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  • NPC's approach to developing an impact measurement framework

    NPC's Four Pillars approach provides advice to charities and steps they should take to determine how to assess the difference they make. Contents Step one: Map your theory of change
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  • Systems thinking: A way to maximise program effectiveness

    A short animated video highlighting how systems thinking can be used in program evaluation to maximize program effectiveness, produced by Chris Lovato, Beverly Parsons, and Kylie Hutchinson. 
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  • From monitoring goals to systems-informed evaluation: Insights from SDG14

    This briefing paper from IIED argues that if the world is going to make significant progress towards achieving the Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs) by 2030, development actors will need to think and work in new ways, including in e
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  • Scaling impact: Innovation for the public good

    This book, written by Robert McLean (IDRC) and John Gargani (Gargani + Company), presents actionable principles that can help organizations and innovators design, manage, and evaluate scaling strat­egies.
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  • How to make toast - An exercise in group model building

    This 9 minute TED Talk outlines the process and benefits of group model building exercises, using the example of 'making toast'.
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  • VUE

    The Visual Understanding Environment (VUE) is a concept and content mapping application developed to support teaching, learning and research.
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  • Scapple

    Scapple is an easy-to-use tool for getting ideas down as quickly as possible and making connections between them.
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  • Lucidchart

    A cloud-based flow chart maker with a number of usual features, including integration with programs like Visio. Cost: Free, but account required From the website:
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  • TOCO

    Theory of change Online (TOCO) is web-based software (no download required) that you can use to design, edit and store your theory of change.
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  • Dylomo

    Dylomo is a free, web-based tool that can be used to create interactive, online logic models.
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  • Logframer

    Logframer is a free project design and management application based on the logical framework approach (LFA / Logframe).
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  • What do we mean by ‘impact’?

    International development is fixated with impact. But how do we know we’re all talking about the same thing?
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  • Evaluations that make a difference: Stories from around the world

    What is the value of evaluation and can stories provide a good way of communicating evaluation findings?
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  • Missing link: Sustained and emerging impact evaluation

    This blog post by Jindra Cekan and Laurie Zivetz of Valuing Voices discusses the need for post-project impact evaluations.
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  • Miradi

    Miradi is designed to provide project teams with the essential features that they need to design, manage, monitor, and learn from their conservation projects, in other words, to practice good adaptive management.
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  • Prosaic or profound? The adoption of systems ideas by impact evaluation

    This article, written by Bob Williams, argues that the systems field may be able to address vulnerabilities of impact evaluation.
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  • Theory of change software

    There are a number of options when it comes to using software to help create a logic model.
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  • Theory maker

    This free and open-sourced web-based tool was made by Steve Powell as a quick and simple way of creating a theory of change. The information provided was supplied by Steve Powell.
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  • Comparing QuIP with thirty other approaches to impact evaluation

    This resource outlines how the Qualitative Impact Protocol (QuIP) compares to 30 other impact evaluation approaches. 
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