Blog 3: Theory of Change

  1. List the top 20 questions your team needs to answer to advance the venture forward. Categorize the questions if necessary.
    1. Why are we working on impacting other people’s lives through Plastikan?
    2. How do Filipinos want us involved in their plastic problem?
    3. What qualifications do we need in order to create an impact?
    4. What do we need to learn in order to make an impact?
    5. How do we apply what we learned to help others?
    6. Who else should we involve in making an impact through Plastikan?
    7. How will we know if we are successful?
    8. When do we know to stop our involvement?
    9. How might we spread knowledge on recycling waste to others?
    10. What is our timeline?
    11. How do we sustain the impact?
    12. What challenges/struggles will we have to tackle?
    13. How do we combat the challenges/struggles that come in our way?
    14. What exactly is the problem we are trying to solve in order to make an impact on Filipinos?
    15. What level of scale are we trying to achieve through Plastikan?
    16. How much effort and work are we willing to put into the project?
    17. What is the first step?
    18. What kind of impact are we trying to make through Plastikan?
    19. What kind of impact are we aiming for?
    20. Why should the we sustain the impact?
  2. Develop and Visualize the Theory of Change (Logic Model) for your venture.
Inputs Outputs Outcomes
  • Time
  • Skill
  • Experience
  • Knowledge
  • Research
  • Machinery
  • Pounds of plastic diverted
  • Number of plastic products made from recycled plastics
  • Decrease unemployment rate
  • Decrease the number of people living in the slums
  • Eliminate plastic pollution in the oceans and landfills
  • Generate reliable and self-sustaining income opportunity for the poor
  • Boost the economy

 

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