#npcignites today I *think* l learned there's an award for "best charity annual report." Arguably - the best impact reporting is from the best Comms teams, as opposed from the charities with the most impact... The many purposes reporting is used for makes it harder to write one doc to fit all needs.

#npcignites impact reporting done once, for the Commission, used by all funders. Reducing duplication. Bravo, David Holdsworth

(one of two David Hs on the panel...)

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#npcignites ...is there a tension between valuing our own knowledge, and the openness we believe is right? "We can't collaborate in every single way". The system makes us compete and maybe that's ok? But there's things big charities can do: not compete with small grassroots orgs for example.

#npcignites I think the reflection here is that a danger to the impact economy is how larger and/or commercial orgs might take control of grassroots organisations. "Be careful how you scale and fund." But the opportunity is for Money to trust civil society and recognise it's entrepreneurial touch.

#npcignites "It's hard to be equal, when all the money is on the other side of the table." Our value is in knowledge of practice and lived experience, we need to influence *before* we're called on to implement. That's too late. And be conscious of commercial orgs monetising the ideas we developed.

#npcignites openness isn't just about sharing what works. And Chayn shows that.

#npcignites "We live in a deeply competitive funding landscape, and there's no evidence that competition is helping innovative and impact." which really resonates.

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#npcignites Openness in the impact economy. @trishml + legend Hera Hussain from www.chayn.co who's forgotten more about trauma-informed practice than I'll ever know. Sharing what you know; particularly critical now, when AI might/is changing everything and theres no time for all to learn everything.

Homepage - 360Giving We are a charity that helps organizations publish and use open grants data, enabling informed decisions and effective community support.

#npcignites mapping work across a geography... 360giving, I think? Shows what funding has been targeted where...

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#npcignites "Let's put the privacy to one side"...

Can we not do that, actually?

And can we be sure what it produces are editable, so we can keep our tone of voice and identity front and centre?

"AIs going to happen". That really does sound like a threat.

"Built for our sector" is gold, mind.

#npcignites Turn2us giving the "what's worked well", "what's not" retro. I applaud. (Special praise for "... sometimes "we" don't even go back and tell folk what's been done as a result." I must remember that.) But... It's better to start somewhere; don't make perfection the enemy of starting.

#npcignites Co-production next... Interesting note on shifting from a "paternalistic" model to shifting power to the beneficiary. "Nothing about us without us." Systems not built with humans in mind, let alone members of the marginalised communities they're meant to be for.

#npcignites "Progress moves at the speed of trust."

Well, that's a cracking precept.

#npcignites "A rising tide lifts all boats"

Chris Ashworth's wisdom cited here :+)

#npcignites (Everyone seems to have five tips: please share those slides...)

#npcignites Theory of change... Starts with postit notes (ofc!) links differentiators to outcomes to the impact of those outcomes deliver it *alongside* strategy in an iterative, messy, process - you might call it an 'impact model" - and don't leave it as a .pdf sdgs.un.org/goals

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#npcignites wrt to AI move the conversation to *what* impacts, and to what degree. AIs bias intersects with gender bias, qv Toms TedX here www.ted.com/talks/tom_il...

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#npcignites "it'd be crazy if..." We all tried to solve these problems. Let's have fora. Like ukcharitycamp ofc www.ukcharitycamp.com let's leverage the collective power. The big companies know nothing about charities. Charities do. (As do some agencies ofc.)

#npcignites Short transitions are hard to manage; what does that mean for young people, how can disadvantaged yp be helped through it. Will a loss of jobs make the competition for blue collar jobs harder, or praps level the playing field in favour of folk traditionally looking for jobs less impacted

Understanding how young people engage with generative AI Hannah shares her work with CAST to help 15 - 17 year olds understand, examine & use generative AI in positive ways.

#npcignites Kings Trust started by understanding what young people were thinking about AI, just like we did, through the lens of a "Just Transition", things will change, yp will have to understand how AI will impact them to get the opportunities.

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#npcignites Tom Ilube: A Visionary Leader in Technology, Philanthropy, and Rugby
www.linkedin.com/pulse/tom-il... starts "I'm pure geek", now chair of Kings Trust, found the charity sector wasn't leaning in to AI, should know of the work of CAST - www.wearecast.org.uk

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#npcignites That place-based approach: The Common Lot www.thecommonlot.org/about-us/vis... started with community theatre, their legacy and current work is led by the principal "Everyone benefits" - is an excellent example.

#npcignites here's a cracking bit of advice - the way of working "identify problem/produce solution/identify folk who want to help" isn't as effective as identifying the folk who want to help *first*..

#npcignites Communities are not just place-based, they can also be of-interest, of-thinking. Don't forget them.

#npcignites I'm sure someone just implied partnering with government *is risky*, because of the pace of political change, and ministerial pass-the-parcel... That's interesting.

#npcignites philanthropy creates societal impact, the best centres communities. There's an assumption that gov should be in some places, but it's not got the money (or motivation to spend) to be everywhere, and political change is questioning that assumption. Read that again, it's critical.

#npcignites Good stories might also lean on fairness and efficiencies, explaining the detail in broad strokes, to an increasingly knowledgeable public and funding landscape.

#npcignites small orgs know their niche really well; key to good partnerships is enthusiasm for partnering, getting signoff is about a good impact story on beneficiaries as well as the ROI of what is essentially an investment - good boards understand risk of experimenting, and measuring impact.

#npcignites - philanthropy/impact capital doesn't require money back, it's different. Hence "Office for Impact Economy", gov could do more, could partner/mobilise with impact economy to solve societal problems, and could do so by design, early. This could extend from charities, to pension funds etc.