Plenary 1: Scaling & Systems Change

November 10, 2021

Speakers:

Larry Cooley, President Emeritus and Senior Advisor at Management Systems International, Co-Founder of the Scaling Up CoP

Johannes Linn, Senior Fellow at Brookings Institution, Co-Founder of the Scaling Up CoP

Richard Kohl, Founder and Principal at the Center for Large Scale Social Change LLC

Liz Vance, Program Director of Systems Change for Workforce Development at International Youth Foundation

Lennart Woltering, Scaling Catalyst at CIMMYT

Jenny Perlman Robinson, Senior Fellow for Global Economic and Development in the Center for Universal Education at Brookings Institution

Laura Ghiron, President of Partners in Expanding Health Quality and Access

Session Materials:

Scaling and Systems Change Overview by Richard Kohl

Crosscutting Work Presentation by Larry Cooley and Johannes Linn

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Plenary 1: Scaling & Systems Change

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Plenary 1: Scaling & Systems Change

Table of Contents

Speakers:

Session Materials:

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