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  • What We Do
      • Strategy Development
      • Theory of Change
      • Evaluation
        • Advocacy & Policy Evaluation
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      • Measurements Learning Evaluation Practice (MLE)
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  • Our Approach
    • Social Impact
    • Thought Partnership
    • Accessible Information
    • Commitment to Equity
  • What We Do
    • Strategy Development
    • Theory of Change
    • Evaluation
      • Advocacy & Policy Evaluation
      • Network Evaluation
      • Systems Evaluation
    • Measurements Learning Evaluation Practice (MLE)
      • MLE Development & Support
      • MLE Lab
  • About Us
    • Team
    • Board
    • Clients
    • Careers
    • Connect
    • 30 Gives 30 Award
  • Blog
  • Publications

Our Approach

Our clients do amazing work in the world to improve lives, ecosystems and more; we bring insights, innovations and actionable learning to support their outcomes and impacts.

Accessible Information

We strive to make our products accessible, digestible, and actionable and we use principles of design and communication to help us do this well.

Too often, reports sit on a shelf and the data within them are not used to inform decision making. At ORS Impact, we believe products—be it a report or infographic—should be easy to read and easy to use. 

Data visualization allows us to communicate important findings.

It helps us draw connections between our clients’ data and their strategic decisions and actions. It makes large amounts of complex data more accessible and has led to insights that might have otherwise remained hidden.

When we say data visualization, we mean graphically representing quantitative and qualitative data, and using elements of design to facilitate comprehension and navigation of products. We use data visualization and design in all our lines of business—evaluation, MLE, theory of change, and strategy projects—to create the most usable products for our clients.

We think beyond the traditional evaluation report.

Data visualization can transform a report that might otherwise sit on a shelf into a useful tool for learning.  We take into consideration the purpose and audience of a product, as well as our clients’ appetite for data, then work with them to determine the most appropriate product or suite of products to clearly and effectively communicate results to the intended audience(s). These might include an evaluation report with visual elements, or alternative products, like interactive, web-based visual executive summaries, infographics, or slide decks.

 

 


Contact us to learn more about our approach. 

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"I always value ORS Impact's work. The [visual data summary] and theory of change outcome map have provided us with clarity about our services and have served as a roadmap to help us navigate challenges and opportunities" 

- Hueiling Chan, Chinese Information and Service Center

Publications

Related Resources & Publications


Feature Report

Visualizing Qualitative Evaluation Data

In this short presentation at AEA 2015, we shared techniques for visualizing qualitative data. 

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Our Work

Learn about our related projects


Feature PROJECT

WKK Foundation Fellows Impact

Community Leadership Network Fellowship Program Baseline Data.

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FEATURE REPORT

A New Era of Evaluation Reporting

In this presentation at the American Evaluation Assocation, we shared our tips for using abbreviated visual products in evaluation reporting. 
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FEATURE projecT

Deeper Learning Communications: Summary of Evaluation Findings

Slide Deck Report for the William and Flora Hewlett Foundation. 
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