Changeroo guiding content overview

Here we provide a Table of Content for the guiding content as part of the Changeroo web application.

Theory of Change Guide

• Illustration: Apple a Day
• What is a Theory of Change?
• ToC development process
• Changeroo Tour

Visualisation

• Change process
• Context
• Pathways of Change
• Theory of Action

General narrative

• Situation analysis
• Vision of success
• Purpose, scope and development
• Change story

Types of boxes

• Outcomes / Impact
• Context
• Activities / Outputs
• Inputs

Strategy narratives

• Progress
• Validation and assumptions
• Trade-offs
• Innovation
• Needs
• Opportunities and threats

Expert lenses

• Assumptions
• Level of specification
• Fostering a learning and co-creation culture
• Theory of Change pitfalls
• Theory of Change quality audit
• Logframes
• Power and gender relations
• Complexity science and systems thinking
• Measurement – Methodologies to claim contribution and attribution
• Feedback loops

Key sources

• Sue C. Funnell & Patricia J. Rogers (2011), Purposeful program theory: Effective use of theories of change and logic models. San Francisco: Jossey-Bass.
• Marjan van Es, Irene Guijt & Isabel Vogel (2015), Hivos ToC Guidelines: Theory of Change Thinking in Practice, Hivos, Available here at the ToC Academy.
• John Mayne & Nancy Johnson (2015), Using theories of change in the CGIAR research program on agriculture for nutrition and health, Evaluation, 21(4). Available here.

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Changeroo builds on the contributions and expertise of a wide group of people. Changeroo is grateful for their support and expertise.