Trainings
Causal Pathways 101 Virtual Trainings
Understand, Implement, and Benefit from Causal Pathways
Are you a foundation strategy, learning, or evaluation officer seeking to enhance your organization's impact? Or are you an evaluator working with philanthropy? Causal pathways exploration can provide valuable insights into how change happens, why it occurs, and under what circumstances.
The Initiative can provide virtual trainings, which can be modified based on your needs and interest, to equip you and your team with the knowledge and tools to effectively integrate causal pathways into your foundation's evaluation practices, driving more equitable outcomes.
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Current Training Opportunities
We currently do not have any free public virtual trainings available.
If your organization is interested in a customized, private training, please reach out to Carolina at carolina@causalpathways.org. ​
Past Training Opportunities
5/15 @ 11:00am ET
Session 1: Understanding and Getting Ready for Causal Pathways Evaluation​
Kimberlin Butler
The L.E.A.D. Agency
Heather Britt
Independent Consultant
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​Explore what are causal pathways, the myths that keep us from applying causal pathways approaches, when this type of analysis makes most sense, and how to build buy-in for causal pathways with key staff and partners.
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5/20 @ 11:00am ET
Session 2: Values-Driven Causal Pathways Evaluations: Strengthening Rigor and Quality
Florencia Guerzovich
Independent Consultant
Drew Koleros
Mathematica
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Explore what rigor looks like in causal pathways evaluations, building on the inclusive rigor framework and a values-driven approach, including unpacking why participatory approaches matter.
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6/3 @ 11:00am ET
Session 3: The Nitty Gritty of a Causal Pathways Evaluation Design and Implementation​​​
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Steve Powell
Causal Map
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Fiona Remnant
Bath SDR
Alison Gold
Optimistic Anthropology
Explore how to design and implement a causal pathways evaluation, recognizing it can differ from many other types of evaluation. Topics range from constructing an iterative design process to strategies for coding causal relationships in data.
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Key Benefits
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Deepen understanding: Gain a comprehensive grasp of causal pathways evaluation, its benefits, and how it can be implemented in a participatory way that advances equity.
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Counter myths: Overcome common misconceptions that hinder causal pathways exploration.
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Understand implementation: Learn to select appropriate approaches and design and implement a causal pathways evaluation, recognizing how it often differs from other evaluations.
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Strengthen quality and rigor: Learn how to use a values-driven and participatory approach in order to strengthening quality and rigor.
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Foster buy-in: Discover strategies to encourage program officers and other foundation staff to adopt causal pathways exploration.
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