Huber Social

Life does not adhere to well thought-out linear logic models. Measuring outputs and outcomes can be misleading about progress overall. One outcome may be achieved at the expense of another. Instead, life is more accurately understood as a complex system, where all elements interact and impact on one another. Measuring #socialvalue requires recognising the #complexity of life. In this article, featured on the Blavatnik School of Government, University of Oxford blog, Georgina Camp covers key technical and ethical considerations for ‘fit for purpose’ social value measurement. Key points include: 1. #Classification vs measurement - we need to standardise how the measurement is done, not just how the impact is reported. 2. #Contribution - must be scientific not self assessed. 3. #Complexity - the opportunity to replace economic growth with #wellbeing as our new ‘system attractor’. 4. Combined data - As in medical assessments, we require #subjective data to understand the ‘symptoms’ and #objective data to observe the ‘signs’. 5. #Conversion - the limitations of financial proxies: try to put a dollar figure on your health, your family, nature and your relationships. How does that feel? https://lnkd.in/gw3Q825F To address these complications, Huber Social was joined by Oxford and other partners to create the Standards Australia ‘Measuring and Valuing Social Impact’ Handbook: https://lnkd.in/gjq2bX4H

Increasingly the NFP sector is being asked to 'do more with less'. To this aim, #socialimpactmeasurement offers an important strategic tool to both demonstrate success in achieving your purpose, as well as identify where to direct resources for the greatest impact. To support NFP leaders across Adelaide, Huber Social recently joined executive consultants Matt Walsh and Jena Mayne in hosting a breakfast on leading in Social Impact. This session was delivered by Huber Social co-founder, Georgina Camp and based on the Standards Australia, 'Measuring and Valuing Social Impact' Handbook. Key takeaways included: 1.     To lead in social impact is to recognise social impact is not a by-product or your organisation, but a critical #strategic input. 2.     A #wellbeing approach to measurement enables you to do more with less - providing a holistic framework to understand the needs and aspirations of people and identify priority needs to cross check your target outcomes against - ensuring measurement is not self-fulfilling. 3.     For measurement to be #fitforpurpose, the rigour must be commensurate with the potential consequences of the impacted people. Does your social impact measurement actually help you do your job? Or is it just another administrative burden? When resources are already strained, make sure you are getting the most out of your measurement. We would love to help you understand how. Please reach out: info@hubersocial.com.au

Huber Social is hiring! We are looking for an Delivery Lead who believes a better way is possible. A passionate team player wanting to join our fast-paced social enterprise, who is able to bring initiative, take action, who enjoys building relationships to support in global social impact measurement projects - and in the process make a real difference. Huber Social recognises the #wellbeing of people as the overall measure of #socialimpact. We work with organisations to understand the needs of the people they work with to improve their wellbeing and achieve specific program outcomes. https://lnkd.in/gKiPwDpR

“Don’t let the economists define the economy” The Wellbeing Economy Alliance Aotearoa NZ ‘Economy for Public Good’ conference is on today. There is a real sense that the people are rising 🙌 Wellbeing Economy Alliance - WEAll WEALL Australia Gareth Hughes Michelle Macaskill Georgina Camp

"If I have to be here without her, then I have to do something worthwhile.” Danny Mayson-Kinder. A heartfelt congratulations to Danny Mayson-Kinder of The b kinder foundation for being named the overall winner of the 2024 Shine Awards. Following the tragic and sudden death of her daughter Billie, Danny has made sure Billie's legacy of kindess and compassion lives on in the work of The b kinder foundation, covering a range of initiatives like the b kinder council, b kinder Day, school leadership program, Billie’s Bench, and Walk for a Kinder World events. The Shine Awards cast a light on regional and rural women doing outstanding work to contrinute to the community. Huber Social is honoured to have been The b kinder foundation's measurement partners since 2019. https://lnkd.in/gJ9tXm6r Simon Vaughan Michelle Macaskill Natalie Baigent Madeleine Cannings, PhD Georgina Camp

Huber Social is seeking a Social Impact Measurement Lead to join our team. Based in Sydney or Aotearoa NZ, we are looking for a Delivery Lead who believes a better way is possible. A passionate team player wanting to join our fast-paced social enterprise, who is able to bring initiative, take action, who enjoys building relationships to support in global social impact measurement projects - and in the process make a real difference. https://lnkd.in/gKiPwDpR Michelle Macaskill Simon Vaughan Brett Nan Tie Madeleine Cannings, PhD Olivia Webster Natalie Baigent Sarah Tan Suwen L Georgina Camp

To our Perth community, come celebrate the end of year with us as part of the Social Value Collective next Thursday 5 December Sarah Tan Ms Susanne (Susie) Staton, AFAIM Caleb Gray Diana Ong Gillian Hatt Rootu Patel

Our CEO, Michelle Macaskill, will be delivering a practical training session on ‘Measuring Wellbeing and Impact’ at the Wellbeing Economy Alliance Aotearoa NZ national conference, next week in Wellington. Michelle will be sharing Huber Social’s experience working with organisations and communities around NZ to co-construct #wellbeing measurement systems from the ground up. Unique to Huber Social’s approach, is the use of #statistical ‘subjective wellbeing evaluation’ to identify the needs, aspirations and priorities of people, based on how they are experiencing life - and not an outsider’s point of view. 📢 Working to amplify the voice of communities through data. If you are attending, or are in and around #Wellington, Michelle would love to connect. 🙌 This conference is now sold out - amazing work Gareth Hughes ✨ Waikato Wellbeing Project #wellbeing #community #placebased #weall #subjectivewellbeing

Are you part of the #wellbeing movement? For those based in Aotearoa NZ, the Wellbeing Economy Alliance Aotearoa NZ is THE go-to source to learn, connect and share! Huber Social’s CEO Michelle Macaskill will be at the upcoming conference running a session on measuring impact in terms of wellbeing. You can find out more at weall.org.nz Michelle will be sharing our experience working with organisations and communities across Aotearoa to #coconstruct wellbeing frameworks that represent the needs and aspirations of the people they serve. Building wellbeing frameworks from the ground up! Together, we can move to an economy that serves the wellbeing of people & planet, now and in the future. Thank you for the invite Gareth Hughes. We can’t wait! If you’re attending, please reach out to Michelle, she would love to connect. Olivia Webster Dennis Turton Paul Brown Nick Jones Georgina Camp

Social impact, social value, the ‘S’ in ESG and wellbeing…How do they all come together, how do you best measure contribution and how do you maximise it? Huber Social’s #Accreditation course gives you the skills and tools to #measureimpact in terms of #wellbeing for your own or other organisations. Developed by the lead drafters of Standards Australia’s ‘Measuring and Valuing Social Impact’ Handbook, this course will teach you the principles of best practice. This course is suitable for decision makers and doers across all organisations. Come join this free session to find out more. https://lnkd.in/gR-vwC4S