This is an Eval Central archive copy, find the original at cense.ca. There are many threats to quality action and behaviour change, but the most persistent and pernicious of these is brevity. Speed and efficiency are two twins tied to productivity, value, and innovation. At least, in theory. We have yet to see any substantive […]
How to Write about Research Methods Like a Human (and Not a Textbook)
This is an Eval Central archive copy, find the original at depictdatastudio.com. Did you devote years of your life trying to sound “smart” and “professional,” like a textbook? I did. I taught myself how to write in third-person language. I called myself “The researcher…” instead of plain ol’ “I…” I replaced my everyday words with […]
Incentives for participation
This is an Eval Central archive copy, find the original at evalacademy.com. I’ve been thinking recently about bias in evaluation methodology. There’s so many different types of bias it’s hard to keep them all straight, never mind mitigating them all! One particular area has me interested: What bias does offering an incentive to participate introduce? […]
Using log frames: why they’re useful and how to make one
This is an Eval Central archive copy, find the original at evalacademy.com. A Log Frame is a tool that has mainly been used for designing, monitoring, and evaluating international development projects. Using this tool is a way of structuring the main elements in a project or program, and highlighting the logical connections between them. In […]
Human Centered Report Design
This is an Eval Central archive copy, find the original at freshspectrum.com. Are you searching for a modern reporting strategy that leads to visual reports other human beings would actually appreciate? I wrote you an eBook. You can download the new eBook here. Here is what you’ll find inside the 35 page visual eBook. It’s […]
AEA Coffee Break: Five Core Processes for Enhancing the Quality of Qualitative Evaluation
This is an Eval Central archive copy, find the original at drbethsnow.com. Presenter: Jennifer Jewiss Date: 25 October 2022 The presenter had reflective questions for the audience, so I figured I’d put mine here, along with my notes from the webinar. Reflective questions 1: When I think of qualitative approaches to evaluation, the following words […]
Insights on participant ownership in evaluation and learning
This is an Eval Central archive copy, find the original at medium.com/innovationnetwork. A starting list Earlier this year we were asking the representative of a grassroots organization whether and how they would be interested in being involved in the learning and evaluation work of one of our foundation clients. They told us that what is truly […]
Stop Using Tiny, Grainy Photos in PowerPoint!!!
This is an Eval Central archive copy, find the original at depictdatastudio.com. It’s not 1995. Last week, I was leading a post-conference workshop with CQI professionals in California. You can learn more about their annual conferences here. An attendee asked about best practices for adding photographs to our PowerPoint presentations. Before Let’s pretend that you’re […]
Action Planning for Coalitions – Strategic Doing
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Make Dissemination Easy
This is an Eval Central archive copy, find the original at freshspectrum.com. Sharing our work well takes skill and experience. But not every data person has these skills. Should they? Qualified to Do the Work ? Qualified to Share the Work The vast majority of PhD and MA programs are not going to give their […]