Frameworks for Scaling Social Impact
Tool Box: Spectrum of Goals & Strategies for Scaling Social Impact
Organizations face many options about what to scale and how to scale their impact. The spectrum of goals and strategies for creating and scaling social impact ranges from impact through direct service to impact through indirect influence. This short PowerPoint document provides a framework or “tool box” of goals and strategies to choose from, and includes definitions of each approach.
Scaling Out: Strategies for Spreading Social Innovations
This presentation provides guidance for addressing the challenge of “scaling out” - spreading social sector innovations into new geographic locations in order to achieve greater impact. In addition to offering a four-stage strategic decision making process, this document provides guidance on what and how to scale out, and outlines the “Four R’s” criteria for making scaling decisions: readiness, resources, receptivity, risks, and returns.