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PAPER | Evaluating Systems Change Results: An Inquiry Framework

Evaluating Community Impact, Mark Cabaj

Social innovators, evaluators, and community changemakers are increasingly focused on changing complex systems, but often struggle to describe either the systems itself or what they hope to achieve. This paper is designed to give clarity on how to approach the evaluation of systems change and provides three types of results that social innovators and evaluators should consider “mission-critical” to their work.

Mark Cabaj

By Mark Cabaj

Mark is President of the consulting company From Here to There and an Associate of Tamarack. Mark has first-hand knowledge of using evaluation as a policy maker, philanthropist, and activist, and has played a big role in promoting the merging practice of developmental evaluation in Canada. Mark is currently focused on how diverse organizations and communities work together to tackle complex issues, on social innovation as a "sub-scene" of community change work, and on strategic learning and evaluation.

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