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Changemaking Buckets

4 "Buckets" Framework

Shelby Clark, The Good Project

Harvard Graduate School of Education

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Making a Difference

• What does it mean to make a difference?

• How can we go about creating change?

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The Four Buckets

1. Ripples Into Reform

2. Change Through Charity

3. Rooting for a Reset

4. Crafting a New Culture

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Ripples Into Reform

Goal: Small actions create ripple effects.

Examples:

• Raising awareness

• Being kind

• Raising children with strong values

• Boycotting stores

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Change Through Charity

Goal: Donations of money, goods, services make an impact.

Examples:

• Raising money

• Donating money

• Volunteering time

• Donating goods

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Rooting for a Reset

Goal: Understand and change root causes.

Examples:

• Policy and legal reform

• Budget reform

• Coalition building

• Shifting power dynamics

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Crafting a New Culture

Goal: Creating something new to make an impact.

Examples:

• New business

• New product

• New idea (research paper)

• New school

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Try it for Yourself

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