Newsletter

This month, we are happy to introduce you to Blue Marble Evaluation's new Global Advisory Council. This group will be supporting our network as we work to build the capacity of Blue Marble Evaluators and build demand for Blue Marble Evaluation globally. We are also celebrating the 1 year anniversary of the Transformation Systems Mapping and Analysis Group, formed one year ago on Earth Day, with a webinar on Relational Systems Thinking. There are many more opportunities to engage with BME coming up over the next few months. Read on for details and join us!

Last week, we passed the one-year mark of COVID-19 being declared by WHO as a global pandemic. Blue Marble Evaluation calls us to zoom in on the local impact of this milestone and zoom out to see the global trends and impact. We see that there are disparities both within and between countries in how the COVID-19 vaccine is being distributed, just as there have been disparities in both infections and deaths. Join us this month as we explore our role as Blue Marble Evaluators navigating the pandemic.

February is full of celebrations and observances: Black History Month, Lunar Year, Valentine's Day, Mardi Gras to name just a few. We started the month with another song from MQP to the tune of Season's of Love and have been thinking a lot about love and how important it is to our skin in the game principle. As the poet, bell hooks reminds us, "Love is an action. Never simply a feeling." So how are you putting your love into action this month? Check out the resources section below for some thoughts and share yours with us on Twitter or LinkedIn #BlueMarbleLove

Happy New Year! We spent much of last year introducing Blue Marble Evaluation to our members and friends. Now that we have built a foundation together, we plan to offer a number of opportunities for you to deepen your engagement with one another and with the principles of BME. Read on for more information about what is coming up in the next month and stay tuned for more to come. As always, if you have and idea, resource or opportunity you'd like to share with the network, please let us know!