📊 Data Thought of the Day 🧐

Evaluation isn’t just reporting. It helps you make better decisions and show funders the real impact of your work.

Evidence builds confidence. Insight drives action.

#ImpactAndInsight #Evaluation #DataDriven

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“Data collection is a means, not an end in itself.”
Once gathered, it’s the analysis, interpretation, and communication that provide insight💡

Thoughtful feedback helps refine your approach over time, supporting you in delivering against your ambitions.

#ImpactAndInsight

Data thought of the day 🧐:

“The reporting process is about what your knowledge and the data can tell you about the evaluation you're looking at.”

Over time you’ll develop more skill understanding the data – the reporting process is also about that learning.

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Returning to evaluation after a break?

Refresh your Toolkit know-how with our Evaluation Guide, which takes you through each step of the process, from articulating your ambitions, to collecting data and reporting👇

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impactandinsight.co.uk/resource/eva...

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Data thought of the day 🧐

“Data collection is a means, not an end in itself”
Once you’ve collected your data the next steps are to analyse, interpret and present your findings.

#ImpactAndInsight

Hello 2026! ✨

Happy New Year from all of us at Counting What Counts 🎉

We’re looking forward to continuing to work with you in 2026 and beyond 💫

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We’ll be quiet on here over the festive period but we’ll still be around to support you if needed✨🤝

We hope you enjoy the festivities and have a Happy New Year🎉

See you in 2026!

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Data thought of the day🧐:

“It’s better to share a work in progress early and get feedback than to wait until it’s ‘perfect’.”

Experimenting helps us learn by doing, and if we’re transparent then everyone learns from our experiments.

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“Without feedback it is impossible to improve.”

Having a high-quality feedback mechanism is essential for delivering effectively against your intentions and refining and maturing your practice over time.

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CPP - Online Demonstration of Culture Counts - Impact & Insight Toolkit This hour-long demonstration is live and is delivered by a member of the Counting What Counts team.The demonstration takes you through the use of Culture Counts. The focus of the demonstration will be...

CPPs, we’re here to help!

Join our Toolkit demo on Monday 20 October, 11am to explore how it can support your funding requirements and evaluation.

Register here: calendly.com/impactandins...

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Yorkshire Sculpture Park - Investigating Results - Impact & Insight Toolkit YSP has used the Toolkit to carry out evaluations that adhere to the requirements set by ACE during the 2019-23 funding period.

Read their reflections here👇

impactandinsight.co.uk/case-studies...

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Connecting your Toolkit Data via an API - Impact & Insight Toolkit Use the API to connect your Impact & Insight Toolkit data with your organisation's other data in external dashboards.

Who's ready to dig deeper into their organisation's data? We know you have data from all different sources, looking at different things. Connect the dots with the Toolkit API! impactandinsight.co.uk/connecting-y...

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💬“Data collection is a means, not an end in itself.”

Once gathered, it’s the analysis, interpretation, and communication that provide insight💡

Thoughtful feedback helps refine your approach over time—supporting you in delivering against your ambitions.

#ImpactAndInsight