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Evaluation Criteria for Evaluating Transformation: Implications for the Coronavirus Pandemic and the Global Climate Emergency

Leave a Comment / Articles / Michael_Patton / March 11, 2021 / Climate, Equality & Justice, Evaluation Criteria, Global Networks, Human Rights, Sustainability, Transformation

Fundamental systems transformations are needed to address the global emergency brought on by climate change and related global trends, including the COVID-19 pandemic, which, together, pose existential threats to the future of humanity. Transformation has become the clarion call on the global stage. Evaluating transformation requires criteria. The revised Organization for Economic Cooperation and Development/Development […]

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Blue Marble Evaluation Principles in Japanese

Leave a Comment / Tools, Websites / admin / March 1, 2021 / Principle 1: Global Thinking, Principle 10: Bricolage Methods, Principle 11: World Savvy, Principle 12: Skin-in-the-game, Principle 13: Theory of Transformation, Principle 14: Transformation Fidelity, Principle 15: Transformational Alignment, Principle 16: Evaluation as Intervention, Principle 2: Anthropocene as Context, Principle 3: Transformative Engagement, Principle 4: Integration, Principle 5: Trsboundary Engagement, Principle 6: GLOCAL, Principle 7: Cross-Silos, Principle 8: Time being of the essence, Principle 9: Yin-Yang

Blue Marble Japan, Inc. aims to facilitate system transformation to realize a sustainable world. They have translated the Blue Marble Principles into Japanese. Click here to view the principles Download the principles

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Thresholds of Transformation: How r3.0 Defines “Progress”

Leave a Comment / Webinar Recordings / admin / February 16, 2021 / International Development

This webinar is now complete. Click here to access a recording of this webinar. Summary: r3.0 (Redesign for Resilience and Regeneration) just hosted its 7th International Conference in September, and so in this webinar, they present a round-up of activity from it. The Program structure revolves around four thematic pairings that align with r3.0’s Work Ecosystem and its vision of the elements

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Modules of the First Story of Place Course (Sep 2020-Feb 2021)

Leave a Comment / Tools, Websites / Glenn_Page / February 1, 2021 / Story Mapping

This ArcGIS Story Map Collection displays all modules that were part of the Story of Place Course held from September 2020 to February 2021. The course focuses on understanding global issues at a bioregional scale. Collection of Story Maps of Course Modules Transformations Systems Workstreams Gulf of Maine

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Draft Map of a Road Transect in the Gulf of Maine

Leave a Comment / Tools / Samuel_Matey / January 25, 2021

Roads of the T-Transect II Transformations Systems Workstreams: Gulf of Maine

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Lessons about evaluating responses to the pandemic: Insights from the World Food Program Developmental Evaluation

Leave a Comment / Blog Posts / Michael_Patton / January 22, 2021 / Food security, Principle 1: Global Thinking, Principle 11: World Savvy, World Food Programme

Blue Marble Evaluation Context The first overarching Blue Marble Evaluation principle is the Global Thinking Principle: Apply whole-Earth big-picture thinking to all aspects of systems change. The World Food Programme (WFP) epitomizes that principle. The pandemic, as a global challenge, requires Global Thinking. In evaluating WFP’s response to the pandemic, global thinking is critical. Working

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Transforming the Financial Sector With an Eye to Blue Marble Evaluation

Leave a Comment / Webinar Recordings / admin / January 22, 2021 / Finance

This webinar has concluded. Click here to access the webinar recording. Presenters: Steve Lydenberg, William Burckart & Mirtha Kastrapeli Hosted by Glenn Page This webinar will explore the work of TIIP and their vision for engaging Blue Marble Evaluators to help transform the financial sector – with an eye to Large Asset Ownership. TIIP was founded in 2015 by Steve Lydenberg—co-founder of the first

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Blue Marble Evaluation: Year in Review

Leave a Comment / Webinar Recordings / admin / January 15, 2021

In this last webinar of 2020, Michael, Glenn and Pablo look back at the year 2020 and reflect on what we have learned about Blue Marble Evaluation’s application in this rapidly changing world. Click here to watch a recording of this webinar. Principle 1: Global Thinking, Principle 2: Anthropocene as Context, Principle 10: Bricolage Methods

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Blue Marble Evaluation Book Club

Leave a Comment / Blog Posts / admin / January 15, 2021 / BME Book Club

Have you started reading Michael’s new book, Blue Marble Evaluation: Premises and Principles yet? If not, this is great motivation to read it alongside other fellow BME members! If so, perhaps you have questions and thoughts you’d like to share with Michael and others? In either case, we invite you to join the BME Book club, which kicks off

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