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Making Data Collection Meaningful: 2024 Cohort

Thanks for registering for the Making Data Collection Meaningful course taking place Fall 2024! Below, you'll find the self-learning modules to review between live sessions. As an introduction to this course, we suggest taking the Micro-learning session on Baseline Surveys...
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Spur Change 2023 SMO Report

Small and medium-sized organizations (SMOs) have long played a critical role within Canada’s international cooperation landscape. The ability of SMOs to emerge and thrive in many ways is contingent upon the environment within which they are established. An environment with...
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Unit 2 | Part A: Mobilizing Communications

Course Navigation Unit 2: Part A Unit 2: Part B Course Overview Part A Introduction https://youtu.be/1SYw9n-4YbQ Transcription: Intro to Mobilizing Communications Change the Game Academy To get yourself situated, head over to Change the Game Academy (CtGA) and complete Module...
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Spur Change 2022 SMO Report

In the last two years, Canadian small and medium-sized organizations (SMOs) have had to significantly adapt to the changing context of the unfolding pandemic. While some organizations struggled to shift in this fast-paced changing reality, others thrived and exhibited impressive...
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Spur Change 2021 SMO Report

2020 was an unprecedented year for the world and for the international cooperation sector. COVID-19 affected all operational parts of SMOs, but Spur Change commissioned a study to see how SMOs have adapted and shown resilience in the face of...
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RBM 201 Applying Results-Based Management: An Intermediate Course

About the Course Strengthen your capacities in Results-Based Management! RBM 201 contributes to a better understanding of RBM through application of the concepts learned during RBM 101 Practising Results-Based Management: An Introductory Course.  Originally offered in partnership with each provincial...
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RBM 101 Practicing Results-Based Management: An Introductory Course

About the course This self-paced eLearning course covers basic Results-Based Management (RBM) concepts, how it can be applied, and provides participants with hands-on practice using some key RBM tools. This course is out-of-this world as it uses gamification, storytelling and...
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Making Data Collection Meaningful

In September 2020, Spur Change relaunched the training Making Data Collection Meaningful*. This two weeks intensive workshop organized by Spur Change, in collaboration with the Inter-Council Network (ICN) members, Salanga and ZENDialogue, was a practical hands-on experience for participants to...
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Gender Learning Series: Session 2

About the Series In 2020 and 2021, Spur Change will host a series of practical, hands-on and peer-to-peer learning opportunities to strengthen the the capacity of Canadian SMOs to integrate a gender/feminist approach into their activities. Sector champions will share...
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Gender Learning Series: Session 1

About the Series In 2020 and 2021, Spur Change will host a series of practical, hands-on and peer-to-peer learning opportunities to strengthen the the capacity of Canadian SMOs to integrate a gender/feminist approach into their activities. Sector champions will share...
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Micro-Learning Sessions on Baseline Survey

A baseline survey is a study that is done at the beginning of a project to collect information on the status of a subject before any type of intervention can affect it. These micro-learning sessions have been designed to provide...
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Let’s Chat: Measuring Change in the Field of Gender Inequality and Gender-Based Violence

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Recording: SMO Report 2023 Launch Webinar

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Video: Ethical Storytelling: Unit 2A | Building Equity

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RBM 101: Practicing Results-Based Management: Sneak Peek Video

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RBM 101: An Introductory Course – Exclusive Intergalactic Interview

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Testing Innovative Solutions with a Gender Lens: Presentation

Presented in collaboration with FIT (The Fund for Innovation and Transformation), FIT shared some gender tools, approaches and lessons learned to better support SMOs seeking to test innovative solutions that advance gender equality. SMOs presented their experience in testing innovative solutions with a gender lens.

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Testing Innovative Solutions with a Gender Lens: Video

Presented in collaboration with FIT (The Fund for Innovation and Transformation), FIT shared some gender tools, approaches and lessons learned to better support SMOs seeking to test innovative solutions that advance gender equality. SMOs presented their experience in testing innovative solutions with a gender lens. NOTE: Mostly in French, technical difficulties with the simultaneous translation recording.

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Putting Feminist MEAL into Practice: Presentation

How to apply feminist principles to monitoring, evaluation, accountability and learning (MEAL) practice? How does the empowerment of women translate to project monitoring? Using feminist approaches to MEAL could increase access to knowledge and consequently, it could be a powerful tool to transform unequal power relations. This learning session involved presentations from Oxfam Canada, Plan Canada and MEDA.

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Putting Feminist MEAL into Practice: Training video

How to apply feminist principles to monitoring, evaluation, accountability and learning (MEAL) practice? How does the empowerment of women translate to project monitoring? Using feminist approaches to MEAL could increase access to knowledge and consequently, it could be a powerful tool to transform unequal power relations. This learning session involved presentations from Oxfam Canada, Plan Canada and MEDA.

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Brainstorming for Your Next Data Collection Handout

In collaboration with Salanga, the MEL Design exercise tool helps to guide decisions around what are the key data sources, what methods are the most efficient / suitable to capture data from these sources, and what approach we should consider in the next stage of proposal development.

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Making Data Collection Meaningful – Module: Video

Module 4: Technology for Data Collection Video the National Training focuses Technology for data collection including analyzing and reporting results and examples of how technology can support data collection

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Making Data Collection Meaningful – Module: Community-led Data Collection Video

Module 3: Community-led Data Collection Video of the National Training focuses on community-led approaches that can keep catalyzing positive behaviour of people beyond the time frame and scope of a project.

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MEL Design​ Worksheet

In collaboration with Salanga, this worksheet helps to guide decisions around what are the key data sources, what methods are the most efficient / suitable to capture data from these sources, and what approach we should consider in the next stage of proposal development.

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Making Data Collection Meaningful – Module: Video

Module 1: Planning for Data Collection​ of the National Training goes over the planning stages within a project cycle for data collection

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Gender-Sensitive and Feminist Data Collection Video

Module 2 of the National Training goes over the gender-responsive spectrum and differences between gender and feminist approaches for data collection.

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Micro-Learning Sessions on Baseline Survey – Live Q&A Video

Spur Change launched a micro-learning series which include 4 short videos, tip sheets and a 1 live Q&A session in both English and in French on best practices for baseline data collection for SMOs. This video includes a Q&A with an expert.

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Micro-Learning Sessions on Baseline Survey – Session 4: Quantitative Data Collection Video

The Micro-Learning Data Quantitative Data Collection Video outlines how to identify the steps for designing a quantitative study, training survey data collectors, tips for developing survey tools and response options.

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Micro-Learning Sessions on Baseline Survey – Session 4: Quantitative Data Collection Handout

In collaboration with Impacts Consulting, this handout allows you to identify steps for designing a quantitative study, training survey data collectors, tips for developing survey tools and response options.

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Micro-Learning Sessions on Baseline Survey – Session 3: Qualitative Data Collection Video

The Micro-Learning Data Qualitative Data Collection Video outlines how to create a sampling plan for your baseline data collection, frame good questions, develop an interview protocol and setting up ground rules.

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Micro-Learning Sessions on Baseline Survey – Session 3: Qualitative Data Collection Handout

In collaboration with Impacts Consulting, this handout allows you to create a sampling plan for your baseline data collection, frame good questions, develop an interview protocol and setting up ground rules.

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Micro-Learning Sessions on Baseline Survey – Session 2: Data Collection Methods, Gender Sensitive Data Collection and Ethics Video

The Micro-Learning Gender Sensitive Data Collection and Ethics Video outlines methods for baseline data collection, principles to consider and informed consent components.