{"id":610,"date":"2013-08-28T16:14:09","date_gmt":"2013-08-28T20:14:09","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/carleton.ca\/communityfirst\/?p=610"},"modified":"2018-02-13T17:36:46","modified_gmt":"2018-02-13T22:36:46","slug":"developing-theories-of-change-cfice","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/carleton.ca\/communityfirst\/2013\/developing-theories-of-change-cfice\/","title":{"rendered":"Developing Theories of Change CFICE"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><strong>Challenge:<\/strong> Establishing an evaluation framework flexible enough to incorporate existing evaluation frameworks of community partners, that can be used at the micro, meso, and macro levels of the project,\u00a0and supports project formative and summative evaluation.<\/p>\n<p>The Program Committee decided to\u00a0try the Theory of Change as the organizing framework.\u00a0 The\u00a0 principles of Developmental Evaluation\u00a0are also being explored and incorporated.<\/p>\n<p>Vibrant Communities Canada started us off\u00a0 by sharing their experience with using the theory of change\u00a0 <a href=\"http:\/\/carleton.ca\/communityfirst\/wp-content\/uploads\/Theory-of-Change-Webinar1.pdf\">Theory of Change Webinar<\/a>\u00a0by \u00a0Liz Weaver, Vibrant Communities Canada November 15, 2012.<\/p>\n<p>Edward Jackson, Principal Investigator followed up with webinars specific to hubs that were looking for additional support in developing their Theory of Change:<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/carleton.ca\/communityfirst\/wp-content\/uploads\/Resources-for-Hubs-ToC-and-Evaluation.pdf\">Resources for Hubs ToC and Evaluation<\/a> \u2014 Edward Jackson, Carleton University.\u00a0 Presented to the Community\u00a0 Food Security Hub, January 16, 2013<\/p>\n<p>Chris Yordy, Phd Research Assistant, Secretariat consulted with partners and investigated the Theory of Change to provide a background paper titled<\/p>\n<p>Drafts of the hub Theories of Change will be added as they become available. 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