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What is Process Monitoring?

Process monitoring tracks program activities to ensure plans are implemented effectively, enabling early problem detection, accountability, and continuous improvement in social innovation.
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Social Innovation

Definitions focused on work to improve life for people and planet.

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Causal Loop Mapping

Causal loop mapping visualizes feedback loops in systems, helping reveal hidden dynamics behind social, economic, and environmental challenges to inform lasting interventions and collaborative solutions.
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Six Conditions of Systems Change

The six conditions of systems change framework helps identify leverage points for systemic transformation by addressing structures, relationships, power dynamics, and mental models beyond surface-level interventions.
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External / Independent Monitoring

External or independent monitoring ensures objective, credible assessment of programs, enhancing trust, accountability, and performance in social innovation and development initiatives.
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Sustainable Development

Terms associated with development policy, funding, and delivery systems.

International Development

International development aims to reduce poverty and improve quality of life globally through cooperation, capacity...

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Global cooperation for social and economic development

Participatory Action Research

Participatory Action Research centers communities as co-creators of knowledge, promoting equity and actionable solutions through...

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Community members collaborating in participatory research

Applied Research

Applied research bridges theory and practice by providing evidence-based solutions to real-world social, environmental, and...

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Disruptive Innovation

Disruptive innovation introduces simpler, affordable solutions that transform markets and social systems, opening opportunities for...

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Action Research Adaptive Leadership Adaptive Management Advocacy Agile Execution Applied Research Balanced Score Card Basic Research Beneficiary / Community Monitoring Business Entrepreneurship Capacity Building Causal Loop Mapping Change Agent Co-Creation Coalition Building Collaborative Leadership Collective Impact Collective Leadership Communities of Practice Community Champions Community Organizing Community-Based Delivery Community-Based Leadership Compliance Monitoring Context Monitoring Cost-Effectiveness / Economic Evaluation Cross-Subsidization Demonstration Model Diffusion of Innovations Digital Platforms Direct Service Disruptive Innovation Ecosystem Mapping Ecosystem Strengthening Evidence Building Experimental Research External / Independent Monitoring Fee-for-Service Field Building Field Catalyst Field Mapping / Field Scans Formative Evaluation Franchise Model Government Adoption Grassroots Agency Growth Trajectory Hub-and-Spoke Model Impact at Scale Impact Evaluation Insider-Outsider Leadership Institution Building Institutional Leadership Institutionalization Internal Monitoring International Development Last-Mile Distribution Networks Launch Process Localization / Localization 2.0 LogFrame Logic Model Long-Term Sustainability Longitudinal Research Mainstreaming Market-Based Solutions Mixed-Methods Research Movement Building Multi-Stakeholder Delivery Narrative Change Network Mapping Non-Experimental Research OKRs (Objectives and Key Results) Outcome Evaluation Outsourced / Contracted Delivery Paradigm Shift Participatory Action Research Participatory Leadership Participatory Monitoring Performance Dashboards / KPIs Philanthropic Stewardship Pilot Projects Policy Leadership Policy Reform Power Mapping Problem Discovery Problem Tree / Solution Tree Mapping Process / Implementation Evaluation Process Monitoring Proximate Leadership Public Provision Public-Private Partnerships Qualitative Research Quantitative Research Quasi-Experimental Research Real-Time Monitoring Replication Resilience Results Monitoring Results-Based Management Scaling Pathways Scenerio Planning Sector Mapping Sector Transformation Servant Leadership Shared (Lived) Experience Shared Proximity Shared Trust Shared Value Six Conditions of Systems Change Social Advantage Social Enterprise Delivery Social Entrepreneurship Social Goods Social Impact Social Innovation Social Return on Investment Social Systems Stakeholder Mapping Summative Evaluation Sustainability at Scale Sustainable Development Systems Change Systems Leadership Systems Mapping Theory of Change Thought Leadership Transactional Research Transformational Leadership Transformative Scale Triple Bottom Line Validation Cycle Value Chain Mapping Volunteer-Led Models Voucher / Subsidy Models
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