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Evaluation Implications of the Coronavirus Global Health Pandemic Emergency
In this blog, Michael offers his perspective on the implications of the global health emergency for evaluation.
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SDG Transormations Forum
"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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Transforming Food Systems with Beacons of Hope
Learn more about how Beacons of Hope is working to transform the global food system, and how they are using Blue Marble Evaluation to support this work.
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Climate Emergency, Urban Opportunity: How national governments can secure economic prosperity and avert climate catastrophe by transforming cities
A flagship global report from the Coalition for Urban Transitions.
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2019
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Blue Marble Case Example: The Gulf of Maine
In this webinar, Glenn Page applies the Blue Marble Perspective to a case study of the Gulf of Maine.
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Michael Quinn Patton and Glenn Page
Year
2019
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Blue Marble Case Example: The Global Alliance for the Future of Food
Presenters: Michael Quinn Patton, Pablo Vidueira
Summary: Hear from the world's first Blue Marble Evaluator, Pablo Vidueira, about his work supporting the Global Alliance for the Future of Food, an alliance of mostly private foundations working to leverage their resources and networks to get sustainable food systems on the political, economic, and social agenda.
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Pablo Viduera
Year
2019
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Theory of Transformation Part I
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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Michael Quinn Patton and Glenn Page
Year
2019
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Briefing Note Indigenous Peoples’ Rights and the 2030 Agenda
An exploration of the implications of the 2030 Agenda for Sustainable Development for indigenous peoples.
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2015
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Evaluation for Transformative Change Webinar
A report-back from the 2019 IDEAS Conference on Evaluation for Transformation.
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2019
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Organizations working together: Coordination in interorganizational networks
Organizations Working Together provides a portrait of the various types of organizational collaborations currently taking place and the influence these efforts have in today's global marketplace. Alter and Hage focus on the workings of the most intensive of these cooperative ventures--systemic networks--and demonstrate their effectiveness with data from both the public and private sector. This in-depth study will be of interest to researchers, professors, students, and professionals in organizational studies, sociology, social work, and others concerned with organizations.
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Catherine Alter and Jerald Hage
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1993
