UPSHOT TALK CREATIVE MEASUREMENT AT THE BEYOND SPORT INNOVATION HUB
The final day of the Beyond Sport Summit will see attendees enter the Innovation Hub to experience first-hand the intersection of sport, technology, innovation and social change. The Hub will take delegates on a multi-zoned journey where they will enjoy interactive content, inspirational talks and demonstrations on the pioneering work currently being achieved by leading organisations in the sport for development arena. One of the zones in this year’s Innovation Hub is Creative Measurement; providing an exclusive insight from experts who are leading the way on monitoring and evaluation approaches. Upshot are one of the organisations participating in this zone and not only are they on hand to share their trailblazing work in this area but, they are also a business support package partner to this year’s Beyond Sport Award winners.
All Beyond Sport Award winning and shortlisted projects receive a tailored package of business support, alongside with cash funding and global recognition. The Beyond Sport Business Support Package aims to enable projects with the foundations to move forward and become fully sustainable in the future. Packages will provide support across fundraising, marketing, child protection and impact measurement. The expertise provided from our partners has seen Beyond Sport distribute over £5.5 million of in-kind support to over 155 projects spanning across the globe since 2009.
Upshot is a new Business Support Package partners for the 2016 Beyond Sport Awards, supported by Comic Relief. Upshot is an online system and consultancy service launched in 2012 by the UK’s largest sports charity – the Football Foundation – to help organisations better manage, monitor and evidence their community projects. Today, more than 500 not-for-profit organisations across the globe are using Upshot to measure the vital impact they are having on their participants and wider community.
As an impact-focused organisation, Beyond Sport will be working with Upshot to provide all eligible an opportunity to enhance how they are both measuring and communicating the impact of their work. All projects will receive bespoke consultancy sessions from the Upshot team, which will help our highly-esteemed Shortlist better manage, monitor and evaluate the projects with which they are involved, while evidence shows the effectiveness and impact of their work, and identifying key areas and demographics on which to focus future efforts.
As the Beyond Sport Awards, supported by Comic Relief continue to grow year-on-year we are delighted to be working with Upshot and look forward to following the success stories built on the back of this partnership.
You can catch Upshot exploring impact measurement in the Creative Measurement Zone, as part of the Innovation Hub on the third and final day of this year’s Beyond Sport Summit.