What’s the point of a theory of change?
by Sarah Mason A few weeks ago, a client called me up and threw out the age old question: "What's the point of a theory of change?" "People keep telling me I need one" he said. "YOU keep telling me…
by Sarah Mason A few weeks ago, a client called me up and threw out the age old question: "What's the point of a theory of change?" "People keep telling me I need one" he said. "YOU keep telling me…
By Monica Coleman Greetings! My name is Monica Coleman, and I’m a graduate assistant at the Center for Research Evaluation (CERE) at the University of Mississippi (UM). As it is my first post on our blog, I’ll start by…
By Sarah Mason There’s a fundamental paradox in the field of evaluation. Many of us want to help decision makers improve social programs. We want program leaders to use our data to inform future actions…yet, strangely, we do this by…