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This is an Eval Central archive copy, find the original at freshspectrum.com. Tired of your reports looking like dense, unreadable brick walls? Check out this video with quick tips on why and how to start intentionally including white space in your reports. Here is a little summary of what you’ll see in the video. In […]

This is an Eval Central archive copy, find the original at freshspectrum.com. Want some quick report design advice? Don’t wait until you are finished writing your report to design your report. Seriously, I have been in the data field for two decades working on research and evaluation projects. The vast majority of projects have waited […]

This is an Eval Central archive copy, find the original at freshspectrum.com. For Christmas dinner this year I made my family spinach and pasta rotolo. It’s a baked pasta dish that involved making fresh pasta, rolling it flat, filling it with a spinach/ricotta mixture, and rolling it up like a jelly roll. Then it gets […]

This is an Eval Central archive copy, find the original at freshspectrum.com. Are you looking for data and evaluation cartoons this holiday season? In this post I’ve pulled together all my Christmas and other holiday cartoons/comics I’ve drawn from across the years. With new cartoons added annually! Comics from 2023 Power BI and Elves Of […]

This is an Eval Central archive copy, find the original at freshspectrum.com. Do you know how to design a good one page report? Do you know how many words fit nicely on a single page? Do you want to know how to find good one pager templates? This post is for you! How many words […]

This is an Eval Central archive copy, find the original at freshspectrum.com. Interested in learning how to use Canva but don’t know where to start? Start here. My Canva Jumpstart Course is now FREE. I had originally planned to sell this course for more than $200. But since Canva has become such an essential tool […]

This is an Eval Central archive copy, find the original at freshspectrum.com. Dissemination should be easy. It’s just sharing our findings and ideas with people who we think might be interested. If it’s hard, it’s because we make it hard. Let’s make it easy instead. The One Page Dissemination Plan At the bottom of this […]

This is an Eval Central archive copy, find the original at freshspectrum.com. Have you ever heard of the last mile problem? It’s a concept that gets talked about a lot in discussions about supply chains and transportation services. But I also believe it applies to evaluation. The general idea is that the last leg of […]

This is an Eval Central archive copy, find the original at freshspectrum.com. Comics can really make great infographics. Today’s inspiration was found in the book, Imagination Illustrated: The Jim Henson Journal. About the Infographic This is a comic drawn by Caroll Spinney, the performer of Big Bird, as a holiday greeting to his friends. It’s […]

This is an Eval Central archive copy, find the original at freshspectrum.com. What happened in Israel on October 7, 2023 was an inexcusable terror attack, as is the current hostage situation. What is currently happening in Gaza is a humanitarian crisis, or rather, a continuation/escalation of a humanitarian crisis. Both things can be true. The […]