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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
  • Blog
  • Publications

What We Do

We excel in situations where our clients are engaged in innovative social change, are committed to learning, and view measurement as a method to propel their thinking and strategies around future practices.

Systems Evaluation

ORS Impact specializes in and has built a national reputation for evaluations of complex and dynamic systems.

 

Many of ORS’s projects relate to building out systems or analyzing alignment of sectors toward social change goals in public health, education, workforce and economic development, comprehensive community change, and advocacy and policy.

We are versatile and adept at applying our expertise in complex system-change efforts that address long-term societal problems.We understand the importance of phases and sequences, as well as being clear on the particular strategies at play and the outcomes most likely to be successful.

ORS Impact’s Impact, Influence, Leverage, and Learning (I2L2) Outcomes Framework clearly articulates different dimensions of system change work:

  • impact refers to changes in people or populations;
  • influence refers to changes within organizations,
  • networks, partnerships, policies, practices, or norms;
  • leverage refers to the commitment of resources;
  • learning is about field building and advancing knowledge.

 


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Publications

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Feature Report

I2L2: A Formula for Change

Impact on people and the environment is important.  But important system change outcomes often occur along the way to broad scale change.  The Impact, Influence, Leverage, and Learning (I2L2) formula guides organizations in identifying different types of outcomes so they can be intentional and accountable for advancing robust, durable results while keeping track of interim steps along the way.

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Our Work

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Feature Project

W.K. Kellogg Foundation Strong and Effective Sector & Catalyzing
Community Giving Initiatives

In 2016, ORS Impact joined as an evaluation partner of these initiatives to conduct portfolio level evaluations to assess progress and generate insights to WKKF related to areas of growth, successes, challenges and ways in which the foundation can best support this work.

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Feature Resource

Unique Methods for Multi-Stakeholder Advocacy Evaluation

Evaluation of multi-stakeholder advocacy is still in its infancy with evaluators, funders, and advocates working to untangle the complexity of how multiple organizations come together to influence policy change, build cohesive fields of practice, and accomplish more than any one group can do.

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FEATURE RESOURCE

Streams of Social Impact Work: Building bridges in a new evaluation era with market-oriented players at the table

This working paper calls for optimizing the exchange between market-based actors in social impact assessment and the profession of evaluation.

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FEATURE PROJECT

The Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation's Housing-Education Partnerships Initiative

In 2014, the Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation's Pacific Northwest (PNW) team initiated a five-year investment in cross-systems partnerships between housing authorities and school districts to connect the team's family homelessness and education pathways portfolios.

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