Q&A: Stephen Smith from IQ Business, founding partners of Social Value Network South Africa
SVI Blogshare:
IQ Business is the first organisation to be awarded a Social Value International accredited training course that is not an SROI training course. We talked with Stephen Smith about the accreditation process and IQ Business’s involvement with SVI.
What inspired you to work with Social Value International to achieve this?
We identified the need for social impact measurement training in South Africa based on our client requirements. Much is changing in our country – far more rigid requirements to measure impact. We decided to develop the first version of the training programme and then when the opportunity arose to have it accredited, we enhanced it and took it to a new level
We have had a long journey with Social Value International. It has been a mutually beneficial journey, one where we have worked as true partners. We have had the opportunity to get guidance and advice as and when needed and hopefully our input into the SVI organisation has been mutually beneficial for all.