This is an Eval Central archive copy, find the original at evalacademy.com. As evaluators, we are rarely organizational decision-makers; it is our job to provide those decision-makers with actionable insights. In this article I highlight how you can translate data into meaningful findings, or insights, so you can support decision-makers to drive action within […]
How (and whether) to write recommendations
This is an Eval Central archive copy, find the original at evalacademy.com. Want to hear my elevator speech about what an evaluator does? It goes something like this: “What do you do?” “I’m an evaluator.” “What’s that?” “When an organization runs a program or initiative and they want to know how well they did, […]
Evaluation Report Inspiration: Excerpts From A Breast Cancer Clinic Evaluation
This is an Eval Central archive copy, find the original at evalacademy.com. Evaluators do not often share their evaluation reports. The organization or client that the evaluator works for usually owns the report, which can make sharing them difficult. But sometimes it can be helpful to see what and how information is presented in […]
Consent Part 2: Do I need to get consent? How do I do that?
This is an Eval Central archive copy, find the original at evalacademy.com. Is Consent Always Needed? Consent to participate in an evaluation project may not be required if the risks posed to an individual are normal, or no more than routine care. A good rule of thumb is that “the level of consent should match the level […]
Evaluation Roundup – September 2021
This is an Eval Central archive copy, find the original at evalacademy.com. Welcome to our monthly roundup of new and noteworthy evaluation news and resources – here is the latest. Have something you’d like to see here? Tweet us @EvalAcademy! New and Noteworthy — Reads The Complexity Evaluation Toolkit The Centre for the Evaluation of […]
Scope Creep: When to Indulge it, and When to Avoid it
This is an Eval Central archive copy, find the original at evalacademy.com. In most evaluation plans, we try to define scope. Defining evaluation scope means putting boundaries around things like: Time – defining what timeframe of the initiative you will include in your evaluation, or how long you will be undertaking evaluation work People – […]
Consent Part 1: What is Informed Consent
This is an Eval Central archive copy, find the original at evalacademy.com. As an evaluator, a big part of our role is to collect data. Sometimes that data comes from administrative databases that require data sharing agreements, but sometimes it comes from people, who need to consent to sharing their information (or data) with […]
Data Dictionary: the what, why and how
This is an Eval Central archive copy, find the original at evalacademy.com. Technological advances have resulted in the collection of large amounts of data and the availability of data continues to skyrocket. To give you a perspective, more data has been collected in the past two years (2019 & 2020) than the entire human […]
Evaluation Roundup – August 2021
This is an Eval Central archive copy, find the original at evalacademy.com. Welcome to our monthly roundup of new and noteworthy evaluation news and resources – here is the latest. Have something you’d like to see here? Tweet us @EvalAcademy! New and Noteworthy — Reads The Ultimate Guide to Effective Data Collection A free 30-page […]
But really, how do I use the RE-AIM Framework?
This is an Eval Central archive copy, find the original at evalacademy.com. Early in my career as a consulting evaluator, I landed a major contract. The contract was to evaluate a nationally-funded province-wide quality improvement program in health care. The funder specified that I evaluate using the RE-AIM framework. Enter: Googling about RE-AIM. I know we’ve all had to-do items either personally or professionally where we just want someone to “tell me what […]