Nonprofits & NGOs
The Pay-It-Forward Threshold
What does it take for a nonprofit to grow without external support?
Tag: Theory Of Change
Measurement & Evaluation
Measuring More and Learning Less
How an excessive focus on methods has distracted attention from the more fundamental challenge of building rigor and learning overall.
Collaboration
Three Whys, Three Times
A simple but powerful exercise for teams of all sizes and types.
Excerpt
Scaling
Nine Conditions for Scaling
An excerpt from This Little World: A How-To Guide for Social Innovators on proven strategies for increasing the relative size and scope of a social impact project
Civic Engagement
Why Organizers Need Mobilizers and Mobilizers Need Organizers
In an “ecosystem” approach, different theories of change reinforce and strengthen each other.
Collaboration
How to Build More Resilient Networks
Social impact networks inevitably face moments of existential crisis. But networks can prepare for them by asking the right questions.
Excerpt
Human Rights
Beyond the Nation
An excerpt from Dismantling Global White Privilege on a postcolonial theory of change.
Measurement & Evaluation
Unpacking the Theory of Change
The term “theory of change” is as popular as it is confusing. By gaining a clearer understanding of its various interpretations, practitioners in the social sector can more effectively implement and assess their interventions.