Comments on: What’s The Evidence For Evidence-Based Theories of Change? http://www.tacticalphilanthropy.com/2009/01/whats-the-evidence-for-evidence-based-theories-of-change Fri, 09 Dec 2011 20:42:38 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.3.1 By: @HildyGottlieb http://www.tacticalphilanthropy.com/2009/01/whats-the-evidence-for-evidence-based-theories-of-change/comment-page-1#comment-6334 @HildyGottlieb Fri, 09 Jan 2009 16:00:16 +0000 http://tacticalphilanthropy.com/?p=1231#comment-6334 What's the Evidence For Evidence-Based Theories of Social Change? http://is.gd/eZOH Great post at Tactical Philanthropy blog What’s the Evidence For Evidence-Based Theories of Social Change? http://is.gd/eZOH Great post at Tactical Philanthropy blog

]]> By: Hildy Gottlieb http://www.tacticalphilanthropy.com/2009/01/whats-the-evidence-for-evidence-based-theories-of-change/comment-page-1#comment-5837 Hildy Gottlieb Fri, 09 Jan 2009 15:51:36 +0000 http://tacticalphilanthropy.com/?p=1231#comment-5837 Thank you, Sean. A lot. What "evidence-based" does not take into account is that the work of "changing the world" (however one defines “world” - it could be a square block) is relatively new in the history of civilization. If we do not experiment and try new things - if we focus only on what has proven to work in the past - what opportunities we are missing! Our potential lies in our creativity - our ability to synthesize and springboard not only from what has worked, but sometimes from what has NOT worked! While in some areas of life, evidence-based is a sound way to go (I would prefer a doctor prescribe a drug that has some evidence behind it!), when it comes to how we evolve as societies, our potential is in what we can envision, and how we work together to create a path towards that vision. Thanks for so strongly standing behind that point. Hildy Thank you, Sean. A lot. What “evidence-based” does not take into account is that the work of “changing the world” (however one defines “world” – it could be a square block) is relatively new in the history of civilization. If we do not experiment and try new things – if we focus only on what has proven to work in the past – what opportunities we are missing!

Our potential lies in our creativity – our ability to synthesize and springboard not only from what has worked, but sometimes from what has NOT worked!

While in some areas of life, evidence-based is a sound way to go (I would prefer a doctor prescribe a drug that has some evidence behind it!), when it comes to how we evolve as societies, our potential is in what we can envision, and how we work together to create a path towards that vision.

Thanks for so strongly standing behind that point.

Hildy

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