The resources below have been compiled for evaluators and others interested in developing a Blue Marble perspective. They provide important knowledge and context for global systems transformation design, implementation and evaluation. The resources are tagged with Blue Marble Evaluation principles and key themes.
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Developmental Evaluation
Developmental Evaluation is a foundational element to Blue Marble Evaluation.
Food Systems
Our recent work on the food systems summit has elevated a number of important resources on evaluating food systems. Here are just a few.
Blue Marble Evaluation First Anniversary
Click here to watch a recording of our one-year anniversary sunrise ceremony, featuring a prayer for our Earth by Nicole Bowman and contributions and stories from members from around the globe.
Igniting and Sustaining Community-led Transformation: Tostan's Proven Approach
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For this webinar, we will be joined by Tostan CEO Elena Bonometti to learn how a…
Evaluation and the Challenge of Our Time - AEA Panel Follow-up Conversation
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This webinar will provide a space for panelists from a recent AEA session on the climate crisis to continue the conversation and answer questions.
The urgency of climate change presents an opportunity for action by evaluators on what…
Thresholds of Transformation: How r3.0 Defines “Progress”
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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…
Evaluation Facilitation principles meet Blue Marble Evaluation principles: Professional Development to be World Savvy in a Virtual World
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Learn how two professional development and capability-building trainers, Glenn Page and Michael Quinn Patton, are adapting to the online environment. Two principles…
Design for Global Transformation
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Greg Watson is the Director of Policy and Systems Design at the Schumacher Center for a New Economics. His work currently focuses on community food systems and an initiative to improve global systems literacy. Greg has spent over 40…
Transforming the Financial Sector With an Eye to Blue Marble Evaluation
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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…
Bioregioning: Ancient wisdom that has come of age
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Presenters: Isabel Carlisle & Eduard Mueller
Hosted by Glenn Page & Michael Quinn Patton
Future resilience of our communities across the globe is a whole-systems challenge in the face of whole systems change (climate change being one of…
Transforming Small Scale Fisheries with a Blue Marble Lens: the Case of West Africa
Presenters: Kofi Agbogah and Alasdair Harris
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Hosted by Glenn Page and Michael Quinn Patton.
This webinar dives into the case study presented here, with a focus on the Blue Marble Integration principle.
Small scale, wild capture fisheries…
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