Our new online live training series on Qualitative Coding Basics for Impact Tracking starting February 12, 2025 will cover the best practices for approaching coding and analysis of surveys, interviews, reports, and stories in a systematic way!
Facilitated live by our founder and CEO Alexandra Pittman, PhD, the series are ideal for researchers, evaluators, program managers, and professionals seeking to elevate their ability to derive meaningful insights from complex textual data and develop compelling narrative evidence.
This is the perfect opportunity to bring your own data into the training and start coding information while receiving free access to our ImpactMapper software (1-6 weeks based on the training package you select) to track your outcomes and trends and visualize your data.
In this training series, you will:
- Develop qualitative analysis skills and coding techniques, enhancing your ability to systematically analyze and interpret qualitative data. This skill is crucial for rigorous impact tracking and research methodologies
- Strengthen your analytical lens. The course provides practical exercises that will help you develop a more nuanced and structured approach to qualitative data analysis. You will learn how to look at data more critically and systematically.
- Improve your ability to extract meaningful insights from complex textual information. The course will provide a structured framework for coding, which can help create more consistent and reliable data analysis across the organization.
- Deepen your professional development: By learning qualitative coding basics, will enhance your research and evaluation skills, providing valuable skills to you and your organization, as well enhancing your professional skills.
- Gain practical experience coding your own data and getting feedback from the trainer. You can bring your own data into the training and start coding information setting your organization on a path to using the rich qualitative data that you are collecting.
All sessions will be recorded and materials will be sent to participants in case you are not able to make a session, you will still have access to all of the resources. Participants will receive a certificate upon completion of the entire training series.
Who is the training for?
- Staff at any organization involved in impact measurement, research, monitoring, and evaluation
- Those who regularly work with qualitative data from various sources like surveys, interviews, reports, and impact stories.
- Suitable for people in research and evaluation firms, donors, nonprofits, impact investors, academia, etc.
Training Dates and Time:
Wednesdays, February 12 - March 12 once every week from 5-7 pm CET
Pricing:
- $249 for the Intro course and one course of your choosing 2 courses and 2 weeks of access to the ImpactMapper full suite software. Register and pay here.
- $99 for the Intro to Qualitative course and 1-week of access to the ImpactMapper full-suite software. Register and pay here
Note: Participants in the full training series (5 courses) will be eligible to get a discount of 10% off the full ImpactMapper suite or 5% on ImpactMapper survey-only tool on an annual license.
What You Will Learn:
- The Science and Structure of Storytelling
- Designing a participatory data collection workshop
- Facilitating Strategies
- Collecting Stories of Change in a Workshop
- Analyzing Story Data and Alignment with Your Outcomes
- Getting the Taxonomy Right
- Analyzing your Grant Giving or Impact Investments
- Crafting a Compelling Case Study or Impact Report
- Action Planning and Learning
Spaces are limited: 9-12 participants max.
Investment:
- $6,000 USD - Own Room
- $4,000 USD - Shared Room (with one other) or non-private space with single bed ($3,500)
To reserve your spot, a $1,500 deposit is required.
Created and Facilitated by Dr. Alexandra Pittman
Pioneering Solutions for Impact Tracking and Social Change
Named an ´innovative tech founder' by Entrepreneur Magazine, Alexandra Pittman, PhD, stands at the forefront of impact tracking, storytelling, and social justice, human rights, and sustainability reporting. As the Founder and CEO of ImpactMapper, she and her team have developed a groundbreaking software tool empowering donors, nonprofits, corporates, and impact investors to track, visualize and optimize their social impact funding and activities. Wanting to create a deeper impact on the corporate space, Pittman also created the HERO Index, a tool that tracks corporate performance on key aspects of human rights and sustainability.
Throughout her dynamic career, Alexandra has cultivated partnerships and advised global influencers and changemakers, including teams at UNDP, UN Women, IKEA, Chanel Foundation, Meta, Malala Fund, Oxfam, Fund for Global Human Rights, Porticus, Winthrop Rockefeller Fund, to name a few. Her strategic guidance has helped organisations crystallise their values, articulate their goals, and effectively track and communicate their impact stories.
Championing Sustainability, Social Justice, Impact, and Wellness
Supporting her career trajectory, Alexandra earned a PhD in Sociology and Cultural Psychology from Boston College in 2009 and then held a Senior Research Fellowship at Harvard University. Her expertise spans diverse areas, including monitoring, evaluation, and learning, impact management, participatory methodology, storytelling methodology, gender equity, social justice, tech for good, philanthropy and impact investing, social enterprise creation, and responsible AI.
Beyond the digital realm, Alexandra extends her commitment to sustainability, social justice, and wellness principles. This passion led to the creation of Havn Hus, a retreat center nestled in the Norwegian fjords. This physical space weaves together important philosophical strands, bringing together inner and outer wellness and alignment for our planet and people. Here, with her team she creates space for authentic wellness and networking experiences, fostering a holistic approach to impact endeavours.
Join Dr. Alexandra Pittman in collaborating to determine the most effective use of your resources and capital for impact and transformative change.
