This is an Eval Central archive copy, find the original at freshspectrum.com. Social media is not a monologue. It’s a collection of voices seen (or unseen) based almost entirely on who you do or do not follow. But the world we see is based, as it always has been, on the people that surround us. […]
Strategic Learning and Evaluation – What Boards Need to Know
This is an Eval Central archive copy, find the original at evalacademy.com. Recently I was asked by a client about an evaluation literacy course for its board. The client’s board members had just attended a strategic planning day and through that discussion felt they needed education on evaluation and metrics. On one hand I […]
Recursos para trabajar y facilitar a distancia
This is an Eval Central archive copy, find the original at triplead.blog. Muy relevante post en su blog “Agilefacile” del gurú de la gestión del conocimiento y la facilitación, pero sobre todo excelente persona, Ewen LeBorgne, sobre la “Facilitación en línea: Una visión meta de los recursos para trabajar y facilitar a distancia más […]
Visualizing COVID-19 Data Responsibly: An Interview with Amanda Makulec
This is an Eval Central archive copy, find the original at depictdatastudio.com. In April, I sat down with Amanda Makulec, one of my longtime data and evaluation friends, to learn about visualizing COVID-19 responsibly. Amanda is the Data Visualization Capability Lead at Excella; a co-organizer for Dataviz DC; and the Operations Director for the Data […]
Sampling: What does “representative” mean during and after coronavirus?
This is an Eval Central archive copy, find the original at rka-learnwithus.com. Since the reality of coronavirus set in back in March, our RK&A team has been having a lot of conversations about study design. Museum closures and social distancing have greatly impacted the way we do our work as evaluators. They have affected our […]
How to Write Good Evaluation Questions
This is an Eval Central archive copy, find the original at evalacademy.com. Evaluators ask questions. All the time. We ask questions in focus groups, we write questions in surveys, we pose questions to our datasets. But the questions that really drive our work are evaluation questions. What are evaluation questions? Evaluation questions focus data […]
How I use Notion for Project Management
This is an Eval Central archive copy, find the original at danawanzer.com Notion calls itself an all-in-one workspace for notes and documents, wikis, tasks and projects, and spreadsheets and databases. Although I still prefer Todoist as my task manager (I wish Todoist and Notion could integrate!), Notion has become my project management software tool. I’ll […]
Arts-Based Data Collection Techniques
This is an Eval Central archive copy, find the original at evalacademy.com. Recently, Jennica Nichols and Maya Lefkowich (of AND Implementation) hosted a Canadian Evaluation Society (CES) webinar about using art as a data collection method. The webinar was fun and interactive and included (you guessed it) hands-on examples of how to use arts-based […]
It’s in the cut of the cloth
This is an Eval Central archive copy, find the original at b3consults.com. Photo credit: davide25 https://www.needpix.com/photo/download/240225 Last fall at my business retreat, I did a guided visualization. As I began drawing what I hoped my year ahead would become, I imagined my clients as hot air balloons — vibrant and taking flight — and my role of supporting their […]
Declaración de la plataforma BetterEvaluation frente al COVID-19
This is an Eval Central archive copy, find the original at triplead.blog. Esta es la Declaración de la plataforma BetterEvaluation frente al COVID-19 (Abril de 2020) La pandemia de COVID-19 está transformando rápidamente nuestro mundo. Las personas, las comunidades y las organizaciones enfrentan enormes desafíos e incertidumbres. La crisis climática y los desastres naturales sin […]