Tools
Helping Businesses Blossom
S3OI Framework
a. Need
Return on Investment is a measure of efficiency of an investment basis the returns or income received. In development sector, it was modified to Social Returns on Investment (SROI) for assigning financial value to social impact to measure community investments and Sustainable Returns on investment (S-ROI) to monetize environmental impacts as well in addition to the social ones.
But challenge in both these frameworks has been the use of non-statistical measures to calculate attribution of impact only due to the investment in question and proxies for putting a financial value to it.
A lot of exaggeration in return-on-investment creeps in due to these non-standardized and non-statistical measures to attribution and proxy by just including perception of beneficiary and experience of researcher.
b. Benefits
S3ROI Framework (Social, Strategic and Sustainable Returns on Investment Framework) applies a regression-based methodology to calculate attribution and proxy for exact and thorough statistical prediction.
This allows to communicate impact through holistic impact dimensions and continuously improve outcomes based on a benchmarked and empirical data-driven approach.
This helps to understand and demonstrate social, strategic and sustainable impact of an intervention better, allowing for comparisons between organizations as well in a robust, normative and rigorous way.
KAPA Framework
a. Need
KAP (Knowledge-Attitudes-Practices) Surveys developed in 1950s, reveal misconceptions or misunderstandings that may represent obstacles to activities to be implemented and potential barriers to behavior change.
The existing frameworks currently do not address the dynamic nature of behavior change. Behavior change should not be perceived as binary but as a journey through which an individual undergoes.
Plus, in community-based interventions each individual might be at a different level in his journey requiring different interventional strategies for increasing the likelihood of behavior change.
b. Benefits
KAPA (Knowledge-Attitudes-Practices Assessment) Framework is a rating tool developed by our team for conducting KAP surveys both statistically and empirically.
KAPA framework divides the total population into 9 segments suggesting different behavior change communication strategies along with other qualitative and quantitative information to move up individuals along the behavior ladder thereby reducing risk and enhancing the impact of the intervention.
This helps focus interventions according to the target audience with two important indicators KAPA Rating and KAPA expected change quotient. These two help organizations track the change in behavior throughout the program implementation and tweak it if required, basis the results for greater impact and success as visualized
Producer Company Training Framework
a. Need
Producer company trainings are required by various stakeholders such as board of directors and CEO of a producer company, market functionaries, NGO and CSR professionals etc. on various aspects such as marketing, value addition, market linkage, business planning, operations, governance, registration, finance and risk management etc.
But the training frameworks available currently do make the ultimate beneficiary i.e., the functionaries of the producer company self-sufficient so that they are enabled to independently run their company.
This becomes a major factor in success and failure of a producer company after removal of handholding support from the promoting organization, shows our 5-year long research.​​
b. Benefits​
Producer company training framework designed by our team addresses this issue through a participative, evaluative and gamified approach. The elements included in the training curriculum enables the functionaries of the producer company to face the realities themselves and be ready for whatever problems they are going to see in future.
We handhold them to do things on their own which increases their confidence. Our pedagogy makes participants curious which increases their engagement and motivation level through mixed audio-visual delivery of training.
Also, the framework includes scorecards to help assess the learning level of participants at several points during the training. Exposure visits, best practices, role plays, case studies and games provide a fun learning environment inspiring them to achieve success.
Producer Company Rating Tool
a. Need
Producer companies were created to enable small and marginal producers integrate with market, bargain for better prices, achieve economies of scale, access information and credit, and tap high value markets etc. through aggregation.
Since inception, producer companies have been facing several challenges and issues such as inadequate professional management, weak financials, inadequate access to credit, market and infrastructure, lack of risk mitigation and technical skills etc.
Due to these problems, several incorrect decisions are made which lead to failure of the company and its purpose which gets reflected in the form of losses and untimely closure.
b. Benefits
Producer company rating tool helps the Board of directors, CEO and other functionaries in the producer company to assess its status at any point in time and take corrective actions basis the identified problems. Its major benefit is a simple, easy to understand interface which take inputs and provide results and recommendations in layman terms.
It assesses the 360-degree status of producer company on more than 100 parameters belonging to several categories such as supply chain and operations, marketing and branding, credit and finance, value chain and value addition, governance and management and market linkage for a thorough analysis and provide an overall 5-point rating.
The recommendations are provided not only on the basis of rating but also on each of the input provided through a structured questionnaire in their own language. It is developed through a 5-year research conducted on more than 500 companies in India. It’s a must have for every producer company for a producer focused growth to excellence development.
PRA with children
a. Need
Participatory Rural Appraisal (PRA) is a technique to incorporate knowledge and opinions of rural people in the planning and management of development projects and programs.
PRA is usually done with adult men and women from the community for greater and better involvement of villagers in an intervention for their upliftment, by understanding their perceptions, experience and capabilities.
But it is usually faced with challenges of data triangulation and validation as probing adults for sensitive information like illegal activities, conflicts, caste scenario etc. has always been a tough task, raising questions on trustworthiness of data.
b. Benefits
Keeping these problems in view, our team designed a methodology of carrying out PRA with children from secondary and senior secondary classes in a school setting.
Children have always been considered more truthful than adults as they do not have any malign or bad intentions. Also, it is always easy to probe children in a fun learning environment in school than adults.
Plus, it adds more diversity and transparency in explaining relationships and power scenario in rural communities. It also helps offset biases and do rapport building before starting the intervention.
