Research to action
We help you learn to solve problems using evidence.
We find out why programs and systems aren't reaching the people they were built for, teach everyone from nonprofit teams to curious kids to find answers themselves, and turn what we learn into action.
The question behind the work
Why aren't the people we built this for showing up?
What we do
Three things, one thread.
Every offer teaches the same skill at a different level: noticing what isn't working, asking the right question, and turning the answer into something real.
Find answers
Needs assessments, community listening, program data, and research reviews that explain why people aren't being reached, in language anyone can use.
For kids, too: our notebooks teach them to observe and interview to find their own answers.
Teach people to find their own
Courses, workshops, and coaching that build the habit of asking good questions, for nonprofit teams, coalitions, and funders.
For kids, too: guided write-in notebooks that help curious kids and teens think like social scientists.
Turn answers into action
Program design, logic models, staff training, and funding strategy, so findings become something your team actually builds.
For kids, too: every week in our notebooks includes a section on using what they learned to change the world for the better.
Find your path
Start with the problem you're feeling.
Field Notebook · K-5
Young Social Scientist
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Research Notebook · 6-12
Social Scientist in Training
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For kids, teens & families
Big questions start at the kitchen table.
Our guided write-in notebooks teach kids to think like social scientists: notice the world around them, ask why, gather evidence, and share what they find.
Young Social Scientist Field Notebook
Volumes 1 & 2 for grades K-5
Social Scientist in Training Research Notebook
Volumes 1 & 2 for grades 6-12
How we work with organizations
From the first question to the first day of the new program.
The best moment in this work is when someone hears a finding, starts asking questions, and says "we should build this." Every engagement is designed to get you there, and keep the design tied to the evidence.
Ask
Sharpen the question that actually matters.
Discover
Gather evidence from data and the people closest to it.
Design
Build the logic model and program around the findings.
Train
Equip staff to run it with confidence.
Launch
Hand off a program you can measure and fund.
Built by a social scientist
Rigor to find the answer. Clarity to make it useful.
Change Amplifiers was founded by Dr. Jodie Boisvert, a sociologist, anthropologist, and homeschooler who has spent her career asking why systems built to help people aren't reaching them. Whether she's working with a foundation board or a room of curious kids, people come to her for the same thing: real answers, explained simply.
$12M+
Raised and awarded for mission-driven work
13+ yrs
Inside nonprofits, on both sides of funding
The Research Brief
One finding a month, explained simply.
A short email with one thing worth knowing about why people do or don't get reached, and what your organization could do about it. Reply with your burning question and it might become a future issue.
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For families · Raising a Young Researcher
One tip a month for curious kids.
A quick activity to help your kids observe, ask, and find real answers, plus notebook launch news and co-op pilot openings.
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Questions we're digging into
Why don't survivors come to the events built for them?
How does feeling dismissed by doctors shape who seeks care?
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