, which means our subsidiaries, our ultimate holding company and its subsidiaries, as defined in section 1159 of the UK Companies Act 2006.
We may disclose your personal information to third parties:
1. If Impact inFocus or substantially all of its assets are acquired by a third party, in which case personal data held by it about its customers will be one of the transferred assets.
2. If we are under a duty to disclose or share your personal data in order to comply with any legal obligation, or in order to enforce or apply our licence and other agreements; or to protect the rights, property, or safety of Impact inFocus, our customers, or others. This includes exchanging information with other companies and organisations for the purposes of fraud protection and credit risk reduction.
In the event of any of the above, inFocus will make all reasonable effort to notify all individuals concerned.
YOUR RIGHTS
From 25 May 2018, new regulation (GDPR) written into EU and UK law and the Data Protection Bill, requires us to gain your clear consent to receive marketing communications from us. When registering on any of our sites, you will be asked if you would like to opt-in to our marketing communications. We do not send any marketing communication to people who do not opt in.
Under data protection regulation, data subjects have a number of specific rights over the personal data which relates to them when held by or on behalf of Impact inFocus and its subsidiaries. This includes data held by both data processors and data controllers.
The Subject Access Request (SAR) Process exists to allow data subjects to implement the rights listed under point 8 of our principles in a timely and informed approach. To submit such a request, please contact kellyc@impactinfocus.com.
Where we are using your information because we or a third party (e.g. your employer) have a legitimate interest to do so, you have the right to object to that use though, in some cases, this may mean no longer using the services.
CHANGES TO OUR PRIVACY POLICY
Any changes we may make to our privacy policy in the future will be posted on this page. You are expected to check this page from time to time to take notice of any changes we make, as they are legally binding on you. Some of the conditions contained in this privacy policy may also be surpassed by provisions or notices published elsewhere on our site.
CONTACT
Questions, comments and requests regarding this privacy policy are welcomed and should be addressed to kellyc@impactinfocus.com.
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Custom Training
Over the last 15 years, inFocus has also designed a wide range of different customised training courses for clients around the world. The courses are specifically tailored to the needs of your organisation and attendees in the training, building on the extensive inFocus resources.
Our custom training has covered a range of areas, including inFocus core areas of expertise in impact measurement and management
(IMM), theory of change and strategic planning. We have also developed training on more specific topics, such as the launch of new grant schemes for funders.
Our options for custom training include:
On-site training, for example, a 1 day to 3 day course at your office
Live webinars (online training), usually between 90 minutes to 3 hours
eLearning courses, completed online at the users own pace with interactive articles, videos and exercises.
inFocus conducts independent, external evaluations to facilitate learning and support accountability.
We have conducted evaluations of high complexity projects, programmes and organisations for delivery agencies, funders, policymakers and networks, both in the Sport for Development and Peace and wider international development sector. We utilise a range of approaches including: Summative; Theory Based; Process; Developmental; Impact; and Participatory.
inFocus executes specific applied research projects on various topics such as Sport for Development, social impact measurement, and strategies for scaling impact. Our findings are designed to be implementable and timely.
Our team is comprised of experienced practitioners who are trained to bridge the gap between traditional research and practical evaluation. We provide a range of different evaluation approaches and methodologies suited to either individual projects or complex funding programmes. We systematically explore and document what is working and highlight areas to for further improvement to help funders explore overall impact strategies.
inFocus helps delivery agencies, funders and networks use their data effectively to report back to stakeholders and utilise data as a tool for development and growth. We work with organisations to do this by giving support in key areas, based upon their identified and priority needs:
Developing their IMM Systems – developing Impact measurement and management protocols and frameworks including the basic processes and tools needed that supports a consistent approach to measuring social impact aligned back to a Theory of Change or strong programme rationale.
Running an IMM system – how to operationalise an IMM system and provide management and training support.
Using your results – guidance and advice on how to use your results most effectively.
