Activity trackers (activity outputs) and Engagement trackers (participation outputs)
- Matt Kepple
Quantify success
This article introduces you to Activity trackers and Engagement trackers.
How it works
Activity trackers
Activity trackers are a form of progress tracker that let you measure activity within a project.
Activity is the first thing you can measure in your strategy (a logic model).
Typical Activity trackers might include
Camps Run
Sessions Run
Workshops Run
Think of your activities as the opportunities you create for people to engage with your project
Engagement trackers
When people actually engage with your project, that is tracked using Attendance trackers (measuring Engagement). Attendance Trackers can be recorded for individual contacts.
Typical attendance trackers might include:
Session Attendances
Meetings
Phone Calls
Why the two?
Makerble lets you track Activity and Attendance separately so that you can accurately report
The number of activities you have put on, e.g. we ran 50 workshops
The number of attendances you had at each workshop, e.g. there were 10 attendees at the 1st workshop, 20 attendees at the 2nd workshop
The total attendances you had for each contact, e.g. Simon attended 15 workshops
The total attendances you had across all 50 workshops, e.g. there were 500 attendances in total
Get started
Track progress
Do this if you already have progress trackers on your project. Great - you can now start creating stories that track progress
Set up trackers
Do this if you already have progress trackers in your Organisation Account but they haven’t been added to the project you’re working on
Create custom trackers
Do this if you don’t have suitable progress trackers in your Organisation Account
All 5 stages of impact
Activity and Engagement are two of the five stages of impact you can track on Makerble
Explore the other stages and how to use them: 5 stages of impact - an example
