Social Change Programs Human service delivery model Designed

Social Change Programs • Human service delivery model • Designed to assist individuals & families • “Traditional” program evaluation • Logic Models: Inputs, outcomes • Outcomes measured at individual & family Systems Change • Advocacy model • Designed to influence organizational practices, policies, infrastructures • Developmental evaluation • Strategy maps • Outcomes measured beyond individuals and families

A developmental evaluation approach enhances social change strategy

Team Time Step 1: Get Team Ready to Play Workshops Step 5: Communicate Success A Developmental Evaluation Approach to Social Change Initiatives Step 4: Learn from the Work Step 2: Light the Pathway to Impact Step 3: Track Milestones that Matter KPCF Gathering

Developmental Evaluation Principles Developmental Purpose e Co-creation Strategic learning Systems Thinking v o n n I n o ati h Nic Adapted from Patton, Mc. Kegg & Wehipeihana (2015)

What system do we seek to change? System Map What are the pathways by which we seek to influence the system change? Strategy Map Tools Questions Light the Pathway to Impact Work plan Action plan Strategic plan

System characteristics Links Elements Boundary System

“A cloud masses, the sky darkens, leaves twist upward, and we know that it will rain. We also know the storm runoff will feed into the groundwater miles away, and the sky will clear by tomorrow. All these events are distant in time and space, and yet they are all connected within the same pattern. Each has an influence on the rest, an influence that is usually hidden from view. You can only understand the system of a rainstorm by contemplating the whole, not any individual part of the pattern. ” Senge, 1990

What system do we seek to change? System Map What are the pathways by which we seek to influence the system change? Strategy Map Tools Questions Light the Pathway to Impact Work plan Action plan Strategic plan

Tools for Intentional Design Similarities Tools to design/refine strategy & evaluation Participatory approach encouraged Begin with the end of mind: Backward mapping May be used as communication tool Logic model Programmatic goal Theory of change Social change goal Strategy map System change goal

Black Parent Initiative: Together We Can Logic Model

Future Generations Collaborative Theory of Change