{"id":41,"date":"2013-08-12T13:49:21","date_gmt":"2013-08-12T13:49:21","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/cfice.wordpress.com\/?p=41"},"modified":"2018-01-30T16:53:51","modified_gmt":"2018-01-30T21:53:51","slug":"lessons-from-civil-society-how-a-theory-of-change-can-help-tell-a-bigger-impact-story","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/carleton.ca\/communityfirst\/2013\/lessons-from-civil-society-how-a-theory-of-change-can-help-tell-a-bigger-impact-story\/","title":{"rendered":"Lessons from Civil Society: How a ‘Theory of Change’ Can Help Tell a Bigger Impact Story"},"content":{"rendered":"

In a blog post for the London School of Economics and Social Policy titled ‘Lessons from civil society<\/a>: how a \u2018Theory of Change\u2019 can help tell a bigger impact story,’ Andy Martin, Director of strategy consulting firm Firetail, expands on the three questions he says\u00a0academics should ask themselves when thinking about the impact of their research to help form a broader understanding of how their work operates beyond reductive\u00a0measurables:<\/p>\n

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  1. How does change happen?<\/li>\n
  2. Where does change happen?<\/li>\n
  3. What\u2019s my role in making change happen?<\/li>\n<\/ol>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

    In a blog post for the London School of Economics and Social Policy titled ‘Lessons from civil society: how a \u2018Theory of Change\u2019 can help tell a bigger impact story,’ Andy Martin, Director of strategy consulting firm Firetail, expands on the three questions he says\u00a0academics should ask themselves when thinking about the impact of their 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