6 Stages of Culture3
Culture3 guides you through six key stages to help you plan, deliver and review your work for greater social impact. Whether you use the self-led learning resource or participate in one of the various mentored support packages, each stage provides an introduction, step-by-step exercises and live examples. Each stage offers an opportunity to take an in-depth or ‘toe in the water’ approach.
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Scoping &
planning
- 1 Story of Change
- 2 Scope
- 3 Review methods
Plan to make a difference and to be seen to be making a difference with minimum waste and maximum learning.
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Evaluation
framework
- 4 Key questions
- 5 Framework
- 6 New methods
Prepare by streamlining and asking what is CORE: Convincing, On message, Realistic and Enough.
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Gathering
evidence
- 7 Holistic approaches
- 8 Menu of methods
- 9 Tool Rules
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Analysing
evidence
- 10 Record-keeping
- 11 Analysis
- 12 Adjustments
- 13 Valuation
Be organised, analytical and interpretive, so we don’t over-claim results but do capture knock-on benefits.
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Communicating
learning
- 14 Validation
- 15 Recommendations
- 16 Reporting
Make sure principles underpin learning so it represents the people who matter, and prioritise to reach the people with power.
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Managing
change
- 17 Action
- 18 Improvement
Work with heads, hearts and minds – and follow through; innovation means things will get worse before they get better.