Episode #32: Let's play cards and co-create a theory of change within an hour!

REvaluation Podcast

Erika Hajdu and Stefan de Jong of the Evaluating Societal Impact team at the Erasmus University Rotterdam developed a card game to structure discussions around complex impact pathways, and to enable teams to draft early versions of their Theory of Change in a more interesting, time-efficient way.

They presented their approach at the REvaluation Conference, and we thought this tool might be useful for the fteval community.

In this interview we learn how the game works and how it can be helpful for different settings.

Links:

• Journey of Progress card set | Erasmus University Rotterdam
• Paper publication as part of the Conference Proceedings

This episode was made possible with the friendly support of the Austrian Ministry for Women, Science and Research. Thank you for this cooperation!

Music: Urbana-Metronica (wooh-yeah mix) (ft. Morusque, Jeris, CSoul, Alex Beroza) by spinningmerkaba http://ccmixter.org/people/jlbrock44; SouljaUnit Remix of DeadRobot Music’s Surfy via https://freesound.org/people/SouljaUnit/sounds/640175/
Photo:

podcast(at)fteval.at - twitter.com/fteval - www.fteval.at

فصول

1. Intro (00:00:00)

2. Introduction of our guests (00:01:46)

3. What is the game about? (00:02:42)

4. The Gameplay! (00:04:49)

5. Role of the moderator (00:08:24)

6. What do you need to play? (00:11:48)

7. Impact backcasting and updating logic charts (00:17:28)

8. When not to play! (00:20:59)

9. Suggestions for the next REvaluation conference (00:24:21)

10. Outro (00:27:12)