Blueprint for Social Change: Shaping an Impact-Based Strategy - Case Study 2002 – 2020

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Working Methods

Methods of Operation

Main Activities

Identifying strategic spheres of influence in which intervention and strategic activity will lead to valuable change. The spheres of influence are task- and result-oriented and have the potential to create a ripple effect. Encouraging and developing an innovative response. Supporting initiatives and pilot programs. Spearheading flagship programs and/or internal strategic programs or providing grants.

Spheres of influence

Initiative and development

Devising the Foundation’s exit strategy in the planning stage. Defining time-limited indicators of results. Building sustainable engines for growth and change.

Sustainability

Recruiting people from government, academia, the business sector and philanthropic organizations. Encouraging, developing and strengthening interventions and efforts to meet needs in a three-sector partnership. Forming a network of people with disabilities and connecting them to Accumulating knowledge, understanding, methods and experience relevant to inclusion. Developing, distributing and assimilating knowledge and effective tools. Sharing tools and best practices. Organizing and running conferences and events for professionals and decision-makers. Measuring and assessing, using shared indices.

Professionalism and expertise

Partnerships

the infrastructure of the various partnerships. Establishing a multi-sector professional network.

Initiating and supporting a multi-field response with the potential for widespread implementation. Giving preference to programs that provide a valuable, multisystem response. Placing emphasis on meeting needs of a large population of people with disabilities (critical mass).

Scale of activity (scale-up)

Networking for people with and without disabilities. Enabling people with disabilities to exert an influence in a bottom- up approach. Using social networks as a strategic arena for change.

Networking