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Dominoes or Pick-Up Sticks? Philanthropy, Evaluation and Social Change American Evaluation Association Nov. 14, 2009. John Bare Arthur M. Blank Family Foundation [email protected] 404.367.2062. The Driving Force Behind Social Change: Dissatisfaction. Are you satisfied with the status quo? - PowerPoint PPT PresentationTRANSCRIPT
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DOMINOES OR PICK-UP STICKS?
Philanthropy, Evaluation and Social Change
American Evaluation AssociationNov. 14, 2009
John BareArthur M. Blank Family Foundation
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The Driving Force Behind Social Change: Dissatisfaction
• Are you satisfied with the status quo?
• What must change for you to become satisfied?
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Social Change(Getting to Maybe, “I Have A Dream”)
Evaluation & Learningvs.
Auditing & Compliance
Accountability(Cost Accounting Standards, the Office of Federal Procurement
Policy Act and the Government Performance and Results Act of 1993)
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Heroes of Social Change
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Can Anything Slow Our Hero Now?
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Annual "Accountability" and "Social Change" Mentions in the NYT,
1981- 2008
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Accountability
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Annual "Accountability" and "Social Change" Mentions in the NYT,
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Sept. 8, 1993
Getting to Maybe
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Navigating a Paradox
Our only hope for doing well rests on rewarding news about and solutions for whatever it is we’re doing poorly. …
… Yet individual and organizational incentives reward a lack of honesty and candor.
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Tools for Social Change• Risk Analysis• Michael Patton’s Systems Approach (“Getting to
Maybe”)• Feedback Loops• Testing Assumptions• Daniel Kahneman’s “Outside View”• Karl Weick’s “Sensemaking”• Game Theory• Scenario Planning• Documentary Methods• Social Network Analysis• Reflective Practice
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Modeling Social Change
Change =Dissatisfaction *
Vision *Process
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C = D * V * P
Adapted from Bob Bontempo, Columbia University Business School
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Social Change: A Case Study
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Dissatisfaction
White America was profoundly aroused by Birmingham because it witnessed the whole community of Negroes facing terror and brutality with majestic scorn and heroic courage.
- MLK, March 25, 1965 (Montgomery)
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Dissatisfaction
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LBJ: March 15, 1965
But even if we pass this bill, the battle will not be over. ... Their cause must be our cause too. Because it is not just Negroes, but really it is all of us, who must overcome the crippling legacy of bigotry and injustice. And we shall overcome.
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