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Principle 1: Global Thinking

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Apply whole-Earth, big-picture thinking to all aspects of systems change.

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Blue Marble Evaluation: Premises & Principles

This book introduces Blue Marble evaluation, which provides a framework for developing, adapting, and evaluating major systems change initiatives involving complex networks of stakeholders.
Author
Michael Quinn Patton
Year
2019

Event

CECAN Webinar: The Practice of Blue Marble Evaluation

This presentation will focus on the practice of Blue Marble Evaluation by connecting diverse local contexts to global issues and trends.

Resource

Evaluation and the Challenge of Our Time - EES Presentation

This presentation by Scott Chaplowe, was part of a panel with several other BME members and focused on the role of evaluation and evaluators in the face of the climate crisis. 

Author
Scott Chaplowe
Year
2021

Blog post

A Clarion Call for Food Systems Transformation

As part of preparation and building momentum for the 2021 UN Food Systems Summit more than 900 Independent Dialogues have taken place around the world. These Summit Dialogues aim to offer a seat at the table to all interested stakeholders, giving them an opportunity to debate, collaborate, and provide input into deliberations on the future of food.  

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Buddhist and Taoist Systems Thinking and Blue Marble Evaluation: Exploring the Synergies for Systems Transformation

In this webinar, the presenters outline the main ideas behind the book and explore the intersections between Blue Marble Evaluation and Buddhist and Taoist Systems Thinking as enablers of systems transformation

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Evaluation in the SDGs Era: Adapting "Developmental Evaluation" in the Japanese Context

This webinar is exploring the frontier of evaluation science with Dr. Patton, the former president of American Evaluation Association and the leading expert of Developmental Evaluation and Blue Marble Evaluation.

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Independent Dialogues Leading to the UN Food Systems Summit

Blue Marble Evaluation has completed its second review of more than 100 discussions out of more than 600 Independent Dialogues taking place globally found 10 common criteria for successful food systems transformation ahead of the Pre-Summit gathering in Rome.

Webinar

Establishing a Blue Marble Evaluation Hub in Southern Africa

This webinar is focused on the development of an African Blue Mable Evaluation hub.

Webinar

Relational Systems Thinking

This webinar was a celebration of the 1 year anniversary of the Transformation Systems Mapping & Analysis Working group and introduced the work of the hosts of our 13th workstream - Decolonizing Systems Mapping - the Turtle Island Institute.

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Principes du Blue Marble

Author
Andrealisa Belzer and Seyba Cissokho
Year
2021

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