Sample Theory of Change workshop agenda (in Spanish). (Collective workshop, with three different groups) Monitoring and Reflection workshop for program with staff/donors (in Spanish) Contact us if you’d like versions in English.
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Frameworks for Systemic Change and Movement Building
October 22, 2018 by Leave a Comment
Inspired by work from Oxfam’s Gender at Work program and adapted by Alexandra Pittman, the Change Matrix is useful in explaining outcomes needed for systematic, transformative change. (Note that it was originally proposed in the context of women’s rights and feminist movement building, but aplicable more broadly..) Change Matrix in English Change Matrix in Spanish […]
Theory of Change Guide – In Spanish!
October 27, 2017 by Leave a Comment
We recently translated our guide for a three day workshop we are facilitating for members of Lutheran World Services in Central America. We hope you find it useful, and please feel free to share! ToC Guía_AEC_Oct2017
Just Associates – Power and Empowerment Framework
April 27, 2017 by Leave a Comment
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Resources for building a participatory M&E system with strong learning focus
April 27, 2017 by Leave a Comment
I recently put together a quick list of resources for an international foundation interested in embarking on the design of an M&E system with strong learning, participation components. 1) From Forging Alliances North and South, this relevant report on evaluating social change emerged from a dialogue between funders, CS and social movement groups from the […]
Reflections on Social Learning & Communities of Practice (KM4Dev Convening, Seattle 2017)
April 15, 2017 by 2 Comments
I recently attended a KM4Dev convening in Seattle Washington. KM4Dev is an international “Community of Practice” focused on knowledge management, sharing or more generally social learning for development. The workshop was facilitated by the extraordinary Nancy White who brings years of wisdom (and fun!) to the deep work of collaboration and learning and thought leaders […]
Embedding Evaluative Thinking into Social Change Initiatives
April 13, 2017 by Leave a Comment
Embedding Evaluative Thinking_Reflections & Recommendations Included are some of our reflections and recommendations drawn from the last five years of longer-term engagements with foundations and international NGOs interested in developing within and between organizations and communities. (These were largely taken from recommendations of final reports, so to some degree written for an internal audience). Also see our […]
Participatory Action Learning
October 21, 2016 by Leave a Comment
Blog posts on our learning over the last few years, with lots of resources and links to concrete tools! Participatory Action Learning – Insights into a catalyst for transformative change. Details on the Action Learning Approach – Concrete tools and resources.
Action Learning Tools
September 6, 2016 by Leave a Comment
Orientation – Action Learning We believe in an approach to evaluation that can change fundamentally how the work of social change or development is done. We see evaluation as an opportunity to strengthen collaboration, decision-making, action-taking, and knowledge generation. This approach to evaluation, which we call Action Learning (borrowing from other, similar approaches), can help to shift how an […]