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If you want to learn about composing a ToC, step by step; this is a usefull read in Dutch.

A full comprehensive guide on how to compose a ToC, with a practical example, all written in Dutch

MDF Guide to Theory of Change

Throughout our work and personal lives we have aims and ideas about how to achieve them, but we rarely take the time to think these through, scrutinise and articulate them. This is what a theory of change process does. It encourages us to reflect on our aims and plans, to discuss them with others and to make them explicit.
We see theory of change as the foundation of charity strategy, evaluation and communication.
Our existing guidance, published in 2014, is one of our most widely read publications. Since then, we have learnt a lot about where our thinking works well, and where it falls short. This new guide is a ten step handbook to creating a theory of change, built on many years of developing them for charities and funders. It focusses on the basics, our core approach. It gives you the information you need to do any theory of change and is directly applicable to smaller projects and charitable services.

This guide is a ten step handbook to creating a theory of change, built on many years of developing them for charities and funders. It focusses on the basics, the core approach of NPC Consulting in the UK.

Theory of change in ten steps

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Developing useful theories of change (ToCs) for an intervention, especially complex interventions, is not straightforward nor something done in a couple of hours with limited effort. Agreement is needed on a number of basic concepts and terms, key challenges need to be addressed, and there are numerous issues that need to be considered. But the effort is worth the investment of resources and time.

In this article, John Mayne walks us through some of the basic concepts and terms within ToC thinking, and addresses the key challenges for successful application of ToCs.