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Systems Concepts

ROE TIG Week: Sara Vaca and Pablo Vidueira on How Systems Thinking tools could be improved with better dataviz

Hi! We are Sara Vaca (EvalQuality.com) and Pablo Vidueira (professor at the Universidad Politécnica de Madrid). Today we are going to talk about the benefits of using the latest advances in data visualization to improve ST tools. Systems Thinking (ST) is the new paradigm in Evaluation which represents a significant mind-set shift and a powerful …

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Bob Williams: A Systems Practitioner’s Journey

Kia Ora! I’m Bob Williams. In our book Systems Concepts in Action : A Practitioner’s Toolkit, Richard Hummelbrunner and I distinguished between describing situations, thinking systemically, and being systemic.  I’ve see these notions describing three stages of a journey.  As you read these three scenario, pose yourself the following questions.  How well do the scenario …

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Systems Week: Beverly Parsons on Resources for Applying Systems Concepts to Evaluation

My name is Beverly Parsons. I’m the executive director of InSites (a non-profit research, evaluation, and planning organization) and an AEA board member. I have a tip about resources for applying systems concepts to evaluation. This tip is based on InSites’ continually expanding use of systems orientations in evaluations in education, social services, community change, …

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