Training – we have applied 15 years of IMM experience to develop fun and engaging eLearning (online) courses, as well as live training to help our clients to measure and manage impact.
inFocus works with philanthropic organisations that provide grants and support to third party organisations delivering programmes or initiatives. Funders include charities, non-governmental organisations (NGOs), community groups, governmental or inter-governmental agencies and private sector companies. Our consultancy services are specifically designed to address some of the key challenges that funders face, whether that is:
Developing and Implementing a funding strategy – We provide focus and direction about the social changes funders wish to generate and help to identify the ideal organisations and activities working in the sector.
Manging Grants & Impact Measurement & Management Services – We help funders track and measure their grant making success, facilitate learning and to communicate community impact based upon high quality evidence.
Independent Research, Evaluation and Learning- We provide a range of different evaluation approaches and methodologies suited to either individual projects or complex funding programmes.
Theory of Change is a technique that helps you to map out and explore how your activities lead to social change, and your underlying beliefs or assumptions. It is a powerful tool for helping to:
Communicate your programmes and their intended impact with existing and potential stakeholders and funders
Act as a basis for Social Impact Measurement by helping to identify what elements of your programmes to monitor and evaluate
Provide focus and direction by getting staff ‘on the same page’ with what you are looking to achieve
‘A vision without a plan is just a dream. A plan without a vision is just drudgery. But a vision with a plan can change the world.’
Strategy is about asking yourself vital questions concerning What are you trying to achieve? What is the external situation and how can we address it? Are we effective? How can we convince others of this?
inFocus helps organisations to focus on their most critical issues and identify high leverage directions that allow the organisation to renew and reinvent itself, preserving its vitality and its competitive edge.
We’ve worked with non-profits and charities all around the world to scale up, scale out and scale together for more sustainable impact:
Scale Out – deepen your impact to ensure even more meaningful results are achieved
Scale Up – to extend the reach of your service or product to a wider audience and affect more lives
Scale Together – draw upon and work more effectively with others, to enable more sustainable impact
The Tools and Resources for Impact Measurement and Management section of our website is dedicated to providing a comprehensive suite of resources that can be downloaded and put to practical use by our Impact Community.
The resources are all aligned to our IMM courses, particularly the IMM Builder course, which provides step by step guidance on how they can be developed and adapted to your own context, and put firmly into practice.
The Tools and Resources are categorised and cover the following IMM areas:
IMM Ethics
Participatory IMM
Theory of Change
Indicators
Data Collection Methods & Software
Sampling
Data Collection Tools
Analysis
Fundraising & Communications
Learning & Improvement
Indicators
PLEASE NOTE: This section to our website is coming soon.
Public Training
InFocus is committed to sharing learning and best-practice within the development and humanitarian sectors.
We regularly run (free to join) public webinars (online workshops) on different topics to share best-practice and generate critical debates between experts and practitioners.
The 90-minute webinars cover a range of topics, including most recently:
How to use impact measurement and management (IMM) for fundraising and marketing
How to reach the right target audience for projects/ programmes
How to form effective partnerships across the academic and non-profit sectors
Click on the ‘Impact Community’ section above to find out how to become a member and receive regular updates on our public training. Register for Webinars
Learning Communities
When running a programme, project or activity within a community, it is critical for organisations to understand what IS working and what ISN’T and how to more effectively generate social and environmental impact. inFocus set up and run online learning communities around the world that bring organisations together to discuss and draw out best practice around a particular topic.
Typically, for inFocus a learning community includes the following elements:
The development of a theory of change that maps out the topic being explored by the learning community and acts as a central reference point.
A series of Webinars (online workshops), hosted by experienced inFocus facilitators which use interactive exercises to draw out learning from participating organisations.
The development of learning materials (including interactive resources) to share learning more widely
Read about our approach to Peer-to-Peer Learning Communities here.
When running a programme, project or activity within a community, it is critical for organisations to understand what IS working and what ISN’T and how to more effectively generate social and environmental impact. inFocus set up and run online learning communities around the world that bring organisations together to discuss and draw out best practice around a particular topic.
Typically, for inFocus a learning community includes the following elements:
The development of a theory of change that maps out the topic being explored by the learning community and acts as a central reference point.
A series of Webinars (online workshops), hosted by experienced inFocus facilitators which use interactive exercises to draw out learning from participating organisations.
