Resources - Blue Marble Evaluation

Fostering an Intergenerational Approach to Transforming Evaluation

Leave a Comment / Webinar Recordings / admin / December 16, 2021 / Climate, Culture & Ethnicity, Decolonization & Indigenous Sovereignty, Education, EvalYouth, Gender, Global Networks, Innovation, Race, Sustainability

In this webinar, we heard from several young and emerging evaluators and leaders from the EvalYouth Global Network about the ways they are embedding BME principles into their work, both as a network and as individual evaluators. EvalYouth is a global, multi-stakeholder partnership/network that supports and promotes young and emerging evaluators (YEEs) and youth-led accountability around the world. The […]

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Utilization-Focused Evaluation as the Overarching Framework for Blue Marble Evaluation

Leave a Comment / Blog Posts / Charmagne_Campbell-Patton / November 4, 2021 / Utilization-Focused Evaluation

The publication of the new 5th edition of Utilization-Focused Evaluation provides an opportunity to revisit the interconnection between Blue Marble Evaluation and Utilization-Focused Evaluation. In essence, Blue Marble evaluations should be utilization-focused so Utilization-Focused Evaluation provides the overarching framework for Blue Marble Evaluation. This blog summarizes how we address the interconnection in the new book. Intergenerational

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

Leave a Comment / Webinar Recordings / admin / October 1, 2021 / Bhuddhism, Principle 1: Global Thinking, Principle 3: Transformative Engagement, Taoism

In the context of the Anthropocene, organizations today struggle in finding a balance between maximizing profits and generating value for their stakeholders, the environment and the society at large. Josep M. Coll’s new book Buddhist and Taoist Systems Thinking: the natural path to sustainable transformation (Routledge) explores a radical new conception of business and management. It is

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CECAN Webinar: The Practice of Blue Marble Evaluation

Leave a Comment / Past Events / admin / September 30, 2021 / Principle 1: Global Thinking, Principle 2: Anthropocene as Context, Principle 3: Transformative Engagement, Principle 4: Integration

The great acceleration of human activities over the past 10, 50, 100 years has changed the very nature of life support for all species who live together on this big “blue marble” we call planet Earth. As we navigate into the Anthropocene, with system-wide turbulence emerging all around us, we recognize the dire need for

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Developmental Evaluation Course

Leave a Comment / Past Events / admin / August 27, 2021 / Developmental Evaluation

Developmental Evaluation is directly connected to Blue Marble Evaluation. In this hand-on course, we’ll explore this powerful technique for helping social innovators – especially those working in complex or uncertain environments – learn and adapt their design as it is being developed. This newly-developed course is your chance to learn from thought-leaders in this emerging

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A Clarion Call for Food Systems Transformation

Leave a Comment / Blog Posts / Michael_Patton / August 17, 2021 / Biodiversity, Climate, Consumption & Production, Culture & Ethnicity, Decolonization & Indigenous Sovereignty, Equality & Justice, Food security, Food Systems Summit, Gender, Health & Well-Being, Human Migration, Human Rights, Industrialization & Infrastructure, Innovation, Principle 1: Global Thinking, Principle 10: Bricolage Methods, Principle 12: Skin-in-the-game, Principle 2: Anthropocene as Context, Principle 3: Transformative Engagement, Principle 4: Integration, Principle 5: Transboundary Engagement, Principle 6: GLOCAL, Principle 7: Cross-Silos, Principle 8: Time being of the essence, Race, Sustainability

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. Conveners of

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Independent Dialogues Leading to the UN Food Systems Summit

Leave a Comment / Blog Posts / Michael_Patton / July 14, 2021 / Children & Youth Food Systems Summit, Food security, Gender, Global Networks, Sustainability

The Blue Marble Evaluation Network (BME) has been commissioned to synthesize the reports of Independent Dialogues as part of preparation for the UN Food Systems Summit in September. Through June more than 700 Independent Dialogues have been registered. It is helpful to locate the contributions of the Independent Dialogues in relation to the other workstreams of preparation and planning for the

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