Matter of Focus
About us
What we offer
Our approach
OutNav
Insights
Contact us
Menu
Insights
Sharing thoughts on what matters
What are you looking for?
Filters
Categories
Training and events
Outcomes, evaluation and impact
Our software OutNav
News
Inside Matter of Focus
Case Studies
Types
Courses
Events
FIles
Live Webinars
Posts
Reports
Tools & Resources
Videos
Tags
Clients
Co-production
Evaluation
Evaluation Stories
Evidence to Action
Jobs
News
Our Values in Action
OutNav Community
Peer Support
Personal Outcomes
Qualitative Data
Research Impact
Top 5 Tips
Apply and close
You are looking at:
Clear all filters
Sorry, nothing found with this filter combination.
We’re a (re)certified B Corp!
Building a community of learning together: Age Scotland’s Dementia Training
Making sense together: How do you know if you are making a difference? event summary
Evaluating digital interventions
Better use of data to improve our response to frailty in the Edinburgh and South East Scotland Region
How Do You Know If You Are Making a Difference? A Practical Handbook for Public Service Organisations
Know your impact, show your impact: How to measure the impact of research or knowledge to action initiatives
Evaluating the DEEP programme: Embedding evidence-enriched practice in social care in Wales
A theory of change for Making Children’s Rights Real in Scotland
Working together to improve health and wellbeing in Edinburgh: how we know we collectively make a difference
Launching our annual impact report!
5 things we’ve learned about facilitating online
Data stories: unlocking the power of data to tell a story of impact
Still crazy? 5th birthday reflections on building our company
East Ayrshire Technology Enabled Care Pathway summary findings report
Opportunities for meaningful participation in evaluation
Evaluating service transformation underpinned by the Scottish Approach to Service Design
Evaluating personal outcomes approaches
Supporting Scottish Women’s Aid to capture learning from their pilot webchat service for children and young people
The Matter of Focus Research Impact School
Evaluating a multi-country partnership’s contribution to improving justice in child contact
Using OutNav to assess the impact of the Global Kids Online research initiative
Building the case for peer support: an Evaluation Stories webinar with East Renfrewshire Health & Social Care Partnership
Evaluation of the Peer Support Test of Change: East Renfrewshire Health and Social Care Partnership
Side by side: an evaluation of the Life Changes Trust Advisory Group
Matter of Focus wins place on the CivTech 6 Accelerator
Creating compelling case studies as part of your evaluation
How to bring different voices into your evaluation
Diversity in Tech Awards nomination
Can OutNav help?
How to report well on your activities and engagement
4 simple steps to start evidencing your research impact
Using OutNav at Scale: Valenzuela Pathfinding City to End Violence Against Children
Getting going with qualitative data and analysis
Opportunities to join our team
What is OutNav?
Navigating the challenges of assessing research impact
3 feedback tools to help you track your outcomes and impact
Responding to COVID-19: an evaluation of the contribution of Edinburgh Community Health Forum member organisations
Matter of Focus joins the G-Cloud 12 Digital Marketplace
Learning as we go in Quality Improvement: Using OutNav to evaluate the Children and Young People Improvement Collaborative
Understanding change step by step: making use of maps and pathways
Evaluating health and social care transformation: learning from the House of Care programme
Understanding and assessing research impact
The Matter of Focus approach to tracking research impact
Sharing our learning at the global Research Impact Summit
Tailored support to help you on your evaluation journey
From fixer to facilitator: evaluation of the House of Care programme in Scotland
Outcome maps – the cornerstone of OutNav
An overview of the Matter of Focus approach
OutNav supports team and partnership working
Understand the outcomes and impacts that matter
OutNav streamlines your data and evidence
Understand the unique context of your work
Track your progress and impact in OutNav
Get the data and evidence you need to track your progress
Create visual contribution reports in OutNav
Track and visualise the difference you make
Report in an outcome-focused way
Talking about context: building a shared understanding of how your work is changing with COVID-19
Managing your risks and assumptions in OutNav
Keeping your data secure in OutNav
Showcasing outcomes in action: reducing health inequalities and improving long-term health outcomes in Edinburgh
Transforming health and care systems for people living with long term conditions – an outcome focused approach
Tell the story of the contribution your organisation makes to improving outcomes – event summary and resources
Understanding the risks and assumptions of your initiative
Ongoing learning and support with the OutNav Community
Focusing on what matters: Scotland’s outcome approach in action
Putting outcomes into action: four ways to focus your work towards social change
Recorded webinar: Learning from putting Scotland’s outcome approach into action
Making the case for better use of qualitative data in public services
Understanding creative impact – evaluating early learning professional development
OutNav wins its first award!
A new approach to trauma informed working
Understanding creative impact: insights into early learning professional development
Establishing neighbourhood care in a rural community
Why data on children’s wellbeing is misleading
What is outcome mapping?
Come with us on an evaluation journey
Feedback matters: choosing the right survey tool
Finding our own way: an alternative start-up story
A big birthday thank you!
It’s a matter of experience
Notes from the field: successful partnership working in Uruguay
Drop-in OutNav help sessions
Embedding meaningful outcome evaluation: tips from the OutNav Community
Who is using our approach?
How do you know if your project is effective?
“Leave and start-up? Are you crazy?”
A vision for improving the experience of children online
Meaningful outcome evaluation: a practical approach – watch our free webinar
A simple framework to help you understand change
A full house for our seminar on meaningful outcome evaluation, a practical approach for public services (1st Nov 2018)
Introducing Matter of Focus!
The value of collaborative learning: building the OutNav Community
When Sarah met Ailsa
Three key challenges to progressing outcome assessment
It’s not what you do…
Seven steps to understanding success
Why focus on outcomes?
What are outcomes?
