Innovation Network

This is an Eval Central archive copy, find the original at medium.com/innovationnetwork. By Rebecca Perlmutter and Cory Georgopoulos, Innovation Network Senior Associates As evaluators, we’re always seeking to incorporate methods that help us collect data in comprehensive and equitable ways. In recent years, we have found learning logs to be critical tools for enhancing our […]

This is an Eval Central archive copy, find the original at medium.com/innovationnetwork. A Meta Reflection on Equitable Communications: Behind-the-Scenes of Creating the Equitable Communications Guide After researching ways to share our findings and reports with equity in mind, we realized there wasn’t a go-to resource for equitable communications in the evaluation field. Together, we were […]

This is an Eval Central archive copy, find the original at medium.com/innovationnetwork. Written by Rebecca Perlmutter, Innovation Network Senior Associate Inspired by our friends at CEI, who begin every January with two weeks of independent study, we decided to pilot a similar week for the first of week of January. The purpose of the week […]

This is an Eval Central archive copy, find the original at medium.com/innovationnetwork. Written by Alissa Marchant and Cory Georgopolous Current Knowledge on Collective Power Advocacy evaluation is a rapidly growing field that has seen the emergence of several frameworks for building power for social change, measuring equity, coalition effectiveness, collective impact and creating communities of […]

This is an Eval Central archive copy, find the original at medium.com/innovationnetwork. This blog post is co-authored by Anvi Mridul and Rebecca Perlmutter. “Before we begin, I want to acknowledge the power dynamics created by virtue of me leading this meeting. I also want you to know that while I would like this to be […]

This is an Eval Central archive copy, find the original at medium.com/innovationnetwork. This blog post is part of a series of posts about Innovation Network’s transformation towards equity. “Innovation is progress in the face of tradition” — Divad @ThereBeKulture Over the last few years Innovation Network has undergone significant changes that sought to incorporate developments into our organizational […]

This is an Eval Central archive copy, find the original at medium.com/innovationnetwork. Photo by Dom J This blog post is part of a series of posts about Innovation Network’s transformation towards equity. The work of equity starts with our own internal work, and by now you have read about our transformation towards equity and new values that […]

This is an Eval Central archive copy, find the original at medium.com/innovationnetwork. By Johanna Morariu Advocacy ecosystems are a community of interacting individuals and organizations. They unite around a shared purpose of influencing policies and practices of institutions. A quote attributed to Helen Keller, “Alone we can do so little; together we can do so much,” […]