33. Why you need a Theory of Change: An interview with Nathan Mallonee

The Accord Research Alliance Podcast

Today one of our co-hosts goes on the other side of the mic. Kristen Check interviews Nathan Mallonee about why your organization should have a Theory of Change. Nathan provides details about the process he led at Living Water for developing a Theory of Change and the lessons learned along the way. You can read Living Water's Theory of Change here: http://livingwater.box.com/toc This podcast was actually recorded in 2019, but this topic is more relevant than ever during Covid-19 as outlined in this article from Better Evaluation: https://www.betterevaluation.org/en/blog/adapting-evaluation-time-covid-19-%E2%80%94-part-2-define Other resources include: Think NPC's Theory of Change in 10 Steps: https://www.thinknpc.org/resource-hub/ten-steps/ DFID's review of Theories of Change: http://www.theoryofchange.org/pdf/DFID_ToC_Review_VogelV7.pdf And you can find out more about Nathan at http://nathanmallonee.com