Design and evaluate transformation based on an evidence-supported theory of transformation.
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"Many pressing challenges require transformation, rather than incremental change and trade-offs. These ‘grand challenges’ are reflected in the United Nations’ 17 Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs), adopted by the nations of the world in September 2015 at a meeting titled Transforming Our World, and in the December 2015 Paris Climate Agreement (together called Agenda 2030).
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Trust matters for transformation. The Blue Marble theory of transformation hypothesizes that transformation requires multiple actors, networks, organizations, movements, and individuals actively finding common ground thereby magnifying their separate efforts collectively to create critical mass and tipping points. A theory of transformation integrates and aligns multiple theories of change.
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Presenters: Michael Quinn Patton & Glenn Page
Summary: In this webinar, held on Earth Day 2019, Glenn and Michael explore the realities of the Anthropocene that necessitate the move towards global systems transformation. Glenn Page offers a history of the focus on global systems transformation and explores what is needed from a transformation systems theory standpoint.
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Presenter: Michael Quinn Patton of Utilization-Focused Evaluation
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Keynote address about global consumption and the need for transformational change.
