If you have ever written a report, you’ll know that there is no section with the title ‘impact narrative’. The impact narrative is something that you can reference in many different parts of a report structure.
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‘Everything in a very short form’
Two-pages max (or even less?)
Share or summarise your narrative while introducing the research question and main findings from your data
This is the last thing you write even though it comes first in your report
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Tip. Your executive summary should be concise and present - in summary - the whole report. You might find that this is the hardest thing to write! Someone else may be able to edit down the text for you or even write the executive summary, based on their reading of the report. Having someone else draft your executive summary can help you understand how your narrative is being understood by others. |
Introduction
Background and context
Introduce your stakeholders (the people that you aimed to create change for)
Conceptual framework
Value lens, strategic framework
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Set out your data analysis in a structured way.
Tip: Can you use your narrative structure to shape how you present the different sections of your findings?
Conclusions and recommendations
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Any data that is useful to share or referenced but not part of the report already
Anything useful but not essential to or difficult to fit into the main body of the report
Additional information not directly related to the impact assessment but useful to document
Your questionnaire or interview questions
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