IMPACT, LEARNING & IMPROVEMENT
Strengthen the ability to understand, demonstrate, and learn from impact to improve practice and build funder confidence.
From Feedback to Learning:
Strengthening Impact and Sustainability
Presenter: Hilary Star Foged (LEAD)
Date: Tuesday 30 June 2026
Location: Glenfield Community Centre
Time: 9:30am to 12:30pm
Cost: $95
Many community organisations are working hard to make a difference, but how do they know whether they are truly fulfilling their mission and vision? While feedback, surveys, programme data, and community insights are often collected, many organisations struggle to turn this information into meaningful learning, better decision-making, and long-term improvement.
This practical workshop explores how organisations can become stronger learning organisations by valuing feedback, engaging staff and stakeholders in reflection, and using what they learn to guide future action.
Participants will explore practical frameworks and approaches used within Aotearoa to gather meaningful feedback, assess impact, and identify opportunities for growth.
Rather than viewing evaluation as a reporting requirement, this workshop positions it as an ongoing process of learning that strengthens leadership, informs strategy, builds organisational capacity, and supports long-term sustainability.
Participants will leave with practical tools and ideas to help their organisations better understand their impact and use that knowledge to create positive change.
Who should attend?
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Managers and team leaders.
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CEOs and senior staff.
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Programme and project coordinators.
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Volunteer managers.
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Community development practitioners.
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Emerging leaders.
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Anyone responsible for improving organisational effectiveness and impact.
Participants will learn:
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Why learning and evaluation matter for organisational growth.
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How to collect meaningful feedback and information.
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The difference between outputs, outcomes, and impact.
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Practical ways to reflect on what is working and what is not.
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How to create feedback loops that support continuous improvement.
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Using learning to inform strategy, planning, and decision-making.
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How to tell a stronger impact story to funders and stakeholders.
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Building a culture where learning, growth, and improvement become part of everyday practice.
Key takeaway:
Leave with practical tools and fresh insights to help your organisation learn from its experiences, strengthen its impact, and make more confident decisions for the future.
Liift is designed to assist your organisation in building capability, developing and strengthening leadership, and supporting you and your team to be adaptive and resilient in a changing environment. ANCAD brings in qualified consultants to mentor your Managers, CEOs and Governance Board/Committee members in various aspects of capability building from good governance, leadership, fundraising and marketing, to financial management and strategic planning.
CANCELLATION FOR TRAINING COURSES
Please be aware that we require two working days’ notice if you wish to cancel your registration. If you cancel after this time payment is still required. We may (at our discretion) provide a credit note to be used for other training courses within twelve months of the original course.
