This is an Eval Central archive copy, find the original at evalacademy.com. Remember when you were a kid and you heard there was going to be a new kid at school? The news spread like wild fire. Students were excited and intrigued by this new person. When the new kid arrived at school, many were eager to […]
Does my program need a dashboard?
This is an Eval Central archive copy, find the original at evalacademy.com. One of the deliverables my clients often request is a dashboard. Those clients are looking for easy-to-understand, powerful insights at a glance. They want to be able to know what they need to know when they need to know it, then make evidence-informed decisions. […]
Business Tools You Need to Run Your Evaluation Consultancy
This is an Eval Central archive copy, find the original at evalacademy.com. Starting a company is daunting. Where do you even begin? When my business partner, Shelby Corley and I started Three Hive Consulting we had A LOT of questions. We knew (and still believe) that evaluation is a means for driving organizational impact, so starting an evaluation consultancy seemed obvious. […]
How to Deliver Bad Results
This is an Eval Central archive copy, find the original at evalacademy.com. You’ve just designed, implemented, and analyzed a client satisfaction survey. Trouble is: clients are not satisfied. Uh oh. No one likes to deliver bad news. However, there are some strategies that will help not only to soften the blow, but to make […]
Evaluation Roundup – July 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 Research vs. Evaluation Ah, the age-old topic! This blog post […]
What to Put in Your Evaluation Contract
This is an Eval Central archive copy, find the original at evalacademy.com. Congratulations, evaluator, you’ve landed a client! Or maybe your organization has selected an evaluator to complete an exciting project. Either way, your next step is a contract for evaluation services. It’s always safest to have a contract in place before any work […]
Evaluation Roundup – June 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 How Funders Seek and Use Knowledge to Influence Philanthropic Practice […]
Project Management for Evaluation
This is an Eval Central archive copy, find the original at evalacademy.com. Sometimes managing evaluations can feel like herding cats. Despite your best efforts at nailing down methods, timelines, and other evaluation requirements, plans tend to change, especially if you aren’t paying attention. Evaluators work in multiple environments and just like there’s no one-size-fits-all evaluation plan, […]
Evaluation Roundup – May 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 How Far Dare an Evaluator Go Toward Saving the World? […]
What to Include in your Evaluation RFP
This is an Eval Central archive copy, find the original at evalacademy.com. In an evaluation consultant’s ideal world, potential clients would show up in our inboxes and ask us to be their evaluators because they’ve heard about how great we are or have worked with us before. But in the real world, organizations must […]