The Municipality of Delft, Erasmus Medical Center Rotterdam, Erasmus University Rotterdam and Nederlands Centrum Jeugdgezondheid developed the tool in response to the challenges people and organizations experience in articulating their impact and inspiring others. We believe that impact narratives can inspire others to actively engage in creating lasting positive change, reflect on their own experiences and share with others. We encourage tool users to share their enthusiasm about their work with others to learn together.
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What is an impact narrative?
An impact narrative is a story telling technique used to convey the sustainable positive change created by a research project or policy intervention, for instance. It consists of five elements, from problem description to the evidence for its solution. In the tool we discuss these elements and we explain how you can present them.
Impact narratives are effective tools for convincing others of the importance of your efforts for broader society. These narratives can be used in conversations, presentations, reports and evaluations.
The tool is meant for different groups of users: policy makers and healthcare professionals, researchers, and communication professionals. In the videos, a representative from each group explains what the tool can do for you.
What can the Impact Narrative Tool do for you?
Impact Narrative tool for policymakers and healthcare professionals
Here we explain how impact narratives can be beneficial for policymakers and healthcare professionals.
Impact Narrative Tool for Researchers
Here you can learn about the benefits of using impact narrative for researchers!
Impact Narrative Tool for Communication Professionals
Here you can learn more about the benefits of impact narratives for communications professionals here.
Discover the Impact Narrative Tool
Make your impact visible and share inspiration with the Impact Narrative Tool, developed by leading agencies. Click here to find out what the tool is all about!
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General
Divided into six modules, the tool guides you through developing and sharing your impact narratives. In the videos and text, we provide you with explanations, tips and interview protocol to help you gather information for your narrative. You don’t need to follow all the modules or in a set order but choose the modules that are helpful for you. There is also a quiz to test your knowledge on impact narratives, which also offers help in (re)choosing which modules to take.
With each question relating to a specific module, the quiz allows you to test your knowledge about impact narratives. When all questions have been answered, you will be shown the correct answers. Did you get an answer wrong or want to learn more? Then a link is there to take you to the right module. You can also take the quiz after you have used the tool to discover which topics to explore further.
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