The development of learning materials (including interactive resources) to share learning more widely
Read about our approach to Peer-to-Peer Learning Communities here.
IMM Alumni
Completing all three of the eLearning courses: IMM: Introduction, IMM: Foundation and IMM Builder will also open up ongoing professional development opportunities in IMM with free access to bi-monthly IMM webinars run by inFocus experts.
The 2-hour webinars will provide an opportunity to:
Interact with other IMM practitioners
Discuss and debate key IMM topics (for example, using the onilne brain-storming tool shown to the right)
Learn about more specific/advanced IMM skills e.g. around different sampling or analysis methods
Theory of Change is a technique that helps you to map out and explore how your activities lead to social change, and your underlying beliefs or assumptions. It is a powerful tool for helping to:
Communicate your programmes and their intended impact with existing and potential stakeholders and funders
Act as a basis for Social Impact Measurement by helping to identify what elements of your programmes to monitor and evaluate
Provide focus and direction by getting staff ‘on the same page’ with what you are looking to achieve
Coming soon!
The IMM Basics email course is scheduled for release mid-May 2020
We will let you know as soon as you can enroll and get started!
Coming soon!
The Builder course is scheduled for release on Friday 29th May 2020
The release is timed so that all currrent learners can first complete the IMM Introduction and IMM Foundation courses.
We will let you know as soon as you can enroll and get started!
Coming soon!
The Foundation course is scheduled for release on Friday 24th April 2020
The release is timed so that all currrent learners can first complete the IMM Introduction course.
We will let you know as soon as you can enroll and get started!
IMM Alumni
Completing all three of the eLearning courses: IMM: Introduction, IMM: Foundation and IMM Builder will also open up ongoing professional development opportunities in IMM with free access to bi-monthly IMM webinars run by inFocus experts.
The 2-hour webinars will provide an opportunity to:
Interact with other IMM practitioners
Discuss and debate key IMM topics (for example, using the onilne brain-storming tool shown to the right)
Learn about more specific/advanced IMM skills e.g. around different sampling or analysis methods
The Tools and Resources for Impact Measurement and Management section of our website is dedicated to providing a comprehensive suite of resources that can be downloaded and put to practical use by our Impact Community.
The resources are all aligned to our IMM courses, particularly the IMM Builder course, which provides step by step guidance on how they can be developed and adapted to your own context, and put firmly into practice.
The Tools and Resources are categorised and cover the following IMM areas:
IMM Ethics
Participatory IMM
Theory of Change
Indicators
Data Collection Methods & Software
Sampling
Data Collection Tools
Analysis
Fundraising & Communications
Learning & Improvement
PLEASE NOTE: This section to our website is coming soon!
Evaluation & Research
inFocus conducts independent, external evaluations to facilitate learning and support accountability.
We have conducted evaluations of high complexity projects, programmes and organisations for delivery agencies, funders, policymakers and networks, both in the Sport for Development and Peace and wider international development sector. We utilise a range of approaches including: Summative; Theory Based; Process; Developmental; Impact; and Participatory.
inFocus executes specific applied research projects on various topics such as Sport for Development, social impact measurement, and strategies for scaling impact. Our findings are designed to be implementable and timely.
Our team is comprised of experienced practitioners who are trained to bridge the gap between traditional research and practical evaluation. We provide a range of different evaluation approaches and methodologies suited to either individual projects or complex funding programmes. We systematically explore and document what is working and highlight areas to for further improvement to help funders explore overall impact strategies.
Building IMM Capacity
inFocus helps delivery agencies, funders and networks use their data effectively to report back to stakeholders and utilise data as a tool for development and growth. We work with organisations to do this by giving support in key areas, based upon their identified and priority needs:
Developing their IMM Systems – developing Impact measurement and management protocols and frameworks including the basic processes and tools needed that supports a consistent approach to measuring social impact aligned back to a Theory of Change or strong programme rationale.
Running an IMM system – how to operationalise an IMM system and provide management and training support.
Using your results – guidance and advice on how to use your results most effectively.
Training – we have applied 15 years of IMM experience to develop fun and engaging eLearning (online) courses, as well as live training to help our clients to measure and manage impact.
