Capacity Development

<p>Case studies are powerful tools that showcase the evaluated social impact and effectiveness of projects, provide valuable insights, and inspire others. However, developing a compelling case study requires careful planning and execution. In this blog post, we&#8217;ll walk you through a step-by-step process to help you create an engaging and informative case study that effectively </p>

<p>As a part of our inaugural Social Impact Dialogues commemorating the 4th Wheel&#8217;s 13th anniversary, we had the pleasure of hosting Manije Kelkar, Founder and director of Goalkeep. Manije&#8217;s discussion revolved around the pivotal topic of &#8220;Impact Frameworks and Data Management Systems: How to Begin?&#8221;. She delved into the intricacies of the subject and brought [&hellip;]</p>

<p>Corporate Social Responsibility (CSR), in transition from being merely compliance-driven to being impact-informed and strategic, now requires firms to care about the nature and quality of their social impact. Some firms have the bandwidth- personnel and financial- to meet compliance requirements and ensure the nature and quality of their social change efforts.&nbsp; Other organisations work [&hellip;]</p>

<p>Learn how to develop and make use of a Theory of Change to better strategise and measure social impact Undoubtedly, Theory of Change has become the #1 global framework to design and plan for positive social impact. While many know the basics, few know how to leverage a ToC framework to identify impact indicators, prepare [&hellip;]</p>

<p>Training sessions are designed recognising the large number of professionals who are interested in virtual discussions on social impact and want to engage in peer learning opportunities that offer practical insights into theoretical topics. Assignment Type: Webinars  Thematic Domain: Multi-disciplinary  Overview: Capacity Building is a conceptual approach to social or personal development that focuses on understanding the obstacles [&hellip;]</p>

<p>All capacity-building workshops hosted by 4th Wheel aim to bring people together to seek their opinions, extract knowledge, and solve problems in a collaborative and creative environment. We wish to make sharing, learning, and teaching in the development sector more participatory, enjoyable, and effective. Key features of our workshops are shown in the below infographic:</p>

<p>The Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs) push the global development community to set ambitious targets, drive bold innovations, and measure impact consistently. According to a recent study, about 65 percent of the 169 SDG targets can only be achieved through the substantive involvement of multiple local actors. Local action depends on community participation, awareness, and ownership. [&hellip;]</p>

<p>“By defining our goal more clearly, by making it seem more manageable and less remote, we can help all people to see it, to draw hope from it, and to move irresistibly towards it.” – J.F. Kennedy Last year, we published a Vlog on ‘Why Data is important to achieve the SDGs in India’ . It outlined four [&hellip;]</p>

<p>4th Wheel has received a grant by the Swedish Institute (www.si.se) to design and conduct a workshop on ‘Identifying contextualized indicators to measure the Sustainable Development Goals in India’. The expected results of the workshop are an improved understanding among participants on measuring the Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs) and indicator development, and an exchange of [&hellip;]</p>

<p>The rhetoric of the self-serving, evil corporation is one we are all too familiar with. It is also one that up until very recently, I completely bought into. I certainly did not believe they served any cause beyond self-interest that I could get behind (funnily enough, business school seems set on making me do just [&hellip;]</p>

<p>In part 1 of 4th Wheel’s guide on “Using Data Mining for Donor Profiling”, we discussed data mining, donor profiling, and their relevance in the non-profit sector. To recap: Since the techniques used for mining meaningful data and conducting impact evaluation rely on computer science and coding, the process is often automatic (or semi-automatic) once [&hellip;]</p>

<p>In the age where we are all a string of numbers that can be reduced to categories and patterns through which organisations and politicians target us with their products and agenda, it’s difficult (if not impossible) to stay completely off-the-grid and keep your information private. At a time like this, it becomes more important than [&hellip;]</p>