This is an Eval Central archive copy, find the original at freshspectrum.com. This post is a day late as recent events hit me with blogger’s block. I didn’t want to just write another post, seemingly oblivious to the very real global pandemic that is on everyone’s mind. But I didn’t just want to add to […]
The Evaluation Mindset: The Role of the Evaluator
This is an Eval Central archive copy, find the original at freshspectrum.com. “Let’s take a shortcut back to the car.” I was 19 and hiking through the woods with one my best friends. We were both eagle scouts, and had spent much of our young lives wandering through the woods. The area we were exploring […]
The Evaluation Mindset: Charting a Course
This is an Eval Central archive copy, find the original at freshspectrum.com. Describing how a process works is valuable for two reasons. It forces you to make sure you know how it works. Then it forces you to take the reader through the same sequence of ideas and deductions that made the process clear to […]
The Evaluation Mindset: Actions and Consequences
This is an Eval Central archive copy, find the original at freshspectrum.com. When I started getting into data visualization design, human centered design, and user experience design I had this hope that a better understanding of design methodologies would ultimately help me to become a better evaluator. But I had the causal direction flipped. What […]
Content Strategy Spotlight – AEA365.org
This is an Eval Central archive copy, find the original at freshspectrum.com. There is not just one way to build a digital community, or rather, leverage the web to support an existing community. When many organization’s design communities of practice they tend to focus on hosting a series of webinars, developing a forum, or building […]
The Gig Economy Business Plan
This is an Eval Central archive copy, find the original at freshspectrum.com. An illustrated guide to business planning for freelancers, consultants, and other professionals hoping to trade hours for dollars. Inspired by my friend Kendra, who asked me to write down our conversation and share it with others. Not quite a business, not quite a […]
The Effective Philanthropy Resource Site Showdown – [a graphic novel data analysis]
This is an Eval Central archive copy, find the original at freshspectrum.com. The digital world is filled with underutilized data. I created this experimental data analysis as a way to show how datasets embraced by the SEO world can be valuable evaluation resources. If the analysis leaves you with more questions. At the end of […]
Report Design as Magazine Design [Graphic Novel Blog Post]
This is an Eval Central archive copy, find the original at freshspectrum.com. So what if you created reports the same way publishers created magazines? That’s the question behind today’s post. Here is a link to Canva magazine templates. Things to keep in mind when using Canva for this kind of report writing. Magazine templates are […]
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This is an Eval Central archive copy, find the original at drbethsnow.com. […] Cross posted on my other blog. […]
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This is an Eval Central archive copy, find the original at elizabethgrim.com. […] we watched the sunset over the mountains was dissipating. I realized then that 1) I did not want to camp alone in near/sub-freezing temperatures and 2) I still had time to get off the mountain in daylight. I […]