Research and Evaluation Services

Research Services

Social Compass has a reputation for delivering high quality and innovative research to government, business and community organizations wanting to examine the benefits and outcomes of partnerships and programs across a range of stakeholders. Our expertise means we can benchmark your organization's programs and partnerships against best practice standards.

Our research services include:

• Corporate social responsibility (CSR) research and benchmarking of your orqanization's policies and practices;
• Stakeholder identification and communication management protocals and plans;
• Applied and action research into partnership programs;
• Research into capacity building and social capital best practice models;
• Research on the impacts of global processes on the business, government and community sectors and associated changing roles across and between sectors;
• Research into community and organizational needs and impact assessments.

Evaluation Services

Social Compass is a member of the Australasian Evaluation Society. Our team has expertise in the full range of qualitative and quantitative evaluation approaches. When designing and implementing evaluation projects, Social Compass complies with The Australasian Evaluation Society's, Guidelines for the Ethical Conduct of Evaluations.

Our evaluation services include:

• The design and operationalization of program objectives in ways that can be measured;
• Development of  tailored sets of measurement tools to capture the tangible and intangible outcomes of programs;
• Assessment, review and evaluation of outcomes and impacts of programs for partner organizations and/or their impact communities;
• Community and social impact assessments and associated strategies and programs that might result from such assessments;
• Development and implementation of evaluation toolkits to track and evaluate program effectiveness and values;
• Development of capacity building and social capital indicators for partnerships;
• Providing review and advice on the achievements and implementation of strategies to strengthen program initiatives.

Corporate Social Responsibilty, Social Research, Program Evaluation,
Social Impact Assessment, Indigenous and Aboriginal Relations