Introduction to Impact Reporting...The Importance of Impact

Dallas L. Holmes,
Extension Specialist Institutional Research

6/16/99

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Table of Contents

• Introduction to Impact Reporting...The importance of impact
• What is IMPACT and why should we care?
• What is IMPACT (2)
• What is IMPACT (3)
• What is IMPACT (4)
• What is IMPACT (5)
• Who’s Your Impact Audience? (1)
• Who’s Your Impact audience? (2)
• The Importance of Impact to Each of Us
• Impact reporting is important to administrators because it...
• Impact reporting is important to administrators (2)
• Impact reporting is important to faculty and field staff because...
• Impact reporting is important to communicators because it...
• Ultimately…
• Elements of an Impact Statement
• What makes a good impact statement? (1)
• What makes a good impact statement? (2)
• What makes a good impact statement? (3)
• Elements of an impact statement (1)
• Elements of an impact statement (2)
• Elements of an Impact Statement (3)
• An impact statement is not...
• Reporting potential impact...
• Example of “potential impact”
• Example of an anecdotal impact statement
• Impact reporting does NOT replace...
• Uses for Impact Statements
• Uses for impact statements
• Using “impact”...
• Use impact examples ...
• Target your impact audience
• Using “impact”...
• Reporting & Writing the IMPACT Statement
• Remember …
• Other elements to consider
• Other elements ...
• Potential impact
• Anecdotes
• Impact areas hard to define & quantify
• Hard to define & quantify impact areas
• Let’s write…
• Remember….
• For more information So you want to build a tracking system for your impact statements?
• Track with impact reports... (1)
• Track with impact reports... (2)
• Track with impact reports... (3)
• For Further Information or to Comment