This is an Eval Central archive copy, find the original at medium.com/innovationnetwork. Data Placemats & Emergent Learning Tables: Tools to Meaningfully Engage Diverse Perspectives in Evaluation Sensemaking Image created by Veena Pankaj, Innovation Network In an earlier post that highlights Reflections on the Intersection of Evaluation and Emergent Learning, I shared insights generated through my […]
Video: How To Create a Visually Impactful Column Chart
This is an Eval Central archive copy, find the original at evalacademy.com. In this video tutorial, we show you how to create a column chart in Microsoft Excel. Learn the basics of creating and transforming your column charts into something clean, informative, and impactful: To download a PDF version of this tutorial to save […]
Women in Data
This is an Eval Central archive copy, find the original at depictdatastudio.com. In September, I was invited to speak at a Women in Data panel alongside Rebeca Pop. Thanks to Kanchan Malhotra for inviting me and for organizing the event! Women in Data is an international non-profit organization started in 2015 whose mission is to bring women […]
Numbers Can’t Tell the Whole Story
This is an Eval Central archive copy, find the original at engagewithdata.com. You should know by now that I’m a bit of a data nerd. I love spreadsheets. I love organizing data and using it to illuminate patterns. I love the “ah-ha” moments when clients realize how much their own data can tell them about […]
Persistence: The Innovation Process Outcome
This is an Eval Central archive copy, find the original at cense.ca. When looking to evaluate innovation many seek to find numbers related to product adoption, revenue generated, people reached, when what they ought to consider first is process outcomes. Sustainable innovation — a process, practice, and culture of design-driven creation — is the most […]
Comment on Happy Thanksgiving by Conny
This is an Eval Central archive copy, find the original at freshspectrum.com. Have a happy Thanksgiving, Chris.. I love the cartoons, especially the last one!
Happy Thanksgiving
This is an Eval Central archive copy, find the original at freshspectrum.com. What can I say about 2020. It’s been strange, and this Thanksgiving will continue that strangeness. But there is some promise on the horizon, optimistic results from vaccine trials that are progressing with lightning speed, so let’s hold on to that together. And […]
Evaluator Competencies Series: Evaluation Topics and Questions
This is an Eval Central archive copy, find the original at drbethsnow.com. Since it’s been a while since I last wrote a blog psoting in this series, and since I stopped in the middle of the “technical competencies” domain, let’s review where we are at. The first competency in the “Technical Domain” was about figuring […]
Make it pop!
This is an Eval Central archive copy, find the original at evalacademy.com. Six hacks for renovating your evaluation report Part 4 This series of posts walks you through how to reno your evaluation reports using six of Canva’s design lessons. In this series of articles, Part 1 focused on how to take your audience […]
Inspiration As Outcome
This is an Eval Central archive copy, find the original at cense.ca. Anyone working in design or consulting knows that no amount of advice will guarantee action with your clients or colleagues. Great, thoughtful designs are important to success yet are not guarantees for adoption. What is critical above all is that designs inspire people. […]