Measuring Impact

There are two fundamental pillars for any social impact and development project: measurable impact goals and measuring metrics. Measuring the impact achieved by a music project, both at the individual as well as the community level, is fundamental to enable understanding of its effectiveness, its true transformational potential, as well as for its scalability and replicability. Also, developing and deploying a reliable impact reporting framework is crucial for more effective and successful fundraising and funding efforts.

In this conversation, Sara Zanussi shares with us her experience and research on how to understand and measure the impact of a music or music education project. She provides insights from experiences in Colombia, Tanzania and Georgia.

I hope you find these insights and inputs helpful for your music education, or social impact through music project!

For more information on the projects and resources Sara refers to during the conversation, you can check out the following pages:

Research poster for her research in Colombia.

Batuta Music (Spanish only) - the music education project in Colombia

Research on the Batuta project (Spanish only) - for research undertaken on the experiences of the Batuta Project

Project Tambores de Siloe in Colombia

Medellin transformed to art city from crime capital - NY Times article (requires subscription)

Georgian polyphonic singing - for a glimpse of what the Georgian singing sounds like, as mentioned by Sara

Research on choir: singers heartbeats synchronize, singers volunteer and more.

Take care and let's connect again at the next episode!

Marcelo

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