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Advice to facilitators of the MSC method includes: • Make sure everyone understand the approach. • Make sure everyone understands and 'buys-in' to why this approach is being used and what purpose it will serve. If people are going to put time, energy and knowledge into it they should know why, what it contributes to, and what will be done with their stories. • Try to make it a team/group effort - something which 'we' will do together - rather than a topdown effort in which people have to comply and produce something • Be very clear about the domain of change and how it is defined. The question you ask is really important for the stories you will get. Make sure the question is clear and to the point of what you want to find out. It may be good to test it out on someone to make sure what you are asking is what you want and that it is understood by others the same way. • It is sometimes good to have an example to share with others to give them a kick-start; but beware - you may also get replicas of your example with certain details changed. It is up to you to decide what will work with the group you are working with. • You need to handle the selection of 'best stories' process carefully. Everyone who has written and shared an MSC story will feel attached to their story, and their effort and story should always be respected. It is necessary to understand your group and find a way to instill a team feeling about choosing the change stories which are 'best' for the project. • Stories can still go through a process of discussion, revision and refinement before being finalized - both before submission and even after selection. The process can help to make an even better story around a key change identified. After all we aren't all good at storytelling and writing, and there may be differences in capacity, literacy and language which must be taken into account. • While MSC is associated with and used for monitoring, review and evaluation processes, you can get a lot more out of it if you link MSC and the stories produced to other parts of the project. MSC and the stories produced can be linked to communication, dissemination, media, and future planning activities to name a few. The above description is based on: http://www.mande.co.uk/docs/MSCGuide.pdf, and http://www.odi.org.uk/rapid/tools/Toolkits/Communication/MSC.html Social Impact Assessment of Land-Based Carbon Projects (1.0) – Part II | 67

Main Sources and Further Guidance Davies, R. & Dart, J. 2005. The ‘Most Significant Change’ (MSC) Technique: A Guide to Its Use http://www.mande.co.uk/docs/MSCGuide.htm Mason Westphal, S. con aportes de Gladys Velásquez y Karsten Kirkegaard. 2005. Hacia más cambios significativos con el método de CMS - Desarrollo e implementación del método del Cambio Más Significativo en los Programas Temáticos de Ibis en Guatemala: experiencias de la fase inicial y guía de implementación. http://www.ibis.dk/ca/biblioteca.php?mode=read&id=44&menuId=25&upId=6 Social Impact Assessment of Land-Based Carbon Projects (1.0) – Part II | 68

Main Sources and Further Guidance<br />

Davies, R. & Dart, J. 2005. The ‘Most Significant Change’ (MSC) Technique: A Guide to Its Use<br />

http://www.mande.co.uk/docs/MSCGuide.htm<br />

Mason Westphal, S. con aportes de Gladys Velásquez y Karsten Kirkegaard. 2005. Hacia más cambios<br />

significativos con el método de CMS - Desarrollo e implementación del método del Cambio<br />

Más Significativo en los Programas Temáticos de Ibis en Guatemala: experiencias de la fase<br />

inicial y guía de implementación.<br />

http://www.ibis.dk/ca/biblioteca.php?mode=read&id=44&menuId=25&upId=6<br />

Social Impact Assessment <strong>of</strong> Land-Based Carbon Projects (1.0) – Part II | 68

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