This is an Eval Central archive copy, find the original at cense.ca. Strategic planning describes a lot of what we do, yet we don’t use the term strategic planning to describe our approach. Instead, our focus is on strategic thinking. Here’s why you might want to do the same. Strategic planning is used as a […]
Reporting is a Conversation
This is an Eval Central archive copy, find the original at freshspectrum.com. Do you remember the early days of social media? Back then there were a lot of bloggers, marketers, and other digital communicators talking about how social media platforms were conversational. Less broadcasting, more back and forth. For whatever reason, in the research and […]
Collective Impact 3.0 Article
This is an Eval Central archive copy, find the original at connectingevidence.com/blog.
Try This: Data Sense Making
This is an Eval Central archive copy, find the original at nicoleclarkconsulting.com. Try this and let me know how it goes for you. Getting clear on why you’re collecting data shifts your organization from being reactive to proactively data driven. You know why you’re collecting data. You may even have data. What do you do […]
Building a Business that Fits Your Family: Disrupt Your Money Podcast
This is an Eval Central archive copy, find the original at depictdatastudio.com. Wake up without an alarm… Exercise, eat breakfast with the family, work on energizing projects for a few hours… … and then call it a day. Take the kids to gymnastics. Volunteer at field day. Take off the entire summer for bucket list […]
Conductores de la colaboración
This is an Eval Central archive copy, find the original at triplead.blog. Recordamos TRES conductores de la colaboración, que tienen que ver con (1) compromiso, claridad de prioridades y objectivos, (2) existencia de capacidades, reciprocidad, participantes elegidos, (3) facilitación y rendición de cuentas. 1) Liderazgo y apropiación: El propósito y los resultados deseados de la colaboración deben ser claros […]
6 Big Reasons to Ditch the PDF Report
This is an Eval Central archive copy, find the original at freshspectrum.com. Still delivering your final report as a PDF? You’re definitely NOT alone. The PDF final report is still very much status quo in the research and evaluation worlds. But I think it’s time we move on. We give too much up when we […]
Before You Start Collecting Data, Read This
This is an Eval Central archive copy, find the original at nicoleclarkconsulting.com. The first evaluation I ever led was for The Doula Project. My relationship to The Doula Project started with being a volunteer as a graduate student, and joining the board of directors a few years later. Based on feedback from the organization’s Leadership […]
Make Me Think
This is an Eval Central archive copy, find the original at freshspectrum.com. There is this fantastic book on usability written by Steve Krug called, Don’t Make Me Think. It’s not new, first released out all the way back in 2000. But if you have never read it, you should. Even if you have never really […]
Ask Nicole: Should Research Come Before Evaluation?
This is an Eval Central archive copy, find the original at nicoleclarkconsulting.com. Have a question you’d like to be featured? Let me know. This question comes from Larissa, a graduate student in Arizona. Larissa write: Hi Nicole, I’m a graduate student currently taking a class about research and evaluation. I also just finished a course […]