External Resources

External Resource Name	Phase(s)
Changeroo: Tools for co-creating Theories of Change Changeroo assists organisations, programs and projects with a social mission to develop and manage high-quality Theories of Change. Its ToC Academy contains a rich suite of free resources to help you work together with stakeholders to co-create systems-oriented Theories of Change, and to present these in an interactive and engaging way.	Construct Results Chains
CONNECT: Knowledge Management and Sharing
Conservation Coaches Network The Conservation Coaches Network (CCNet) is a global network of trained and seasoned conservation planners and facilitators who are familiar with many aspects of CbD 2.0 either through their work at TNC or with the Open Standards for Conservation. There are a number of tools and resources available on the CCNet website that can be useful in the implementation of Conservation by Design.
Conservation Measures Partnership The Conservation Measures Partnership (CMP) is a partnership of conservation organizations that seek better ways to design, manage, and measure the impacts of their conservation actions.	Define Measures and Create a Monitoring and Evaluation Plan
Conservation Partnership Center “Working with others” is a central tenet of conservation practice today. This site provides guidance, tools, best practices and other resources to help you and your organization enter into and maintain healthy, effective and productive partnerships.	Adapt Select Strategy or Strategies Strategy and Opportunity Mapping
Conservation Planning: Informed Decisions for a Healthier Planet Groves, Craig, and Edward T. Game. Conservation Planning: Informed Decisions for a Healthier Planet. Arlington: Nature Conservancy, 2015.
Diversity and Work Group Performance	Conduct a Situation Analysis
Field Guide to Conservation in Cities in North America A collaborative project of The Nature Conservancy and the Center for Whole Communities, this field guide shares early lessons about planning, getting programs off the ground, handling partnerships and promoting engagement in urban conservation. Field Guide to Conservation in Cities in North America
Highly Effective Teams We believe happy and healthy people produce better results, passion-driven organizations like TNC succeed when we bring our whole selves to work, and peak team experiences improve our lives and our ability to change the world. Highly Effective Teams (HET) is a system for changing mindsets and behaviors at an individual level until a tipping point is reached and organizational culture changes as well. HET helps individuals, teams and organizations work on the right things, get those things done, and deliver on our promises.
How diversity makes us smarter	Conduct a Situation Analysis
How economic inequalities are harming societies	Conduct a Situation Analysis
Measures Demystified Learn more about measures by taking the Measures Demystified training on ConservationTraining.org. TNC staff can learn more about measures by following the Measures Community on CONNECT.	Define Measures and Create a Monitoring and Evaluation Plan
Need a coach? The Conservation Coaches Network (CCNet) has a database of coaches who can help with various parts of the CbD process. It might be harder to find someone who can help with the newest elements of CbD 2.0, but many CCNet coaches can help with situation analyses, results chains and theories of change, and action planning.	Construct Results Chains
Outcome Mapping Learning Community Outcome Mapping is an approach to planning, monitoring and evaluation that puts people at the centre, defines outcomes as changes in behaviour, and helps measure contribution to complex change processes.	Define Measures and Create a Monitoring and Evaluation Plan
PATHWAYS TO CHANGE: 10 Theories to Inform Advocacy and Policy Change Efforts Stachowiak, Sarah. PATHWAYS TO CHANGE: 10 Theories to Inform Advocacy and Policy Change Efforts. ORS IMPACT, Oct. 2013. Web.
Reduce bias based on accent	Conduct a Situation Analysis
Resource Investment Optimization System RIOS is a software tool for prioritizing investments in ecosystem services that can help to answer a critical question facing decision makers who wish to invest in ecosystem services with limited resources: Which set of investments (in which activities, and where) will yield the greatest returns toward multiple objectives?	Strategy and Opportunity Mapping
Sharing Hidden Stories	Conduct a Situation Analysis
Soil and Water Assessment Tool (SWAT) SWAT is a small watershed to river basin-scale model to simulate the quality and quantity of surface and ground water and predict the environmental impact of land use, land management practices, and climate change.	Strategy and Opportunity Mapping
Spark Policy Institute Toolbox The Spark Policy Institute hosts a community toolbox contributed to by experienced and cutting-edge social innovators. Twelve toolkits provide practical tools to help funders, nonprofits, business and community leaders enhance their ability to ignite social change.	Specify Planning Context
Standardized results chains for development and humanitarian outcomes. The Outcomes and Evidence Framework (OEF) is a free interactive resource containing standardized results chains for common humanitarian and development outcomes. Created by the International Rescue Committee, many of the sample results chains in the OEF include information about possible interventions, with filters including evidence strength. Where available, indicators and cost efficiency are also provided.	Construct Results Chains
Ten steps to a results-based monitoring and evaluation system The World Bank has provided this useful resource on designing M&E plans:Ten steps to a results-based monitoring and evaluation system a handbook for development practitioners.	Define Measures and Create a Monitoring and Evaluation Plan
The Bridge Collaborative The Bridge Collaborative unites people and organizations in health, development and the environment with the evidence and tools to tackle the world’s most pressing challenges.	Construct Results Chains Identify Candidate Strategies Conduct a Situation Analysis
The Learning Network for Capacity Development The Learning Network for Capacity Development provides guidance on the complex subject of assessing and addressing enabling conditions.	Articulate Theory of Change
The Open Standards and Collective Impact This document relates Open Standards concepts and tools with those of the “Collective Impact” framework, which provides guidance for organisations tackling complex “adaptive” problems involving multiple partners.	Identify Candidate Strategies
The Open Standards for the Practice of Conservation (The Open Standards or OS) The Conservation Measures Partnership (CMP) manages the Open Standards, incorporating principles and best practices in adaptive management and results-based management from conservation and other fields. A variety of guidance, tools, and complementary materials are available on the OS website, in multiple languages.	Identify Candidate Strategies
TNC’s Theory of Transformational Change project For TNC staff, the new vision and ambition of the Shared Conservation Agenda calls on us to develop not only a theory of change but also a Theory of Transformational Change. A team at TNC is developing a Theory of Transformational Change framework and guidance. TNC staff can see that team's latest thinking here.	Identify Candidate Strategies
Webinar on Evaluating Conservation Projects and Programs Webinar on the why, when, and how of evaluation that can help programs of all sizes to strengthen their evaluative culture and practice.	Evaluation
What do we want to know? Selecting Indicators. Indicators specify what needs to be measured. To learn more about selecting indicators, see Mayoux, L. (2002). What do we want to know? Selecting Indicators.	Define Measures and Create a Monitoring and Evaluation Plan
Why gender diversity matters in China	Conduct a Situation Analysis

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