This working group aims to advance the field of transformations systems mapping and analysis, and grow a culture of collaboration to address the challenges of our time.
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Principles
To deal with the complexities of global issues and problems we need principles to guide us, not a rule book to tie us down.
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Global Thinking Principle
Apply whole Earth, big picture thinking to all aspects of systems change.
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Anthropocene as Context Principle
Know and face the realities of the Anthropocene and act accordingly.
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Transformative Engagement Principle
Engage consistent with the magnitude, direction, and speed of transformations needed and envisioned.
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Integration Principle
Integrate the overarching and operating Blue Marble principles in the design, engagement with, and evaluation of systems change and transformation initiatives.
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Principles
Global Thinking Principle
Anthropocene as Context Principle
Transformative Engagement Principle
Integration Principle
Think Globally, Act Globally and Evaluate Globally.
Blue Marble Evaluation is a global initiative focused on training the next generation of evaluators to Think Globally, Act Globally and Evaluate Globally. It was launched by Utilization-Focused Evaluation in the Fall of 2015 with a generous pilot grant from the Faster Forward Fund in partnership with World Savvy and continues with support from the McKnight Foundation.
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September 2021 Newsletter
Equinox Edition
Welcome Back! As we begin to see signs of fall in the northern hemisphere and prepare to welcome spring in the south, we are happy to be back in action! It's been a few months since we sent out a newsletter, but we are making up for it with an email chock full of goodies. Here are a…
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Food Systems Summit Synthesis Deep Dive Reports
Blue Marble Evaluation (BME) teams have been working to synthesize themes across the hundreds of Independent Dialogues, resulting in three overall synthesis reports and four deep-dives into the perspectives of women, smallholder farmers,
Indigenous peoples and youth.
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Developmental Evaluation: Systems and Complexity
Developmental Evaluation involves real time feedback about what is emerging in complex dynamic systems as innovators seek to bring about systems change. Participants in this course will learn the unique niche of developmental evaluation and what perspectives such as Systems Thinking and Complex…
