This is an Eval Central archive copy, find the original at evalacademy.com. To celebrate the end of the year, we’ve highlighted Eval Academy’s top ten posts and resources from 2024. What posts or resources would you like to see in 2025? Comment below, tweet us @EvalAcademy or connect with us on LinkedIn! Top posts of […]
New template: “Top 10 tips for facilitating an evaluation planning meeting”
This is an Eval Central archive copy, find the original at evalacademy.com. This article is rated as: Eval Academy just released a new, free template: “Top 10 tips for facilitating an evaluation planning meeting” Top 10 Tips for Facilitating an Evaluation Planning Meeting CA$0.00 Curious about how to facilitate effective evaluation planning meetings? […]
Transitioning a project to a new evaluation lead
This is an Eval Central archive copy, find the original at evalacademy.com. This article is rated as: Recently, I took over as an evaluation lead for a large and complex evaluation project. The transition happened suddenly, much earlier than the scheduled date. Thus, we lost much of our preparation time, and I had […]
Add *Embedded* Captions to Recorded Presentations with Descript
This is an Eval Central archive copy, find the original at depictdatastudio.com. Are you presenting online? Are you sharing the replays with attendees? Captions increase the accessibility of our recordings, making it easier for attendees with hearing issues, audio/tech glitches, and non-English speakers to follow our ideas. In this lesson, you’ll learn about embedded captions […]
La Importancia de Escribir sobre Evaluación y Aprendizaje en Español en la Era de la IA
This is an Eval Central archive copy, find the original at triplead.blog. Soy un nostálgico, quiero seguir pensando que escribir posts en español sobre evaluación y aprendizaje en el sector de la ayuda internacional sigue teniendo múltiples beneficios, tanto a nivel personal como colectivo: A Nivel Personal Gestión del Conocimiento Personal: Reflexión y Aprendizaje: Escribir […]
What is adult learning, and its role in evaluation?
This is an Eval Central archive copy, find the original at freshspectrum.com. This week’s post was written by Chantal Hoff. Chantal is an epidemiologist by training, who works as an evaluator and Senior Consultant at Data+Soul Research. You can learn more about Chantal on LinkedIn and about Data+Soul Research on their website. How it started: […]
4 Types of Maps: Pin Drops, Heat Maps, Tile Grids, and Overlays
This is an Eval Central archive copy, find the original at depictdatastudio.com. During Office Hours, Sue Griffey walked us through the pros and cons of 3 different mapping approaches: Pin drop maps (made for free with Google) Heat maps (made with Excel) Tile grid maps (also made in Excel) Overlay maps (tile grids, icon stacks, […]
Adding Text Boxes to Charts in Excel: Slow vs. Fast
This is an Eval Central archive copy, find the original at depictdatastudio.com. You might need text boxes for annotations or labels. You might spend a few moments adding and editing the text box. But then, it doesn’t get pasted correctly into Word or PowerPoint, argh! In this 5-minute video, you’ll see 2 ways to add […]
It’s not enough to know.
This is an Eval Central archive copy, find the original at freshspectrum.com. Evaluation is a systematic process to determine merit, worth, value or significance… But then what? Let’s say you followed a systematic process and came to some conclusions about the value of a program. Your evidence shows that this particular program *doesn’t work so […]
How We Evaluated: Our Own 4-Day Work Week Pilot
This is an Eval Central archive copy, find the original at evalacademy.com. This article is rated as: At Three Hive Consulting, we recently embarked on an innovative journey to pilot a 4-Day Work Week (4DWW). Because we’re evaluators, we tasked ourselves with assessing the impact of this new work schedule. Here, we share […]