This is an Eval Central archive copy, find the original at evalacademy.com. This article is rated as: These two words go together so nicely, “spread and scale”; they kind of roll off the tongue. I wonder how many of us would struggle to define or, perhaps more importantly, distinguish the two. Earlier in my career, […]
Empowering Evaluators: 12 Training Ideas Beyond Conventional Evaluation
This is an Eval Central archive copy, find the original at evalacademy.com. This article is rated as: “What other training should I take?” This question can be tricky to answer for both emerging and experienced evaluators. Emerging evaluators can get a good sense of what complements their evaluation training by looking at job […]
Ribbon Skirts, Ceremony, and Evaluation
This is an Eval Central archive copy, find the original at evalacademy.com. This article is rated as: A real-world example I am of settler-Métis descent and a member of the Métis Nation of Alberta. Currently, I live in Medicine Hat which falls in Treaty 7 and Treaty 4 territory. My family comes from […]
What I Look for When Hiring a New Evaluator
This is an Eval Central archive copy, find the original at evalacademy.com. This article is rated as: Early in your career, it can be hard to know what field you want to work in, let alone feel confident in finding a job. If you’re thinking that you might want to become an evaluator, or you’re […]
GLOCAL 2024: Evaluación y Cambio Transformacional
This is an Eval Central archive copy, find the original at triplead.blog. La Semana de Evaluación gLOCAL es convocado por la Iniciativa de Evaluación Global (GEI). El tema de gLOCAL 2024: «Evaluación y cambio transformacional: equilibrando la ambición y el realismo» En un informe de 2016, el Grupo de Evaluación Independiente del Banco Mundial (IEG) definió […]
Try This: Get Your Ideal Community Partners On Board
This is an Eval Central archive copy, find the original at nicoleclarkconsulting.com. Try this activity and let me know how it goes for you. Engaging the right community partners to join your partnership is crucial to facilitating a process that’s mutually beneficial. As you plan your introductory partnership meeting, you need to figure out who […]
Evaluation Ethics Fails, 7 illustrations
This is an Eval Central archive copy, find the original at freshspectrum.com. I’m sick this week, so instead of writing something new, I thought I republish something valuable from 11 years ago. This cartoon was inspired through a conversation with my good friend Ann K. Emery. This was back when Ann was a full time […]
What Reparations Taught Me as an Evaluator
This is an Eval Central archive copy, find the original at medium.com/innovationnetwork. Over the past year, I’ve been diving deep into concepts around reparations — in a course I took about reparations for slavery in the US (check out my 5 Key Takeaways!), as well as in my dissertation work where I’m looking at reparations as a […]
Building Your Creativity Toolkit
This is an Eval Central archive copy, find the original at freshspectrum.com. “Creativity is not a talent. It is a way of operating” These are words that came from comedy icon, John Cleese. Head to YouTube if you want to watch one of his talks on creativity, and the source of this quote. The quote […]
Inspiration Week Highlights
This is an Eval Central archive copy, find the original at medium.com/innovationnetwork. Written by Rebecca Perlmutter, Innovation Network Senior Associate Inspired by our friends at CEI, who begin every January with two weeks of independent study, we decided to pilot a similar week for the first of week of January. The purpose of the week […]