This is an Eval Central archive copy, find the original at camman-evaluation.com. Photo by Robert V. Ruggiero on Unsplash A friend asked me today how I was figuring out the current crisis, and we had a lovely clarifying conversation about our respective struggles and journeys. A few ideas surfaced for me that I want to […]
5 tips for good reporting
This is an Eval Central archive copy, find the original at winderl.net. Good reporting isn’t that hard. My five tips are: 1. start with what is important, 2. use simple language, 3. use change language, 4. back it up with evidence, and 5. visualize data. The post 5 tips for good reporting appeared first on […]
Evaluation Mindset: Imagining a Destination
This is an Eval Central archive copy, find the original at freshspectrum.com. There are all sorts of purposeful goal-driven people and organizations. Intent on following a path towards a destination that is clear in their minds. They might have even put the destination down on paper, charting the course and knowing the way forward. But […]
Evaluation’s Yoda
This is an Eval Central archive copy, find the original at evalacademy.com. The first evaluation book I read was Michael Quinn Patton’s (aka MQP) Utilization-Focused Evaluation. It was an intimidating introduction to evaluation. The book is 667 pages of subject matter that isn’t exactly light. However, it is full of anecdotes, case studies, stories, […]
How COVID-19 is Bringing Inequality to the Forefront
This is an Eval Central archive copy, find the original at engagewithdata.com. For the past few weeks, one image has been recurring in my mind. I keep picturing the living conditions of a student whose home I visited a few times when I was working as a community school coordinator in Baltimore. This student had […]
Finding Inspiration through Designers-in-Training
This is an Eval Central archive copy, find the original at rka-learnwithus.com. For the past few years, I’ve traveled to New York City every spring to do a guest lecture for a class of graduate students who are part of the Fashion Institute of Technology’s (FIT) Exhibition and Experience Design program. For obvious reasons, I […]
Acting in Complex Times
This is an Eval Central archive copy, find the original at cense.ca. The complexities and complications of circumstances tied to the COVID-19 pandemic represent a hyper-exaggerated version of situations organizations find themselves in moments of disruption due to economic, social, and technological shifts. It is a moment of innovation. What makes the current situation distinct […]
Reporting Findings Effectively (Simple Nonprofit Tips)
This is an Eval Central archive copy, find the original at connectingevidence.com/blog.
The Evaluation Mindset: Not Your Data
This is an Eval Central archive copy, find the original at freshspectrum.com. In 2018, 87 years after it was completed, Zora Neale Hurston’s Barracoon was released to the public. Reading the book today the story of Cudjo Lewis feels completely relevant to our contemporary times. It is heartbreaking, illuminating, and honest. In the way she […]
complexity and equity
This is an Eval Central archive copy, find the original at camman-evaluation.com. Photo by Praewthida K on Unsplash I promised Jara I wouldn’t overthink this one and just get this off Twitter and into a blog post, and I’m really trying hard to live up to that. (I might have overthought “not overthinking it” though.) […]