| In a 90 minute Roundtable session, the first
rotation uses the first 45 minutes and the second rotation uses the last 45 minutes.
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| Roundtable Rotation I:
Theory of Change Evaluation in the Real World: Lessons Learned from Applying (and Modifying) the TOC Approach in the Evaluation of the Tobacco Policy Change Program |
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Roundtable Presentation 253 to be held in GOLIAD on Thursday, Nov 11, 10:55 AM to 12:25 PM
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Sponsored by the Advocacy and Policy Change TIG
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| Presenter(s):
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| Andrea Anderson-Hamilton, Anderson Hamilton Consulting, andersonhamilton@gmail.com
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| Abstract:
This roundtable will discuss the challenges and lessons learned from applying the Theory of Change approach to the evaluation of the Robert Wood Johnson Foundation’s Tobacco Policy Change Program (TPC), which provided grants to 75 tobacco advocacy coalitions during the 2004 to 2008 grant period. The TPC evaluation was designed to produce lessons for several audiences: the public health field; the philanthropic community; the staff at RWJF; and the grantees themselves. We now understand that this evaluation can offer important lessons to our field as well, particularly around how to modify the commonly understood "theory of change approach" to accommodate the reality of evaluating a program with multiple sites, multiple goals, multiple definitions of success and multiple theories of change operating at different levels.
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| Roundtable Rotation II:
Evaluating Foundation Advocacy Strategies: When Theory and Practice Collide |
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Roundtable Presentation 253 to be held in GOLIAD on Thursday, Nov 11, 10:55 AM to 12:25 PM
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Sponsored by the Advocacy and Policy Change TIG
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| Presenter(s):
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| Catherine Borgman-Arboleda, City University of New York (CUNY), cborgman.arboleda@gmail.com
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| Rachel Kulick, City University of New York (CUNY), rkulick@brandeis.edu
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| Abstract:
Grantmakers committed to social change are faced with the need to support work that moves beyond short-term policy change to expanding involvement in the process of making change, and more broadly in democracy. Tension often results in practice as program officers attempt to support an ecosystem of work with often different goals, values and timeframes. Based on evaluations conducted for the Robert Wood Johnson Foundation, the Funding Exchange and the Social Science Research Council, we will explore these challenges and discuss how foundation theories of change can inform evaluations and in turn how findings can shift and refine these theories, potentially leading to more effective grantmaking. We will also examine some important factors to consider in the assessment of foundation support of social movement building work, including grantee selection criteria and internal foundation decision-making processes as they relate to building coalitions, network capacities, power sharing, education, and leadership
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