📖Impact is Not Just a Number, It's a Story of Change

Do you want to evaluate the true impact of your network in a meaningful way but struggle with complexity? This interactive session will show how different networks think about and evaluate systemic impacts. This interactive session will show how different networks think about and measure “impact.” Participants will be introduced to network measurement frameworks and approaches that are complexity-aware, learning-focused, and regenerative. Together, we will identify practical ways to adapt and use the different measurement and evaluation approaches to assess their own networks’ contribution to systemic change.

🔥 Unpacking Impact Measurement

We will dive into various network measurement frameworks and approaches designed to address networks' complexities. By departing from traditional approaches and embracing more flexible developmental methods, we can capture the complexity of our work, adapt to evolving contexts, and foster continuous learning and improvement. Together, we will explore how to move beyond rigid metrics towards a deeper understanding of impact that aligns with the dynamic nature of social change processes.

💡 Develop your Impact Evaluation Skills

This session will equip you with practical insights and strategies to measure and improve your network’s impact effectively. You’ll learn:
Strategies for Complexity-Aware Measurement: Techniques to capture network activities and outcomes' multifaceted and dynamic nature.
Practical Approaches to Evaluation: How to implement learning-focused and regenerative measurement frameworks in your network.
Continuous Adaptation Methods: Tools to regularly assess and refine your network's operations for a more significant impact.

🎭 Meet Your Facilitators

Amanda Folsom: Is a Senior Program Director and Practice Lead for Collaborative Learning at Results for Development (R4D). She has over 20 years’ experience leading global, regional, national, and subnational efforts to improve health systems and health financing and facilitating practitioner-to-practitioner action learning networks. While at R4D, Amanda has provided strategic and technical leadership, network management, and technical facilitation to multiple collaborative learning initiatives including the Joint Learning Network for Universal Health Coverage (JLN), Health Systems Strengthening Accelerator, and Linked Immunisation Action Network. .

Jannik Kaiser: Is co-founder and CEO of Unity Effect, where he is leading the area of Regenerative Measurement & Evaluation. Having worked in the NGO sector (e.g. Fair-trade International), academia and now social entrepreneurship, his most formative professional experiences were in the fields of community development and creating trans-cultural spaces, teaching, and impact evaluation. He studied social sciences and holds an M.A. in “Societies, Globalization and Development” (University of Bonn).

Katie Bowman: Is an Associate Director at Results for Development (R4D) within the Evaluation & Adaptive Learning Practice. Katie brings over a decade of experience in global development working at the intersection of systems thinking; innovation; and monitoring, evaluation, research, and learning (MERL). In her role at R4D, Katie previously directed the USAID-funded Rapid Feedback MERL Program and currently advises teams on how to incorporate systems thinking and complexity-aware evaluation methods into engagements with R4D partners around the world.

Andre Ling: Brings 20+ years of international development experience from the grassroots to the global level. He currently works at the intersection of strategy, impact, and learning, particularly for complex, multi-sectoral and multi-stakeholder change initiatives. He is passionate about collaborative, empowering, and transdisciplinary approaches that enable collective sense-making and systemic change, whether through advisory, facilitation and technical assistance roles, or through learning-oriented strategy evaluations.

Fasoranti Damilola: Is an Education leader with 10+ years of experience in 13 countries interfacing with the Government, Communities and Education Stakeholders to create learning that is personalized, fun, of quality and relevant to build rare and valuable career capital. He has a strong background and practical engagement in grassroots education, asset-based community development, resource mobilization, knowledge management, facilitation, human-centred design thinking, foresight, network weaving, project management, measurement, evaluation, accountability and learning (MEAL), leadership, the maker community and international development.

🎉 Join the Conversation!

Take advantage of this chance to explore innovative ways to measure your network's impact. Register today and take the first step towards more meaningful impact measurement!

🎪 About the Networks Festival

Across May and June, embark on a month-long journey filled with connection, curiosity, and play to explore the power of networks to transform our world.

🎊 A Celebratory Experience

The doors to the festival grounds are opening. It's a warm summer's day and you're ready to join the fun. As you step into the festival grounds, everywhere you look people eagerly discuss the latest breakthroughs in network theory, share stories of how networks have changed their lives and communities, and dream up new ways to harness the power of connection – while dancing, playing, and just having a blast. As you wander through the festival's different online spaces like the pitch tent, tech corner, bonfire circle, obstacle courses and workshop zone, you develop your network weaving capacities and meet great peers.

🎧 Who is the Festival For?

• Leaders & Coordinators of networks looking to mature their strategies.
• Funders & Governments seeking to spark, supports and scale systemic change.
• Curious Changemakers looking to learn about collaborative approaches to create social impact.

🎲 What are the Key Topics?

Join 25+ interactive sessions on themes, such as:

• Coordination and Strategy in Networks
• Indigenous Wisdom and Rights
• Impact Evaluation & Learning
• Shifting Funding Practices
• Collaborative Governance
• Equity & Decolonization
• Responsible Scaling
• And much more!

⭐️Join the Party

Leave your email at the festival website to stay posted on all upcoming sessions.

And, invite your networks, collaborators and friends to join the fun!