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 […]
What Will Be Your Story?
This is an Eval Central archive copy, find the original at engagewithdata.com. It’s not always easy to measure the impact of family and community engagement efforts. Some aspects of education — like test scores or report card grades — (notwithstanding the wide variety of controversies around their use) are pretty straightforward to measure. They’re already […]
Nonprofit Data Adjustments to COVID-19
This is an Eval Central archive copy, find the original at connectingevidence.com/blog.
There are words I really hate right now
This is an Eval Central archive copy, find the original at communityevaluationsolutions.com. There are words I really hate right now. First is the C-word. Along with that nasty little picture of the virus. I also hate the p-word, the s- d- word, and the term F-T-C. I hate the term “living in the time of uncertainty.” […]
Evaluando en tiempos de pandemia
This is an Eval Central archive copy, find the original at triplead.blog. Las circunstancias actuales nos animan a repensar cómo evaluamos teniendo en cuenta los desafíos (a) éticos, (b) conceptuales y (c) metodológicos que afectarán nuestra capacidad para realizar evaluaciones. De nuevo un interesante post del Banco Mundial sobre la “Realización de evaluaciones en tiempos […]
Evaluation Roundup – April 2020
This is an Eval Central archive copy, find the original at evalacademy.com. New and Noteworthy — Reads A framework for adapting evaluation designs in times of COVID-19 Last month’s roundup focused specifically on COVID-19 and its implications for evaluation. Evaluators continue to produce COVID-19 related resources as the global crisis continues. The Independent Evaluation […]
The Evaluation Mindset: When Nobody Listens
This is an Eval Central archive copy, find the original at freshspectrum.com. If only we had known we were vastly underprepared for a global pandemic… I say that tongue-in-cheek. Of course we knew. President after president was briefed with data and evidence showing the potential devastation a pandemic could have on our global society. In […]