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Strategizing for Impact

Strategizing for Impact. Mrs. Stacy Richards – Kennedy RDI Fund Secretariat UWI St Augustine October 18 th , 2012. Strategizing for Impact. It is important that even before implementation of a project begins, researchers conceptualize a strategic pathway to achieving impact.

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Strategizing for Impact

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  1. Strategizing for Impact Mrs. Stacy Richards – Kennedy RDI Fund Secretariat UWI St Augustine October 18th, 2012

  2. Strategizing for Impact It is important that even before implementation of a project begins, researchers conceptualize a strategic pathway to achieving impact.

  3. Examples of Impact • New or improved product(s), processes and/or service(s) • The use of a project’s output by a commercial or industrial enterprise or other stakeholder group • The award of a patent • A resultant change in public sector policy • The solution of a problem of economic, social, political or cultural significance • Generation of new knowledge for research • Strengthening communities of practice • Helping a stakeholder community to become more organized and engaged • A recognized contribution to intellectual discourse • Attracting additional external funding to support a cause

  4. Pathway to Impact STAGE 1– Identify the anticipated impacts and outcomes of your project activities Step 1: Define the scope of your pathway Step 2: Choose your approach Step 3: Identify your activities Step 4: Analyze the inputs required Step 5: Identify Partners Step 6: Identify the direct products of your activities (Outputs) Step 7: Identify the resultant Outcomes and Impacts Step 8: Document unintended Impacts Step 9: Link the elements of the Pathway from Inputs to Impacts STAGE 2 – Identify indicators to measure the elements of the pathway STAGE 3 – Synthesize, analyze and communicate the findings

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