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    It'S All Boxes & Arrows?: Bron Mcdonald 23 June 2009

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    The document discusses outcome-focused approaches and building capacity for these approaches. It outlines what is involved in outcome-focused work, including clearly defining needs and stakeholder roles, developing a logical theory of change, and continually evaluating and learning. Benefits include providing rationale for programs and facilitating evaluative thinking. Challenges include unintended consequences, highlighting averages over individuals, and not fully accounting for context. Building capacity principles include thinking big but starting small, working at all levels of organizations, and collaborating rather than competing.

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    The document discusses outcome-focused approaches and building capacity for these approaches. It outlines what is involved in outcome-focused work, including clearly defining needs and stakeholder roles, developing a logical theory of change, and continually evaluating and learning. Benefits include providing rationale for programs and facilitating evaluative thinking. Challenges include unintended consequences, highlighting averages over individuals, and not fully accounting for context. Building capacity principles include thinking big but starting small, working at all levels of organizations, and collaborating rather than competing.

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    The document discusses outcome-focused approaches and building capacity for these approaches. It outlines what is involved in outcome-focused work, including clearly defining needs and stakeholder roles, developing a logical theory of change, and continually evaluating and learning. Benefits include providing rationale for programs and facilitating evaluative thinking. Challenges include unintended consequences, highlighting averages over individuals, and not fully accounting for context. Building capacity principles include thinking big but starting small, working at all levels of organizations, and collaborating rather than competing.

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    The document discusses outcome-focused approaches and building capacity for these approaches. It outlines what is involved in outcome-focused work, including clearly defining needs and stakeholder roles, developing a logical theory of change, and continually evaluating and learning. Benefits include providing rationale for programs and facilitating evaluative thinking. Challenges include unintended consequences, highlighting averages over individuals, and not fully accounting for context. Building capacity principles include thinking big but starting small, working at all levels of organizations, and collaborating rather than competing.

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    Its all Boxes & Arrows?

    Bron McDonald 23rd June 2009

    Contents
    Whats involved Benefits Challenges Building capability Utilisation challenges

    Whats involved its more than boxes & arrows


    Clear definition of the situation needs & opportunities Clarity about the different role of beneficiaries & stakeholders A rich picture of what success looks like A logical theory (tools) broken down into a flow of consequences with, preferably, no large leaps of faith Deliberatively seeking evidence through all stages of a programme / project & being explicit where there is no evidence Managing performance Evaluating to seek explanation & understanding Cyclical review & learning

    Benefits why bother

    Outcome-focused Approaches:
    Provide compelling rationale to the people who have powers of veto Critical reflection to improve action Facilitates evaluative thinking

    Challenges

    3 Achilles heels of outcome-focused approaches 1. Unintended consequences 2. Tends to highlight averages 3. Does not usually include consideration of context

    Its a team sport

    Targets & indicators


    The search for the silver bullet Reporting with supporting data & narrative Consequences

    Building Capacity

    7 Principles of Building Capacity


    Think big but start small Work supply & demand Work top down & bottom up & in the middle Develop a change theory Common framework & tools Build knowledge Walk the talk

    Its a balancing act between being prescriptive and not providing enough support.

    An executive perspective on capacity building


    It takes a long time. You need a long term vision Executives need to both nurture & insist on outcome-focused approaches Getting rid of fear is paramount - capability building is about learning Clients need to be open-minded, capability builders flexible Needs to be guided by principles & not driven by prescription Collaborate rather than compete

    4 Challenges

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