Training - Results-oriented impact measurement
Discover the power of impact measurement and make tangible what your organization really adds.
How do you demonstrate that your organization makes a difference? What do you want people to say about you, and how do you know if you actually achieve that? In this intensive pressure cooker training you will discover how to make the desired impact measurable and visible. Not as a justification afterwards, but as a clear story that shows what you stand for. You will learn how impact becomes part of your strategy, with practical methods and applicable insights.
For whom
For anyone who wants to use impact as a guiding tool in mission-driven work. Whether you are an artist, project manager, marketer, impact producer or program maker, you will develop a vision of impact measurement that fits your practice and ambitions.
After training
- Understand the difference between customer-driven, passion-driven and mission-driven organizations and know how this affects your impact strategy.
- Can you build strong and relevant stories around the impact of your work.
- Know how to use qualitative and quantitative techniques for clear and reliable insights the impact you or your organization is making.
- Have tools to structurally embed impact measurement in your organization.
- Have practical tools such as Theory of Change and Chapter Thinking to get started right away.
Program
Impact measurement is about making visible what really counts for your organization. Not only in numbers, but also in meaning. What makes your work valuable for your mission, your audience, your partners? During this two-day training you learn how to make impact visible with practical techniques, inspiring examples and smart translations to strategy and storytelling.
We close the first afternoon with a joint dinner, a relaxed moment to exchange experiences with other participants. On day two we go deeper into the content and you work further on your own case. Afterwards you will receive the book Storytellers, Not Sellers by trainer Ken Veerman, so you can continue to build impact in your practice independently.
Six weeks later we meet again online for a guided peer review. A moment of reflection: what have you applied, what worked or not, and what insights do you take with you for the future?
Fun and educational training that translates impact measurement into something you can start doing today and is fun!
About the trainer
Ken Veerman is a strategic consultant from Belgium and an experienced leader with cultural organizations and other mission-driven players. He started his independent practice in 2020 and before that earned his spurs as a director at various cultural organizations (from pop venue Trix to the network of Antwerp cultural centers) for some 15 years. Ken is associated as a permanent partner at Cultuurloket.be for business and strategic advice (similar to Culture & Entrepreneurship) and is affiliated with the European network of concert halls Live DMA. In 2023, his first book Vertellers, No Sellers (LannooCampus) was published on confident management in mission-driven organizations.
Want to know more about result-oriented impact measurement? Read the article Ken Veerman wrote for our knowledge base here.
Practical information
Date & times: February 9, 2026 13:00-17:00 (followed by dinner)
February 10, 2026 09:00-12:30
March 30, 2026 15:00-17:00 (online intervision)
June 22, 2026 15:00-17:30 (live intervision)
Cost: €250 incl. VAT per person (incl. dinner and book). Is the cost a problem? You can apply for co-funding of this training through Werktuig PPO. Read more about the conditions here.
Location: Nijmegen
Sign up and more information
The programs of Cultuur Academy not only offer depth in specific areas of knowledge. In our activities you also always meet other culture professionals from the Arnhem-Nijmegen region. The mutual exchange of experience and knowledge and the expansion of your network within the sector are a valuable by-product of your participation in our programs.
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