This is an Eval Central archive copy, find the original at freshspectrum.com. This week I decided to take a dive into the world of cartoonists. Aside from my childhood love of the funny pages (especially Peanuts, Garfield, and The Far Side) I wouldn’t say I had ever been that much of a cartoon connoisseur. Cartooning […]
I have a book now! Introducing Evaluation Illustrated
This is an Eval Central archive copy, find the original at freshspectrum.com. Seriously, it’s now on Amazon. You can buy it! So yeah, I have a book. I guess, technically, I’ve had a book since August 27. That’s when I put it up on Amazon. It’s just, nobody knew about it and I didn’t share […]
Thinking like a sociologist.
This is an Eval Central archive copy, find the original at freshspectrum.com. Just like evaluation, sociology found me. I started undergrad majoring in biological resources engineering. At the time I was a lazy student lacking motivation. And because those two things don’t mix well, I almost dropped out of school after freshman year. Luckily, I […]
Telling good stories, with or without data.
This is an Eval Central archive copy, find the original at freshspectrum.com. I don’t know how to feel when I see “data storytelling”. Being an illustrator, data analyst and designer, I have been asked a time or two to teach a workshop on data storytelling. And I know what the requester is looking for when […]
Choosing the right images for reports, presentations, and blog posts.
This is an Eval Central archive copy, find the original at freshspectrum.com. You already know that images are important. Without visuals there is no way we would be able to process the vast amount of information that we are now exposed to on a daily basis. An image is a trail marker, a waypoint. It’s […]
Why this evaluator is for abolition.
This is an Eval Central archive copy, find the original at freshspectrum.com. I am writing in response to Chris’ Evaluation as Protest blog. I appreciate the blog’s call to action and hope the examples of concrete actions shared will inspire evaluators to imagine something different and to take action. While reading the blog, I noticed […]
Evaluation, Compassion Fatigue, and Health Inequity
This is an Eval Central archive copy, find the original at freshspectrum.com. Doing something is a good start. But it’s not enough. As evaluators we deal with all sorts of programs and activities that were launched out of a need to do something. Programs that keep on doing something, or something else, or something ineffective, […]
Comment on What is the developmental context? and why is it important to evaluation? by Developmental Appropriateness as Cultural Competence in Evaluation
This is an Eval Central archive copy, find the original at danawanzer.com […] This is the second post in a series of blog posts based on my thesis. Read the introductory post here which describes the developmental context. […]
Comment on What is the developmental context? and why is it important to evaluation? by How evaluators adapt their evaluations to the developmental context: Evaluation design
This is an Eval Central archive copy, find the original at danawanzer.com […] This is the third post in a series of blog posts based on my thesis. Read the introductory post here which describes the developmental context. […]
Comment on Developmentally Appropriate Evaluations by How evaluators adapt their evaluations to the developmental context: Evaluation design
This is an Eval Central archive copy, find the original at danawanzer.com […] is the second post in a series of blog posts based on my thesis. Read the introductory post here which describes the developmental […]