This is an Eval Central archive copy, find the original at elizabethgrim.com. Long before we entered the pre-Covid/during-Covid realm, marked by daily monitoring of case counts, testing, hospitalizations, and death tolls, I had my own pre/during world. Like evaluation, this world includes constant monitoring, learning, and adjusting. This post shares five lessons from T1D that […]
My Interviewee is Drinking Vodka: An Evaluation Ethics Case
This is an Eval Central archive copy, find the original at evalacademy.com. On a summer morning, after several attempts to interview clients for an evaluation project, I arrived with a social worker at an overnight shelter. Finally, we had located Jules, who wanted to share her experiences with the program I was learning about. When we approached her […]
Evaluation Roundup – July 2020
This is an Eval Central archive copy, find the original at evalacademy.com. Welcome to our July roundup of new and noteworthy evaluation news and resources – here is the latest. Have something you’d like to see here? Tweet us @EvalAcademy or connect on LinkedIn! New and Noteworthy — Reads International Program for Development Evaluation […]
Comment on If we cannot define “museums,” how do museums survive? by Diane
This is an Eval Central archive copy, find the original at rka-learnwithus.com. I would hope there would be a variety of museum “types”. But the note about jargon is a real issue for me. The language should be straightforward and not contrived. Here is a little fun about what I mean: 115950217_3245495082163683_2161735501010600354_n.jpeg
How We Used an Outcome Harvest
This is an Eval Central archive copy, find the original at evalacademy.com. Recently, we at Three Hive Consulting used outcome harvesting as part of a developmental evaluation with an organization who builds connections and helps facilitate community change. As with most developmental and participatory techniques, using this method was a bit time intensive, but […]
Walking the talk
This is an Eval Central archive copy, find the original at danawanzer.com This blog post was originally posted in the American Evaluation Association July 2020 newsletter. Thank you to AEA for asking me to reflect on what the AEA values mean to me and how they guide my work. This summer has been a time […]
After-Action Review: Learning Together Through Complexity
This is an Eval Central archive copy, find the original at cense.ca. Complexity science is the study of how systems behave when under conditions of high dynamism (change) and instability due to the number, sequencing, and organization of actors, relationships, and outcomes. Complex systems pose difficulty drawing clear lessons because the relationship between causes and […]
If we cannot define “museums,” how do museums survive?
This is an Eval Central archive copy, find the original at rka-learnwithus.com. Last year, my colleagues and I chatted about the work of the International Council of Museums (ICOM) to propose a new definition of museums. We listened to the MuseoPunks podcast, which featured different speakers talking about their perspectives on the definition process. At […]
Scoping an Evaluation: Begin with the Purpose
This is an Eval Central archive copy, find the original at evalacademy.com. Recently I made the decision to buy a bike. Like many others, I’ve put on some COVID weight and thought incorporating some exercise into my daily routine would help. I didn’t have a bike, so I started shopping for one. Google is […]
Five Ways Evaluators Can Further Accessibility Efforts in Museums
This is an Eval Central archive copy, find the original at rka-learnwithus.com. Sunday marked the 30-year anniversary of the Americans with Disabilities Act (ADA). My first thought was, “Really, only 30 years?” It is shocking that people in the United States with disabilities had to wait so long to have their rights acknowledged by our […]