This is an Eval Central archive copy, find the original at freshspectrum.com. Card sorting is a user experience research method useful in discovering how people organize and prioritize different topics. The method is pretty simple. You start with a set of topics on notecards or sticky notes. Then you ask your research participant to organize […]
How to become a data designer.
This is an Eval Central archive copy, find the original at freshspectrum.com. Ever wonder why some data teams deliver really nice looking reports while others seem like they’re stuck in the late 90s? The more I work with different research and evaluation teams, the more I find that reporting quality usually comes down to the […]
My Cartoon Illustration Process – Realist Evaluation Comics
This is an Eval Central archive copy, find the original at freshspectrum.com. Back in 2017 I was commissioned by the RAMESES II project (funded by *NIHR) to draw a series of cartoons on realist evaluation. They have been made available for royalty-free use at ramesesproject.org, along with a collection of other realist evaluation resources. In […]
Evaluation versus Measurement
This is an Eval Central archive copy, find the original at freshspectrum.com. Today’s post started as a comic request and turned into a Q&A. Here is the question that came to me from Randi Knox. I’m looking for a comic to communicate the difference between program monitoring vs program evaluation. I didn’t see anything specific […]
Evaluation versus Monitoring
This is an Eval Central archive copy, find the original at freshspectrum.com. Today’s post started as a comic request and turned into a Q&A. Here is the question that came to me from Randi Knox. I’m looking for a comic to communicate the difference between program monitoring vs program evaluation. I didn’t see anything specific […]
Canva Templates – Inspired by the Nature Conservancy
This is an Eval Central archive copy, find the original at freshspectrum.com. Trying out a new series this week. The idea is simple, I find some inspiration and then use that inspiration to create a set of Canva report page templates. If you keep your eyes open, design inspiration is literally everywhere. Mailers, posters, text […]
Evaluation Ethics Fails, 7 illustrations
This is an Eval Central archive copy, find the original at freshspectrum.com. I’m sick this week, so instead of writing something new, I thought I republish something valuable from 11 years ago. This cartoon was inspired through a conversation with my good friend Ann K. Emery. This was back when Ann was a full time […]
Building Your Creativity Toolkit
This is an Eval Central archive copy, find the original at freshspectrum.com. “Creativity is not a talent. It is a way of operating” These are words that came from comedy icon, John Cleese. Head to YouTube if you want to watch one of his talks on creativity, and the source of this quote. The quote […]
5 Baby Steps to Better Reports
This is an Eval Central archive copy, find the original at freshspectrum.com. A couple of years ago I put out a book called the Reporting Revolution. And while I still believe just about everything I wrote in that book, I know many of you are not actually looking to start a revolution. You just want […]
Is your team, report deficient?
This is an Eval Central archive copy, find the original at freshspectrum.com. Long, boring, dusty-shelf reports might be a problem, but it’s rarely the biggest problem most data teams face. When teams decide to start tackling their report design problems, that’s where they start. They think that if they can turn their long, boring, dusty-shelf […]