Public IMM Training
InFocus is committed to sharing learning and best-practice within the development and humanitarian sectors.
We regularly run (free to join) public webinars (online workshops) on different topics to share best-practice and generate critical debates between experts and practitioners.
The 90-minute webinars cover a range of topics, including most recently:
How to use impact measurement and management (IMM) for fundraising and marketing
How to reach the right target audience for projects/ programmes
How to form effective partnerships across the academic and non-profit sectors
Click on the ‘Impact Community’ section above to find out how to become a member and receive regular updates on our public training.
Learning & Knowledge
An inFocus Learning Community brings together ‘like-minded’ organisations to exchange knowledge, share methods and results and map out both commonalities and differences in approaches.
Our learning webinars and live workshops bring together actors and organisations that work directly with beneficiaries, with evaluation and research experts specialising in the focal area. These are dedicated to particular thematic areas (e.g. gender equality, or disability) and can have a global, regional or local geographic focus, sometimes linked to a specific funder or network. In our Learning Community webinars and workshops, common challenges and solutions are shared, common indicators, outcomes and tools discussed and defined, with best practices to achieve these outcomes identified and documented.
We pride ourselves upon being able to then translate insights and learning into highly accessible and engaging materials, taking advantage of multi-media capabilities and tools, such as eLearning modules, online forums, meetings and webinars to disseminate knowledge across the field.
Funder Services
inFocus works with philanthropic organisations that provide grants and support to third party organisations delivering programmes or initiatives. Funders include charities, non-governmental organisations (NGOs), community groups, governmental or inter-governmental agencies and private sector companies. Our consultancy services are specifically designed to address some of the key challenges that funders face, whether that is:
Developing and Implementing a funding strategy – We provide focus and direction about the social changes funders wish to generate and help to identify the ideal organisations and activities working in the sector.
Manging Grants & Impact Measurement & Management Services – We help funders track and measure their grant making success, facilitate learning and to communicate community impact based upon high quality evidence.
Independent Research, Evaluation and Learning- We provide a range of different evaluation approaches and methodologies suited to either individual projects or complex funding programmes.
Strategic Planning
‘A vision without a plan is just a dream. A plan without a vision is just drudgery. But a vision with a plan can change the world.’
Strategy is about asking yourself vital questions concerning What are you trying to achieve? What is the external situation and how can we address it? Are we effective? How can we convince others of this?
inFocus helps organisations to focus on their most critical issues and identify high leverage directions that allow the organisation to renew and reinvent itself, preserving its vitality and its competitive edge.
We’ve worked with non-profits and charities all around the world to scale up, scale out and scale together for more sustainable impact:
Scale Out – deepen your impact to ensure even more meaningful results are achieved
Scale Up – to extend the reach of your service or product to a wider audience and affect more lives
Scale Together – draw upon and work more effectively with others, to enable more sustainable impact
Public Training
InFocus is committed to sharing learning and best-practice within the development and humanitarian sectors.
We regularly run (free to join) public webinars (online workshops) on different topics to share best-practice and generate critical debates between experts and practitioners.
The 90-minute webinars cover a range of topics, including most recently:
How to use impact measurement and management (IMM) for fundraising and marketing
How to reach the right target audience for projects/ programmes
How to form effective partnerships across the academic and non-profit sectors
Click on the ‘Impact Community’ section above to find out how to become a member and receive regular updates on our public training.
Custom Training
Over the last 15 years, inFocus has also designed a wide range of different customised training courses for clients around the world. The courses are specifically tailored to the needs of your organisation and attendees in the training, building on the extensive inFocus resources.
Our custom training has covered a range of areas, including inFocus
core areas of expertise in impact measurement and management
(IMM), theory of change and strategic planning. We have also
developed training on more specific topics, such as the launch of new
grant schemes for funders.
Our options for custom training include:
On-site training, for example, a 1 day to 3 day course at your office
Live webinars (online training), usually between 90 minutes to 3 hours
eLearning courses, completed online at the users own pace with interactive articles, videos and exercises.
Please feel free to get in touch to discuss your specific requirements for custom trainings.