Impact & advocacy

Counted
with care

A large audience is not the same as deep participation. We report them separately, define every indicator, and show where each number came from.

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Theory of change

From effort to effect

  1. 01

    Inputs

    Funding, a local team, capture kit and partners.

  2. 02

    Activities

    Convenings, curation, field capture, the podcast and VOICES.

  3. 03

    Outputs

    Sessions held, records published, priorities documented.

  4. 04

    Outcomes

    Priorities reach duty-bearers and responses come back.

  5. 05

    Impact

    Communities are heard, and their environment is better stewarded.

Outputs and outcomes are what we measure and report. Impact is the long-term change we work towards, not a claim we make from a single year’s figures.

Indicator explorer

Every number

  • Young people engaged Direct participation Set at baseline
    Definition
    Unique individuals who attended a session, workshop or event. Each person counted once per reporting period.
    Verified by
    Registration and attendance records
    Broken down by
    State, gender, age band
    Reported
    Quarterly
  • Curation sessions held Direct participation Set at baseline
    Definition
    Facilitated sessions with a signed attendance list and a written output.
    Verified by
    Session reports
    Broken down by
    State, community
    Reported
    Quarterly
  • Share of women and young women Direct participation Set at baseline
    Definition
    Proportion of unique participants who identify as female.
    Verified by
    Disaggregated attendance data
    Broken down by
    Programme, state
    Reported
    Quarterly
  • Cumulative reach Digital reach Set at baseline
    Definition
    Unique accounts reached across livestreams, the podcast and social channels.
    Verified by
    Platform analytics, deduplicated where possible
    Broken down by
    Channel
    Reported
    Monthly
  • Field records published Digital reach Set at baseline
    Definition
    Labs records live with complete metadata and consent on file.
    Verified by
    Labs records register
    Broken down by
    State, record type
    Reported
    Quarterly
  • VOICES reports logged Digital reach Set at baseline
    Definition
    Geo-stamped reports corroborated by at least one other user.
    Verified by
    VOICES platform logs
    Broken down by
    Ward, theme
    Reported
    Monthly
  • Priorities documented Community priorities Set at baseline
    Definition
    Distinct issues ranked by a community in a curation or dialogue session.
    Verified by
    Curation outputs
    Broken down by
    State, theme
    Reported
    Per session
  • Taken to duty-bearers Community priorities Set at baseline
    Definition
    Issues formally presented to a responsible public body, in writing or at a hearing.
    Verified by
    Letters, petitions, meeting minutes
    Broken down by
    Level of government
    Reported
    Quarterly
  • Responses received Community priorities Set at baseline
    Definition
    Documented replies or actions from duty-bearers, tracked publicly.
    Verified by
    Response tracker
    Broken down by
    Type of response
    Reported
    Quarterly
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Data quality

How we verify

Four checks stand between an activity and a published number.

  1. 01

    Collect at source

    Attendance, records and reports are gathered where the work happens, not reconstructed later.

  2. 02

    Check

    Every record needs complete metadata and consent before it counts.

  3. 03

    Deduplicate

    People are counted once per period. Reach is deduplicated across channels where possible.

  4. 04

    Publish with sources

    Each figure is shown with its definition and where it came from.

Quarterly milestones

The Roadmap

  1. Phase 1 / Quarter 1

    Inception & baseline

    • Confirm indicators and data sources
    • Baseline survey in target communities
    • Field capture protocol for the Labs
    • Partner and safeguarding agreements signed
  2. Phase 2 / Quarter 2

    Programme rollout

    • First round of Community Curation sessions
    • State of Society dialogues begin
    • Paint the Future studio intake
    • Fixed-point capture sites established
  3. Phase 3 / Quarter 3

    Documentation & convening

    • TEDxPortHarcourt annual convening
    • Field records published with consent
    • Priorities submitted to duty-bearers
    • Mid-term review against baseline
  4. Phase 4 / Quarter 4

    Evaluation & sustainability

    • Endline survey and final evaluation
    • Public impact report
    • Open data release from the Labs
    • Sustainability and handover plan

Why we count separately

The reasoning behind the three lanes, in plain language.