🌻 ECAT
The Enterprise Capacity Assessment Tool (ECAT) is a way to quickly assess your enterprise’s organizational status and needs. It can be used as a self-assessment tool, as part of a guided collaborative process, or for third-party assessments.
Organizational capacity is the ability for an organization to achieve its mission while anticipating and managing future changes and risks.Â
The ECAT allows you to get a birds’ eye view of your whole organization and to pinpoint strategic areas for development for maximum impact.
How do we know where to go if we don’t have a map?
Bloom’s ECAT and guided facilitations give you a map for organizational development.
ECAT Categories
| 1 | Strategy |
| 2 | Innovation & Learning |
| 3 | Advocacy |
| 4 | “Impact Monitoring (M&E)” or “Corporate Social Responsibility” |
| 5 | “Programs and Projects” or “Products and Services” |
| 6 | Community Engagement & Communication |
| 7 | Infrastructure |
| 8 | Team, Leadership, Staff & Volunteers |
| 9 | Revenues & Financial Sustainability |
| 10 | Financial Management |
| 11 | Legal & Compliance |
| 12 | Risk, Security & Resilience |
Adapted for enterprises at different stages
ECAT for Enterprises
For enterprises that are already operational, but want to improve their organizational capacity to grow.
ECAT for Startups, 6-slide version
When you’re starting a social enterprise, there are a thousand things you could be working on: Which is the most critical for you today?
The ECAT 6-Slide version is for teams working on new ideas or early-stage startups, to help them focus on the most essential elements to know if they have an idea worth further developing.