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Measurement Matters – the podcast that provides free tips and tricks on measuring the difference your activities have on people and the planet.

In this episode I speak with Dr Rebekah Grace, who is a Director at the Centre for Transforming Early Education and Child Health (TeEACH) at Western Sydney University.

If you haven’t come across Rebekah, she is fantastic - and her passion is supporting children - particularly those that experience adversity.

What I really appreciate about Rebekah is she is all about impact – and using evidence-based approaches to change what we do every day. Which is super refreshing.

In addition to talking about the benefits and challenges of measuring outcomes for children (and including their voice in that), we also talk about the need to focus on childrens positive experiences – and how the latest research in this area is challenging us to change our approaches and adapt the tools we use to track and measure progress.

We hope you enjoy this conversation.

For those wanting to learn more about Rebekah and her work, please visit the following link, and get in contact with her directly:

https://www.westernsydney.edu.au/staff_profiles/WSU/doctor_rebekah_grace

Measurement Matters – the podcast that provides free tips and tricks on measuring the difference your activities have on people and the planet.

In this episode I speak with Skye Trudgett, CEO of Kowa, a consultancy with a shared vision to amplify the voice of First Nations peoples in impact measurement, evaluation and learning. Skye also works with the National Centre of Indigenous Excellence as a lead in Blak Impact.

We explore how Skye got into outcomes measurement and why she is passionate about the work today.

Skye is a brilliant evaluator – but more than that, I feel she is someone who really brings the principles of outcomes measurement to life in a way that is both rigorous and extremely meaningful for those experiencing change.

We hope you enjoy this conversation.

For those wanting to learn more about Skye and her work:

Kowa website: https://www.kowacollaboration.com/

Blak Impact website: https://ncie.org.au/blak-impact/

E-mail: skye@kowacollaboration.com

Measurement Matters – the podcast that provides free tips and tricks on measuring the difference your activities have on people and the planet.

In this episode I speak with Ross Wyatt, Founder and Managing Director of Think Impact, a leading for-purpose consultancy supporting organisations to better deliver impact.

We explore how Ross got into outcomes measurement and why he is passionate about the work today. We discuss a number of points and I feel this is best described as a masterclass in 'How to Build More Effective For-Purpose Organisations'.

We hope you enjoy this conversation.

For those wanting to learn more about Ross and his work:

Think Impact Website: https://thinkimpact.com.au/

E-mail: ross@thinkimpact.com.au

Measurement Matters – the podcast that provides free tips and tricks on measuring the difference your activities have on people and the planet.

In this episode we speak with Julie Ratcliffe, Professor of Health Economics in the Caring Futures Institute at Flinders University.

We explore how Julie got interested in Health Economics and transitioned to her current focus and passion of older people and Aged Care. Julie shares her leading research into Quality of Life measures along with several insights and tips for those who work in Aged Care seeking to measure outcomes.

Whilst we do focus on Aged Care, I feel the insights and conversation apply across many different sectors, so please give it a go.

We hope you enjoy this conversation.

For those wanting to learn more about Julie and her work:

Profile https://www.flinders.edu.au/people/julie.ratcliffe

Quality of Life Tool https://www.qol-acc.org/

Julie’s e-mail julie.ratcliffe@flinders.edu.au

The podcast that provides free tips and tricks on measuring the difference your activities have on people and the planet.

In this episode we speak with Thomas Aston, an independent consultant and thought leader on monitoring and evaluation.

The conversation is an introduction to Tom and his work, along with an exploration of his insights on how we can use critical thinking to better understand how and why change occurs in our programs and activities.

We hope you enjoy this conversation.

https://thomasmtaston.medium.com/

https://www.linkedin.com/in/tom-aston-consulting/

Measurement Matters – the podcast that provides free tips and tricks on measuring the difference your activities have on people and the planet.

In this episode we speak with Dr Gianni Zappala Adjunct Associate Professor at the Centre for Social Impact at UNSW, Professional Fellow at the Centre for Social Justice & Inclusion at UTS and Principal at Orfeus SQ.

We explore some of the trends in impact measurement that could be described as 'problematic patterns' and explore how a new lens of meaningful evaluation could help address some of these patterns in a positive way.

Gianni has been one of the pioneers of impact measurement here in Australia, including through both his teaching work and through pragmatic implementation first in the Smith Family and then with a large number of organisations through the Westpac Foundation.

We hope you enjoy this conversation.

For more information on the map of meaning please visit www.themapofmeaning.org

And for more information on Gianni's work www.orfeussq.com.au

Measurement Matters – the podcast that provides free tips and tricks on measuring the difference your activities have on people and the planet.

In this episode we speak with Dr Nathan Kettlewell, Lead Researcher and Economist at UTS.

I reached out to Nathan for a chat after seeing his recent research on the impact 18 major life experiences have on our wellbeing.

If you've ever wondered how events such as marriage, childbirth, being promoted, being fired, having a health shock or moving house - impact your wellbeing - then this episode might be for you.

We hope you enjoy this conversation.

Link to study https://www.uts.edu.au/news/business-law/new-study-examines-impact-major-life-events-wellbeing

Measurement Matters – the podcast that provides free tips and tricks on measuring the difference your activities have on people and the planet.

In this episode we speak with Ben Carpenter, CEO of Social Value International and Social Value UK.

We explore what got him interested in social value and his quest to change the way the world accounts for value.

Ben is one of the thought leaders in this area and has unique insights into how we can all get involved in changing the way society account for value.

We hope you enjoy this conversation.

Measurement Matters – the podcast that provides free tips and tricks on measuring the difference your activities have on people and the planet.

In this episode we speak with Rachel Christie - Impact Measurement Specialist at Mission Australia.

We explore what got her interested in this type of work and how her career has developed over time.

Rachel is one of the superstars in this field - with her team at Mission Australia recently winning a Social Impact Measurement award.

We hope you enjoy this conversation and benefit from some of the insights gained through years of experience learning what works and what doesn't.