Impact Reporting: How to Craft a Compelling Impact Report

By: Kayleigh P. Marques Novemver 25th, 2024 Introduction In this guide, we'll explain the essential steps and best practices for elevating your impact reporting. We'll help you avoid common pitfalls and create reports that are informative and visually engaging. By the end, you'll have the knowledge and tools needed [...]

New Award Opportunity — Social Sector Hero of the Year 2024

By: Kayleigh P. Marques October 22nd, 2024 We’re excited to share some incredible news with you! 🎉 Clear Impact has officially launched the Social Sector Hero of the Year Award, and we’re looking for organizations like yours that are making a real, measurable difference in their communities. This award is designed to [...]

Designing a Results-Based Workforce Development Partnership (Part 3 — Shared Frameworks and Measurement Systems)

By: Kayleigh P. Marques September 30th, 2024 Summary of Parts 1 and 2 In Part 1 of this series, "Designing a Results-Based Workforce Development Partnership," we explored the inherent complexity of workforce development as a multifaceted social issue. We discussed the importance of cross-sector collaboration, outlining key priority areas [...]

Being Better Stewards of Your Donors’ Dollars: A United Way Case Study for Clear Impact Unlimited Suite

By: Christian Ragland December 8, 2023 The United Way of Central Iowa has been an early adapter of Clear Impact tools. For years, it has used Scorecard and Compyle to streamline its programs and improve performance reporting. In October, Marian Rueter Godwin of UWCI spoke at a Clear Impact webinar to [...]

Clear Impact Suite Changes to Reflect Section 508 Compliance and Accessibility for the Future

By: James Wall August 18, 2023 We Have and Continue to Update All of Our Software to Remain Compliant With the Latest ADA Requirements. Read this blog to learn more about the changes, the requirements, and the benefit to users. Table of Contents: What is the Rehabilitation Act [...]

How to Use Clear Impact Suite and Results-Based Accountability For Performance Management in R&D

By: James Wall July 11, 2023 Managing R&D can be very challenging. It is important to make sure that all projects are progressing on schedule and utilizing funding efficiently. Critical objectives must be met and it is important to know when projects need to be terminated or re-examined due to unmet [...]

Results-Based Accountability & Public Health Departments

Veterans of Results-Based Accountability are probably aware that public health is one of the sectors that uses the RBA framework the most. The connection between the framework and this industry has a long history of success. Many of our case studies come from public health departments. Our overview of Clear Impact for Public Health Departments provides a snapshot [...]

Celebrating a New Milestone for Results-Based Accountability (& a Brief History)

We are pleased to announce that the Results-Based Accountability™(RBA) framework has reached an exciting new milestone. Sales of the framework’s seminal text, Trying Hard is Not Good Enough, by Mark Friedman (the creator of RBA), have reached 75,000 worldwide! To us, this milestone proves that RBA is not just a fad. It is, in fact, [...]

5 Ways Scorecard Boosts Results-Based Accountability Initiatives

Clear Impact Scorecard is not only a powerful accountability tool -- it is the only software in the world designed to support the Results-Based Accountability (RBA) implementation process from start to finish. This is something we're very proud of, as RBA is a powerful methodology that is helping communities around the world create measurable improvements. [...]

Using RBA to Find a Balance Between Food Security and Greenhouse Gas Emissions

Sustainable agriculture projects have long boasted that greener practices will reduce waste and create cleaner conditions for the environment. However, not all of these promises have been entirely true. Almond milk, for example, was found to be deadly for bee populations in California. In fact, recent studies have found that food systems as a whole contribute to a [...]