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“Caja de herramientas” de Gestión del Conocimiento durante la pandemia
This is an Eval Central archive copy, find the original at triplead.blog. Esta semana participé junto a otr@s siete miembros de UNICEF en dos webinars para la difusión de la caja de herramientas sobre Gestión del Conocimiento de UNICEF (UNICEF Knowledge Exchange Toolbox). El objetivo es que esta herramienta sea útil al personal de UNICEF […]
Randi’s Piece in the SuperHelpful Newsletter: Intentional Practice During a Crisis
This is an Eval Central archive copy, find the original at rka-learnwithus.com. Randi wrote a piece for this week’s SuperHelpful newsletter reflecting on the value of Intentional Practice during the current pandemic. The questions she poses are an excellent jumping off point for anyone trying to navigate a purposeful path forward for their department or […]
Repost: Intentional Practice as Self-Care [During Coronavirus]
This is an Eval Central archive copy, find the original at rka-learnwithus.com. Updated April 23, 2020: I wrote and shared the following blog post about self-care almost two months ago in late February. Coronavirus was in Seattle at the time, but I’m in New York, and the virus did not feel like a major threat to […]
How much stress can a Lego® Bridge Handle?
This is an Eval Central archive copy, find the original at b3consults.com. https://www.flickr.com/photos/philaaronson/2463699246 licensed under CC BY 2.0 My six-year-old son currently is obsessed with the TV Show Lego Masters. Recently, the competitors had to build a bridge and test its structural integrity. The strongest bridges — of Legos®, mind you — withstood weight of 1000 pounds, and maxed out […]
What is Research on Evaluation (RoE)?
This is an Eval Central archive copy, find the original at danawanzer.com The RoE TIG convened a working group to help promote the field of RoE, and one of our first tasks was to come to a consensus on the definition of RoE. There are many definitions of research on evaluation (RoE), which can make […]
Behind the Scenes with Elissa Schloesser, One of My Favorite Information Designers
This is an Eval Central archive copy, find the original at depictdatastudio.com. “My ultimate goal was to work with organizations to help them communicate those complex things in graphic form,” Elissa Schloesser told me. Elissa’s one of my favorite information designers. We’ve partnered on a number of projects over the years, from full-length technical reports […]
Four common data entry mistakes (and how to fix them)
This is an Eval Central archive copy, find the original at evalacademy.com. You have developed your evaluation plan, written your questions, and deployed your tools. And now, you have just received your raw data. You are excited to jump in and analyze the data. But wait. You note several inconsistencies in the raw data. […]
Dear evaluators, it’s time to blog!
This is an Eval Central archive copy, find the original at freshspectrum.com. This post is my plea to you. Please start blogging. As conferences cancel… It doesn’t take too many clicks to see that COVID-19 is impacting our field’s ability to communicate with one another. All you really have to do is visit Better Evaluation’s […]
Indicators: choose the right angle
This is an Eval Central archive copy, find the original at winderl.net. Once we have agreed on a clever, limited set of indicators, all seems good. However, we are not yet there. For most indicators, we can choose a specific ‘angle’. What do I mean? For example, we are considering the “Number of female members […]