The Strong Field Framework: A Guide and Toolkit for Funders and Nonprofits Committed to Large-Scale Impact
One of the most important levers for bringing about systemic change is field building — coordinating the efforts of multiple organizations and individuals around a common goal and creating the conditions necessary for them to succeed.
Systems Grantmaking Resource Guide
OE supported grantees Management Assistance Group and Grantmakers for Effective Organizations on a new resource guide and web site about Systems Grantmaking. Though the guide was written for funders, it is also helpful for any nonprofit engaged in the thorny work of systems change. If you’d like to learn more, try taking the guide’s Systems…
Complexity and Community Change: Managing Adaptively to Improve Effectiveness
Patricia Auspos of the Aspen Institute, and Mark Cabaj of Here to There Consulting, have written a book on complexity-sensitive practices to increase effectiveness.
A Practical Guide to Evaluating Systems Change in a Human Services System Context
Learning for Action has published A Practical Guide to Evaluating Systems Change in a Human Services System Context, which offers a framework and a set of tools to help evaluators operationalize systems change concepts and set up an approach to evaluate systems change initiatives.
Systems Exchange at Michigan State University
The Systems Exchange at Michigan State University addresses complex social problems by understanding and transforming the form and function of community, state, and federal systems. This free knowledge center on their web site features articles and other research.