Theory of Change

  • Author: Gabrielle Habberton
  • Level: Beginners
  • Study time: X hours
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Course Description
Are you unsure of what a Theory of Change is and how to develop one? Is your organisation struggling to make sense of what they want to achieve and how to achieve it, or struggling to communicate that?

This course will assist you to make sense of the complexities of planning to efficiently achieve your goals, and communicating that effectively. We will be taking you through what a Theory of Change is, how to develop one, and how to use it.

“We implemented our first Theory of Change for our pilot programme, and it was such an important step in crystalizing what we were working towards.”
-Lizz Bryce, SVP of Community & Strategic Initiatives , CanadaHelps
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Gabrielle Habberton

Gabrielle is the Co-Founder of the Relativ Group and a specialist in Socio-economic Development and Impact Management. Gabrielle has been working across the social investment continuum for over a decade. She has been involved in each aspect of the life cycle of impact-driven organizations, the investors that support them and the contexts in which they operate to enhance innovative and sustainable solutions to the world’s most pressing challenges. Gabrielle completed her formal education, which culminated in a Master of Philosophy in Development Studies, at the University of Cape Town. Gabrielle has since played leading roles in a number of pioneering organisations and projects primarily operating in Southern Africa.

Gabrielle’s work has included areas such as research and analysis; government policy co-creation and design; development of impact management and measurement processes and practices (from theory of change to impact reporting and learning); impact assessment and due diligence of social and impact investments (including a number of evaluations of Jobs Fund investments); deployment and management of impact capital; strategic and product development and planning; and guest lecturing on Masters and Executive education courses.
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