This is an Eval Central archive copy, find the original at communityevaluationsolutions.com. Hi everyone- Today I am joined by Jenn Ballentine of Highland Nonprofit Consulting to talk about, what else, evaluation in the time of Covid-19. Granted, my last blog was a bit of a rant, so today, I would like to strike a more […]
Evidence for Engagement
This is an Eval Central archive copy, find the original at engagewithdata.com. It’s funny how things work out sometimes. Tamara Hamai and I have been sowing the seeds for our new program, Evidence for Engagement, for months. Our partnership happened so organically – a meeting of the minds for two evaluators who have experience with […]
Applying the JCSEE Program Evaluation Standards to Real World Practice
This is an Eval Central archive copy, find the original at evalacademy.com. To skip right to the free guide, check out our New Products page. Many evaluators will already be familiar with the Program Evaluation Standards developed by the Joint Committee on Standards for Educational Evaluation (JCSEE). For those newer to the field, take […]
“Capacidad y Sistema” Nacional de Evaluación en la Agenda 2030
This is an Eval Central archive copy, find the original at triplead.blog. Parte de la Agenda 2030 y de la Agenda de Evaluación 2020 están enfocadas al desarrollo de la Capacidad Nacional de Evaluación (NEC) y de los Sistemas Nacionales de Evaluación (NES). Aquí tratamos de clarificar estos dos conceptos: A. La Capacidad Nacional de […]
Evaluation and COVID-19
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 […]