Could you define "causal pathway" a bit more, please, Bridget. This is a term with which I'm unfamiliar.
Janet
--- On Thu, 7/6/12, Bridget McKenzie <[log in to unmask]> wrote:
> From: Bridget McKenzie <[log in to unmask]>
> Subject: Re: 'Why evaluation doesn't measure up'
> To: [log in to unmask]
> Date: Thursday, 7 June, 2012, 14:54
> Hi Mia
> I hope this doesn't sound too jargony, and is useful for
> everyone.
> Theory of Change is a fairly rigorous method, with elements
> which will be very familiar to most of you. It encourages
> organisations to take a big picture and long term view, and
> to challenge your shared assumptions.
> It assumes that any project is intended to promote positive
> change within /and/ outside the organisation (otherwise, why
> do the project?).
> It encourages you to be very specific and measurable, to
> create a very graphic representation of change, which can be
> pictured as a causal pathway. It helps you describe the
> interventions that are needed to optimise this causal
> pathway.
> What I find helpful is that if an organisation takes on
> board Theory of Change, evaluation isn't just 'tacked on' at
> the end. Evaluation is the process of describing and
> appraising all the interventions and the outputs on the full
> length of this causal pathway.
>
> Bridget
>
>
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