Archives - Community First ÐÓ°ÉÔ­´´ University Tue, 13 Feb 2018 22:36:46 +0000 en-US hourly 1 https://wordpress.org/?v=6.3.1 Developing Theories of Change CFICE /communityfirst/2013/developing-theories-of-change-cfice/?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=developing-theories-of-change-cfice Wed, 28 Aug 2013 20:14:09 +0000 http://carleton.ca/communityfirst/?p=610 Challenge: Establishing an evaluation framework flexible enough to incorporate existing evaluation frameworks of community partners, that can be used at the micro, meso, and macro levels of the project, and supports project formative and summative evaluation.

The Program Committee decided to try the Theory of Change as the organizing framework.  The  principles of Developmental Evaluation are also being explored and incorporated.

Vibrant Communities Canada started us off  by sharing their experience with using the theory of change   by  Liz Weaver, Vibrant Communities Canada November 15, 2012.

Edward Jackson, Principal Investigator followed up with webinars specific to hubs that were looking for additional support in developing their Theory of Change:

— Edward Jackson, ÐÓ°ÉÔ­´´ University.  Presented to the Community  Food Security Hub, January 16, 2013

Chris Yordy, Phd Research Assistant, Secretariat consulted with partners and investigated the Theory of Change to provide a background paper titled

Drafts of the hub Theories of Change will be added as they become available. The CFICE Theory of Change will be developed based on the work of the hubs.

]]> Lessons from Civil Society: How a ‘Theory of Change’ Can Help Tell a Bigger Impact Story /communityfirst/2013/lessons-from-civil-society-how-a-theory-of-change-can-help-tell-a-bigger-impact-story/?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=lessons-from-civil-society-how-a-theory-of-change-can-help-tell-a-bigger-impact-story Mon, 12 Aug 2013 13:49:21 +0000 http://cfice.wordpress.com/?p=41 In a blog post for the London School of Economics and Social Policy titled ‘: how a ‘Theory of Change’ can help tell a bigger impact story,’ Andy Martin, Director of strategy consulting firm Firetail, expands on the three questions he says academics should ask themselves when thinking about the impact of their research to help form a broader understanding of how their work operates beyond reductive measurables:

  1. How does change happen?
  2. Where does change happen?
  3. What’s my role in making change happen?
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