Theory of Change: Align Your Strategies to Achieve Results

Here we walk through a process to craft your mission. Move from ideas to values and ultimately to a mission statement.

Test your assumptions, unearth your biases and cover your reveal your blind spots. Going through this process will safeguard you from missing vital information that could inhibit your success.

Why do some of the same problems persist? Is it because we are using single loop learning? Here we learn how to use double loop learning to address permeant challenges.

Jamie Lerner, one of the greatest Mayors in the world used design thinking to turn Curitiba in Brazil into one of the most efficient and human centered cities in the world. He used Design Thinking to achieve this feat. We learn more here.

In this lesson we explore the Strengths, Weaknesses, Opportunities and Threats model in relation to your Organization.

In this lecture we define your target audience, differentiate your target population and map out an group profile.

Here we walk through a step by step process to identify your target audience.

How to analyze powerful actors by their influence and impact.

In this lecture we outline your strategies and help you think through how you work so you can improve your results.

In order to achieve your mission you need skills. This section describes the process involved in conducting a skills audit.

What do you hope to achieve? How will you know you have made this impact? Here we define measurable outcomes and link them back to your strategies.

The Balanced Scorecard is a powerful tool to measure your impact and track your results. In this demo lecture I briefly outline this tool.

The Logic Model is the most popular program evaluation tool, used by organizations such as the United Nations, Natwest and RAND corporation. In this class we outline the basic elements of this tool.

You have created a Theory of Change! Now, reflect on the process to improve your product.

The world is a diverse place. As such, our personal and professional lives comprise living and working with different types of people. This diversity adds richness but it can also add moments of misunderstanding. 

The next section aims to equip all members of an organization with the basic understanding of cultural difference. In this section we look at issues such as religion, gender, race and class. Armed with awareness of these components improves your ability to foster inclusive, equitable and productive spaces which will ultimately increases everyone's results.

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The distinction between belief, non-belief, practice and culture are often blurred at best. This lecture unpacks these relationships. By the end of this class you will:

See the relationship between culture and religion.

Investigate strategies to use religion as a way of building inclusive conversations.

Is there a difference between income, wealth, and how a person sees the world? In this class, you will be exposed to the way in which socio-economic class shapes ideas, behaviors, and culture.

If we are all human beings, why is there so much emphasis on what we look like? This class unpacks race and ethnicity as a social construct. Taking this class will equip you with the skills to understand race and racism

Some census forms ask for a person's sex, while others ask for their gender. What is the difference? By the end of this class you will understand these differences and be able to see them in your surroundings.

Sex and sexuality has always been a topic of interest for millennia. By the end of this class you will have a greater grasp of what sexual orientation is, and how to be more inclusive to people of different sexual identities.

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Connect with your instructor. Find out how in this lecture.