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Explore considerations for monitoring and evaluating new interventions and applying findings to make adjustments aligned with equity and inclusion. 

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Explore considerations for equitable, inclusive, and data-driven problem exploration.

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Explore considerations for planning and building capacity for equitable implementation of new programs and practices. 

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Explore considerations for convening a diverse team of partners, including people with lived expertise, to support equitable change and implementation efforts.

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Explore considerations for collaboratively developing an equitable theory of change.

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Explore considerations for selecting, designing, and adapting effective and equitable interventions. 

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Explore considerations for assessing readiness as part of an equitable and inclusive change and implementation process. 

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Explore considerations for testing, piloting, and staging new programs and practices with attention to equity and inclusion. 

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Presents the fifth task, documenting assumptions and rationale, and provides examples of how to apply strategies. A clear, concise narrative can help to engage stakeholders, decision makers and potential funders in future steps to address the root cause and problems identified.

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Consider whose perspectives are represented on your team. 

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Explores how the factors of motivation, general capacity, and intervention-specific capacity influence agency readiness for change. This video provides examples of and considerations for conducting readiness assessments.

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Introduces the fourth task of team building: developing a team communication plan and external communication strategy. This module helps teams clarify protocols for the flow and methods of communication and to define roles and responsibilities in the communication structure.

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Presents the fifth task, documenting assumptions and rationale, and provides examples of how to apply strategies. A clear, concise narrative can help to engage stakeholders, decision makers and potential funders in future steps to address the root cause and problems identified.

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Reviews the final tasks of assessing agency readiness: analyzing results and determining next steps. This video explores how teams analyze assessment results, what conditions or connections help determine next steps, and why teams should reassess over time and at multiple points in the process.

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Explores the fifth task of team building: guiding the change process by creating a detailed, comprehensive work plan based on the team charter that organizes the work through each step of the change and implementation process.