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Free tools, frameworks, and publications to support your work in evaluation, systems thinking, and navigating complexity.

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Guide

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Designing and Conducting Focus Groups

A comprehensive guide covering the full process of planning and running focus groups, both in-person and virtual. Includes practical templates for run sheets, consent forms, and technical checklists.

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Guide

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Introduction to Qualitative Data Analysis

A practical guide to thematic analysis for researchers and evaluators. Covers working with interviews, focus groups, and surveys, plus tips on coding, developing themes, using quotes effectively, and common mistakes to avoid.

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Problems to Possibilities Canvas

A two-part framework for systems thinking. Part 1 develops a systems map to reframe problems into patterns. Part 2 creates space for brainstorming solutions toward an optimistic new state. Ideal for workshops and design processes.

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Monitoring Systems Health

An introductory resource on tracking progress in complex systems. Using 'temperature checks' as a metaphor, it guides you through developing a systems map to understand influence and how key indicators can be measured.

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Provocation Navigate by Crux

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Navigate Systems Change by Crux

A provocation: many frameworks start with setting a 'North Star', suggesting a fixed view of the future is possible. But what if we used a systems crux to help us navigate instead? An alternative approach to planning for systems change.

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Toolkit

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SNAP Advocacy Toolkit

Social Network Analysis and systemic advocacy in rural, regional and remote Queensland. Developed with the Thriving Queensland Kids Partnership, this toolkit shows how organisations can combine SNA and systemic advocacy to promote change.

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Publications

Peer-reviewed articles and research from the FPC team.

Moselen, T., Notting, M., Healy, D., Lim-Carter, I., Snelgrove, B., Anderson, J., & Büsst, C. (2025). Redefining strength: The role of a noncontact boxing intervention in improving social connectedness, mental health and wellbeing for disengaged young men (16–25 years). International Journal of Men's Social and Community Health, 8(2), 95-106. https://doi.org/10.3138/ijmsch.2024.0012

Dissanayake, B.L., Faggian, R. & Healey, M. (2025). A Participatory Systems Inquiry into Land use Planning in Regional Victoria: Insights from Causal Loop Diagramming. Syst Pract Action Res 38, 24. https://doi.org/10.1007/s11213-025-09733-2

Healey, M., Miller, M., Lea, J., & Fraser, L. (2025). Using Systems Methods for Systemic Problems: A Case Study of Poor Lawyer Wellbeing. Evaluation Journal of Australasia, 25(3), 213-232. https://doi.org/10.1177/1035719X251358851 — Open access version

Erskine, K. and Healey, M. (2022). Conversations that count: Lessons from evaluating a men's digital mental health response during COVID-19. Evaluation Journal of Australasia, 25(1), 18-29. Access full article

All FPC resources are licensed under Creative Commons BY-NC-SA 4.0. You may share and adapt these materials for non-commercial purposes, provided you give appropriate credit to First Person Consulting and distribute any derivative works under the same licence.

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