IHS Special Diabetes Program Competitive Grants Part 1: Introduction to Idea Mapping Diabetes Prevention Planning Cynthia C. Phillips, Ph.D. Lisa Wyatt Knowlton, Ed.D. Evaluation Training ̶ January 2005

Part 1: Overview  Why  Idea Mapping Basics  Idea Map Examples  “Hands-on” Idea Mapping Exercise

 Is your team doing the right work?  Can your team make better decisions?  Is your team making a difference?

 Is your team doing the right work? Idea Mapping  Can your team make better decisions? Refining Idea Maps  Is your team making a difference? Evaluation Design

Idea Maps  Are one way to illustrate how and why your program “works”  Strengthens connection between activities and results  Improves programs  Makes strategies more focused and meaningful  Guides learning from experience

Basic Idea Map The Beginnings The Planned Work The Intended Results If…then... BELIEVEDOGET

One Way to Look at it… Definitions—LMDG page 2

Another Way…

Idea Mapping Process Supports Programming

Idea Map Types  Theory of Change  “Big picture”  Assumptions  Less detail, more graphic  Program  Shows more detailed plan of action  More text-based  Evaluation Design  Shows areas of inquiry and methods

Complete Idea Map Example

Theory of Change Idea Map Example: Family Harmony

Program Idea Map Example: Family Harmony

Idea Map Exercise

Idea Mapping Template

Building an Idea Map… 1.Use the template to develop an idea map for your project’s approach to recruitment 2.Begin with short-term outcome column. What results you want from your recruitment strategy? 3.Move to the activities column. What tasks, events need to happen to get the result you are after? 4.Move to the resources column. What resources will you need to conduct the activities you listed? 5.Finally, use the output column to indicate how you would quantify or describe the “dose” of each listed activity.