About this webinar
As social scientists with one foot in practice and one in research, Sarah and Ailsa set up Matter of Focus and developed our software tool OutNav to reimagine how organisations use data to learn and improve.
Over the last eight years, we’ve worked with more than 200 organisations across public services, health, community and voluntary sectors.
This session shares learning from this work — and the three areas we think matter most for people working in this space:
Balancing evaluation and accountability
We share a practical approach to integrating the needs of funders, commissioners and scrutiny bodies into an embedded evaluation approach without compromising what matters to your organisation.
Taking people-centred and proportionate data strategies
We explore why public services often prioritise the wrong data and how you can focus your data strategy on the people in your organisation. We’ll share ideas for building a strong evaluation infrastructure.
Making sense together
Time and structures for collective sensemaking are fundamental for understanding complex change. We explore some practical ways of doing this, including how our software OutNav supports organisations to embed this way of working in their day-to-day work.
Sarah and Ailsa also reflect on what this means for leaders, commissioners, evaluators and people trying to make services work better.
Who is this webinar for?
This session is ideal for you if:
- You are responsible for supporting evaluation.
- You’re leading or commissioning complex work, and want to track and show its impact.
- You’re trying to build a learning culture in your team or organisation.
- You need to report on outcomes, but the data systems don’t align.
- You feel stuck between different expectations and want to use data in a way that’s honest, useful and human.