Principle 1: Global Thinking

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

Resource

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

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.

Blog post

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.

Resource

Principes du Blue Marble

Author

Andrealisa Belzer and Seyba Cissokho

Year

2021

Event

LEARNING AS YOU GO IN BECOMING PART OF THE SOLUTION AS A BLUE MARBLE EVALUATOR (BME) IN THE PUBLIC SECTOR

For evaluators both internal and external working directly/indirectly for/or with the social innovators in the public/not-for-profit sector who find themselves dealing with problems, trying out strategies, and striving to achieve goals that emerge from their engagement with the change process. BME is a global initiative focused on training the next generation of evaluators, urging us to know and face the realities of the Anthropocene & act accordingly.

Webinar

Learning as you go: Becoming part of the solution as a Blue Marble Evaluator navigating the pandemic

What are we learning in this pandemic? We are seeing that individuals matter: individual actions have reverberating consequences. We are also seeing that systems matter: how systems act to address the pandemic and protect peoples have dire consequences for the individuals that live in society and for the rest of us around the blue marble. Various levels of governments are by far the largest stakeholders in transformative engagements as systems where the public service, GUIDEd by principles of democracy, respect for peoples, integrity, and stewardship are entrusted to serve the people and navigate us through the pandemic.

Blog post

The 2021 World Food Systems Summit & BME

In 2021, UN Secretary-General António Guterres will convene a Food Systems Summit as part of the Decade of Action to achieve the Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs) by 2030. The Summit aims to support transformation of the way the world produces, consumes and thinks about food.

Resource

Principios Blue-Marble

Author

Pablo Vidueira

Year

2020

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Blue Marble Evaluation: Premises & Principles

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

Independent Dialogues Leading to the UN Food Systems Summit

Establishing a Blue Marble Evaluation Hub in Southern Africa

Relational Systems Thinking

Principes du Blue Marble

LEARNING AS YOU GO IN BECOMING PART OF THE SOLUTION AS A BLUE MARBLE EVALUATOR (BME) IN THE PUBLIC SECTOR

Learning as you go: Becoming part of the solution as a Blue Marble Evaluator navigating the pandemic

The 2021 World Food Systems Summit & BME

Principios Blue-Marble