WikiLearn - Introduction to Partnership Building (computer-graded exercises) - video: Scaling down and re-thinking

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subtitle-120-7810-1	"Now scaling down is interesting, because if we had a failure to achieve our goals or we"
subtitle-7810-14430-2	"didn't achieve them enough, we may need to scale down and re-examine what we do -- our"
subtitle-14430-19370-3	"methods, our actions -- until we figure out a model that does achieve these outcomes;"
subtitle-19380-20940-4	"then we can scale back up."
subtitle-21610-27400-5	"What this means is we do fewer actions and we prepare more carefully for these actions."
subtitle-27400-33160-6	"Or maybe we take smaller participant groups, which would allow us a richer feedback cycle,"
subtitle-33160-39400-7	"because we have more time to spend with each person, as we hone and refine our approach."
subtitle-41020-43450-8	"But scaling down can also be demotivating."
subtitle-43750-47620-9	"When we've already felt that we were doing things at a certain level and suddenly we do"
subtitle-47620-50140-10	"a lot less. It can be demotivating to our volunteers."
subtitle-51070-53400-11	"It can be demotivating to our partner."
subtitle-53410-59890-12	"So if you find yourself in a situation where you've tried something, it wasn't working, it"
subtitle-59890-63940-13	"didn't achieve the results you wanted, and you need to scale down and rethink."
subtitle-64300-68130-14	"It's important to try to keep everyone with a positive attitude."
subtitle-68140-69370-15	""It's a work in progress."
subtitle-69370-71890-16	"We're figuring it out. We're learning by doing."
subtitle-71890-72990-17	"This didn't work."
subtitle-73000-74950-18	"Now we're going to try something else."
subtitle-74950-81610-19	"And when we figure it out, we can scale back up!", to preserve volunteer motivation."
subtitle-82180-87370-20	"And don't be shy to rethink your whole theory of change."
subtitle-88800-92910-21	"Even after scaling down and paying more attention and working with smaller groups, it"
subtitle-92910-95970-22	"may emerge that in fact, this just isn't working."
subtitle-98210-100040-23	"What you thought would work just isn't working."
subtitle-100610-106190-24	"And maybe we need to design a completely new theory of change for our partnership."
subtitle-106220-111530-25	"We need to seek other levers of change that could lead to the outcomes that we want."
subtitle-111560-116840-26	"This approach isn't working, or maybe the outcomes are just completely unrealistic, and"
subtitle-116840-121730-27	"what we should be working on is earlier, interim outcomes."
subtitle-122210-130130-28	"This is too far, too difficult, but what we can do is shoot for, or aim at, these interim"
subtitle-130130-137660-29	"outcomes. So when this happens, I encourage you to not bury your head in the sand and"
subtitle-137660-141980-30	"just avoid thinking about it, and keep on doing what isn't working, hoping that it"
subtitle-141980-149090-31	"would suddenly work. It's okay to admit that what you thought was a good theory of change"
subtitle-149120-152960-32	"turns out to have been an incorrect theory of change."
subtitle-152960-154110-33	"It's okay!"
subtitle-154110-157250-34	"Change that, revise that theory, and try again."
subtitle-159980-166160-35	"And when you do all these tweaks and changes and scaling up or down of your project, don't"
subtitle-166160-169790-36	"do them unilaterally, in a one-sided way."
subtitle-170420-172370-37	"Of course, discuss it with your partner."
subtitle-172370-178460-38	"Involve your partner in your evaluation, and in your proposed conclusions based on the"
subtitle-178460-181300-39	"evaluation. Ask them what they think."
subtitle-181310-182960-40	"Maybe they have a different view."
subtitle-182990-184640-41	"Maybe they think it's going great."
subtitle-185470-187480-42	"And they're happy with the way things are."
subtitle-188260-191980-43	"Maybe the change that you are proposing doesn't work for them."
subtitle-192490-196630-44	"Maybe the scaling up that you are proposing is too ambitious for them."
subtitle-197750-200000-45	"Etc.. So by all means, keep it a partnership."
subtitle-201290-202790-46	"Discuss it with your partner."