This is an Eval Central archive copy, find the original at freshspectrum.com. Dear research and evaluation community, we have a website problem. The problem? Many of our websites suck. I’m talking about resource sites, toolkits, organization homepages, project websites, communities of practice, association sites, learning communities, online reports, etc… As an evaluator who has been […]
Designing an Executive Summary with Canva
This is an Eval Central archive copy, find the original at freshspectrum.com. Design is a process. So is creativity. In today’s post I’ll walk you through the process I would use to design an executive summary style report using Canva. Step 1. Simple Mini Personas Take a notecard and draw a little picture of a […]
Try This: Move Away from Funder-Driven Evaluation
This is an Eval Central archive copy, find the original at nicoleclarkconsulting.com. Try this out and let me know how it goes for you. I was a panelist on a recent webinar, discussing community and structural interventions to support maternal health equity. During the conversation, I shared one of the struggles I have as an […]
Leveraging Language Models like ChatGPT for Evaluation
This is an Eval Central archive copy, find the original at elizabethgrim.com. With algorithms, automation, and AI here to stay, I have been wondering what this partnership with AI might look like for consultants, clients, and colleagues. How might we leverage AI to support our data and evaluation work? The post Leveraging Language Models like […]
Algorithms, Automation, and AI, Oh My!
This is an Eval Central archive copy, find the original at elizabethgrim.com. Algorithms, automation, and AI (artificial intelligence). What do you think of when you hear those terms? What images come to mind? How do they feel in your body? If you’re like me, you may feel equal parts excited and concerned. Excited about the […]
Your report is not broken.
This is an Eval Central archive copy, find the original at freshspectrum.com. Is nobody reading your report? Have you put tons of work into something then shared it out to the world, only to hear nothing in return? It might be easy to think that you’re to blame. If only you knew how to design […]
Why Staff Are Struggling with Your Programs
This is an Eval Central archive copy, find the original at nicoleclarkconsulting.com. For a long time, I prioritized program participants, because I thought, without participants there would be no program. Now, drawing on the voices of staff (as well as my personal experiences being on staff) I see the need for more balanced considerations in […]
How to Make Great Graphs in Excel: 4 Levels of Excel Vizardry
This is an Eval Central archive copy, find the original at depictdatastudio.com. Are you drowning in the deep end of Excel? First, dip a toe in. And then another. You’ll be swimming confidently before you know it. 4 Levels of Excel Vizardry I’ve taught data visualization in Excel a dozen different ways over the years. […]
Information design is not data visualization.
This is an Eval Central archive copy, find the original at freshspectrum.com. Referring to data visualization as information design is like referring to survey design as evaluation. Yes, evaluators tend to design surveys. But there is way more to being an evaluator than designing a survey. Learning how to be an information designer requires more […]
Take of Tour of the “Excel How-To’s” Templates
This is an Eval Central archive copy, find the original at depictdatastudio.com. Remember those “Excel for Dummies” books? I’d go to the public library, grab a dog-eared book off the shelf, and flip through the grayscale images trying to match the author’s screenshots to my own computer. They were always using a different version of […]