Many organisations have or want a theory of change, but what happens after it’s created?

A theory of change can help clarify thinking, but the real power comes when you put it into action – to support strategic learning, collaborative working and meaningful use of data – especially when working within complex environments.

So, how do you put a theory of change into action?

In this webinar, we share our theory of change approach to understanding and tracking complex change.

Powerful and practical: our theory of change approach

We work with organisations that aim to make a difference in people’s lives. In the public and third/NGO sectors, organisations grapple with highly complex change processes, influenced by internal and external factors and pressures.

To be effective – and in some cases, to survive – they need practical ways to make sense of change and use data meaningfully to understand, learn and improve in fast-changing and often challenging environments.

We’ve developed and refined an approach to theories of change and to bringing them to life through OutNav, that recognises and holds complexity while staying practical and manageable.

Our approach has been tried and tested with many kinds of change processes, including service delivery, strategic development, change and scale, research impact and policy-influencing. Along the way, we have explored how teams in these contexts can embed understanding and learning through a theory of change that’s actually useable.

About this theory of change webinar

In this webinar we will explore how the power of a simpler approach to mapping theories of change enables teams managing initiatives in complex environments to deliver more effectively, understand and learn from their work, bring others with them, and demonstrate their impact with meaningful data.

What you’ll learn and gain from attending

  • How to move from complicated high-level theories of change to practical ones that support learning and impact tracking
  • Real-world examples of theories of change for service delivery, research impact, strategy and for multiple, linked initiatives.
  • How to run collective sensemaking sessions and bring organisational insight into your understanding of change.

Who is this webinar for?

This webinar is for programme leaders, evaluators, project managers, decision-makers, funders, and change-makers from third sector and public sector organisations, working with complex change processes in any sector.  

Registration and recording

Please register your place. After registering you will receive an email with your unique link to join us live.

By registering, you will get a link to the recording following the webinar, regardless of whether you can join us on the day.

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