Most impact teams and organizations can report on outputs, but measuring what actually changes for people further downstream remains a harder and more valuable challenge. Doing this well often means rethinking data infrastructure, timelines, and how success gets defined and communicated to funders and boards, including the discipline to track and report global or national progress you can strive toward but can’t take direct credit for. This roundtable will dig into emerging best practices for tracking outcomes with more rigor and relevance, and explore what it takes to shift an organization’s measurement culture in that direction. Leaders will leave with sharper thinking on how to build outcome measurement into their own strategy and reporting.

NationSwell’s Virtual Roundtables and Braintrusts are built for members who are actively working on the issue at hand — including senior leaders, practitioners, and subject-matter experts — making them our most accessible format. The bar for the room isn’t seniority; it’s engagement with the topic. Registration may involve a brief approval step to ensure the conversation stays high-quality.

To encourage open and candid discussion, this event follows the Chatham House Rule – attendees may share insights from the conversation but cannot attribute statements to specific individuals or organizations. This ensures a trusted space for thoughtful dialogue and deeper insights.