with one or more potential – even remote – ‘impact channels’. We adopt this as a neutral term to describe a wide range of types of behaviour, relationship and interaction which predispose, or enable, the attainment of impact. NOTE THAT THESE ARE NOT IN THEMSELVES EVIDENCE OF HAVING ACHIEVED IMPACT: the aim here is map those areas in which activity in impact channels might produce evidence of impact in future. The following self-assessment tools can be used to map out, somewhat impressionistically, the main lines of your ‘portfolio of potential impacts’ to date. The aim of this tool is to help you get a better sense of where your preparation for impact is strong, where it can be enhanced, and where you night seek to develop new impact channels in future.