Social Value UK and Social Value Portal are delighted to announce that the National Social Value Conference 2018 is being held on 20-21st November, in Manchester.

This year the National Social Value Conference will have as its central theme ‘Inspiring Leadership’ and builds on the great success of the 2017 Conference when we hosted over 250 people and a number of eminent speakers including Andy Street, the Mayor of West Midlands Combined Authority and launched the National TOMs Framework for social value measurement that has been downloaded by over 1500 organisations as far afield as Australia and New Zealand.

Overview

The Value Game is a method for measuring the value of your target audience: your customers or stakeholders.

Cost savings reflect only a part of the value created by social enterprises and social investors. To create value for the user at the primary objective of the investment, and shouldering.

Value Game can be used for both (social) market research axis for performance measurement and evaluation.

Program

Morning – The Theory of Customer Value

Session is a theoretical introduction to perceived customer value, and different ways to measure this value. On the more practical side, we will discuss the requirements and do’s and don’ts of measuring perceived value in your organization.

Afternoon – Value Game in Practice

Session will focus on developing your own Value Game, for one of your own projects or investments. We will make Value Cards, create an online game, etc. How to create Value Cards for your research, how to lead a Value Game focus group, and how to use the online tool.

The trainer

Peter Scholten was one of the first to introduce Social Return on Investment in Europe, and developed the Value Game in 2009. He was a manager at Scholten & Partners in the Netherlands and many workshops on social impact measurement all over the world. He has also (co-) authored different books related to SROI and performance measurement.

EVPA invites you to its 14th Annual Conference taking place in the historic city of Warsaw, Poland on 29 and 30 November.

Europe is facing serious societal challenges, from immigration-integration, climate change, energy poverty, youth unemployment, health care, education amongst many others. These challenges need new innovative solutions. Building these solutions requires both patient capital and cooperation amongst different stakeholders.

“Currently, only 2% of venture philanthropy investments are allocated to CEE, while 67% go to Western Europe. Social entrepreneurs face difficulties in accessing patient early stage capital that does not demand high financial returns. By organising the 14th EVPA Annual Conference in CEE, EVPA hopes to build a different message around the region, to increase resources and bring new actors into the sector.” Bernard Uyttendaele CEO of EVPA.”

Early bird registrations will start in June!

This year, we will again group the sessions into three streams depending on expertise:

• Explorers (for those who are new to the sector or to a particular topic, this is the perfect starting point).
• Experts (special breakout sessions for experienced practitioners to debate on specific issues).
• Co-creators (interactive working sessions for practitioners which will aim at exchanging expertise and co-creating together; in these sessions, practitioners work on a problem and will leave with concrete practical outcome/solutions).

Stay tuned for more details!

For a short highlight of our 2017 conference in Olso click here.

Social Return on Investment, or SROI, is a system of accounting for all of the social and environmental value of your activities. Applying SROI to your work can have a whole range of benefits – from demonstrating your impact in a clear and transparent way to improving your service delivery, winning contracts and tenders to being accountable to your stakeholders, SROI helps you to maximise the potential of your social value.

Social Value UK’s Social Value & SROI Practitioner Training course is accredited by the Institute of Leadership Management and is delivered by accredited trainers and SROI practitioners. We have been delivering this training course for over seven years to over 1200 people.

Day 1 

Day one is a practical, step-by-step introduction to the SROI process. We will begin with some theory, but the process is best learnt by trying it, so candidates will learn how to develop an impact map and explore appropriate real life examples.

Day 2 

Day two covers in depth, more theoretical issues including valuation techniques and counterfactuals, as well as discussing examples of best practice at different levels of rigour.

Cost*

• Cost for 2 day training (non-member rate) – £618 + VAT
• Cost for 2 day training (individual member rate) – £525 + VAT (15% membership discount)
• Cost for 2 day training (organisational member rate) – £464 + VAT (25% membership discount)

*VAT may not apply for international attendees