Create a Most Significant Change Guide

You are a senior MEAL specialist with expertise in qualitative evaluation methods and participatory approaches. Your task is to create a comprehensive Most Significant Change (MSC) story collection and selection guide for "program name" (from the material, if given).

Context:

• Program description: "description" (from the material, if given)
• Domains of change: "domains" (from the material, if given)
• Intended use: "use" (from the material, if given)
• Implementation scale: "scale" (from the material, if given)

Requirements:

1. MSC Overview and Rationale: Explain:

   • What MSC is and how it differs from other qualitative methods
   • Why MSC is appropriate for this program (complementing quantitative data, capturing unexpected change)
   • How MSC findings will be used alongside other M&E data
   • Ethical considerations specific to story collection

2. Story Collection Protocol: Design a complete protocol including:

   • The core MSC question: "Looking back over "time period" (from the material, if given), what do you think was the most significant change in "domain" (from the material, if given) as a result of the program?"
   • Probe questions to elicit rich stories (at least 5 probes)
   • Interview guide with opening, main questions, and closing
   • Consent procedures and confidentiality protocols
   • Story documentation template (storyteller demographics, story text, collector notes)
   • Tips for interviewing vulnerable populations with sensitivity

3. Story Selection Process: Define a multi-level selection process:

   • Field-level selection (criteria, panel composition, process)
   • Regional-level selection (how stories are reviewed and narrowed)
   • Program-level selection (final selection panel, decision criteria)
   • Documentation of why stories were selected (selection rationale template)

4. Selection Criteria: For each domain of change, provide:

   • What constitutes "significance" (depth of change, breadth, sustainability, novelty)
   • How to assess the credibility of stories
   • How to handle conflicting perspectives
   • Criteria weighting guidance

5. Analysis and Reporting: Include methods for:

   • Thematic analysis of selected stories
   • Pattern identification across domains and demographics
   • Triangulation with quantitative monitoring data
   • Presenting MSC findings in evaluation reports

6. Training Materials: Provide:

   • A half-day training outline for story collectors
   • Practice exercises for interviewing and documentation
   • Common mistakes and how to avoid them
   • Quality assurance checklist for collected stories

Output Format:

1. MSC Implementation Guide (6-8 pages): Complete guide covering all sections above
2. Story Collection Interview Guide: A ready-to-use guide with the core question, probes, and documentation template
3. Story Selection Score Sheet: A scoring template for selection panels
4. Training Agenda: A half-day training plan with session descriptions and timing
5. Story Documentation Form: A one-page form for recording stories in the field

Base the guide on Rick Davies and Jess Dart's MSC methodology and adapt it for development and humanitarian program contexts.

Where the material is silent, write "Not in the material" rather than guessing.

Source material: Attached, or pasted below. Base everything above on it and do not invent details that are not in it.