This is an Eval Central archive copy, find the original at drbethsnow.com. Title: The “Coin Model of Privilege and Critical Allyship”: Orienting Ourselves for Accountable Action on Equity Speaker: Dr. Stephanie Nixon, University of Toronto Hosted by: Simon Fraser University, Faculty of Health Sciences Dr. Nixon asked us to jot down our thoughts on the […]
Webinar Notes: Ethical Storytelling
This is an Eval Central archive copy, find the original at drbethsnow.com. Panelists: Amy Costello & Frederica Boswell Hosted by: Nonprofit Quarterly Tiny Spark podcast Sophie Otiende, Activist and Advocate, HAART Kenya: non-profits “parade and exploit” the people they are claiming to help e.g., asking someone who has been assisted by an NPO to share […]
Webinar Notes: Beyond the Board Statement: How Can Boards Join the Movement for Racial Justice?
This is an Eval Central archive copy, find the original at drbethsnow.com. Sheila Matano, who is the VP of the board of the BC Chapter of the Canadian Evaluation Society (CESBC), who is also the chair of our Diversity, Equity, and Inclusion (DEI) committee, told me about this two-part webinar series. Like many boards, we […]
Evaluator Competencies Series: Evaluation Topics and Questions
This is an Eval Central archive copy, find the original at drbethsnow.com. Since it’s been a while since I last wrote a blog psoting in this series, and since I stopped in the middle of the “technical competencies” domain, let’s review where we are at. The first competency in the “Technical Domain” was about figuring […]
I’m back to blogging
This is an Eval Central archive copy, find the original at drbethsnow.com. Over on my personal blog, I’ve decided to try blogging every day in the spirit of November as National Blog Posting Month (NaBloPoMo) – that was a thing years ago when blogs were more popular. The idea is to blog every single day […]
CES Webinar Notes: Retrospective Pretest Survey
This is an Eval Central archive copy, find the original at drbethsnow.com. These are my rough notes from today’s CES webinar. Speaker: Evan Poncelet was asked “are retrospective post test (RPTs) legit?”, so it did some research on them you can’t always do a pre-test (e.g., evaluator brought on after program has started; providing a […]
Evaluator Competencies Series: Taking a Short Break!
This is an Eval Central archive copy, find the original at drbethsnow.com. It’s that busy time in the semester when the marking for the courses that I’m teaching is piling up and I am also working furiously on a couple of online courses (in addition to my day job). So I’ve decided that I’m going […]
Evaluator Competencies Series: Program Theory
This is an Eval Central archive copy, find the original at drbethsnow.com. 2.3 Clarifies the program theory. I really like helping programs figure out what their theory of change is. Early in my career as an evaluator, I was surprised how often I would work with a program that had no idea what its theory […]
Evaluator Competencies Series: Program Evaluability
This is an Eval Central archive copy, find the original at drbethsnow.com. 2.2 Assesses program evaluability. I can’t remember exactly when or where this was, but at some point during my career as an evaluator, I saw the phrase “Evaluability Assessment” and thought “what’s that?” I know I wasn’t a brand new evaluator, as when […]
Evaluator Competencies Series: Clarifying Purpose and Scope
This is an Eval Central archive copy, find the original at drbethsnow.com. The next domain of competence is technical practice. 2. Technical Practice competencies focus on the strategic, methodological, and interpretive decisions required to conduct an evaluation. And the first competency in this domain is: 2.1 Clarifies the purpose and scope of the evaluation. Let’s begin […]