This is an Eval Central archive copy, find the original at evalacademy.com. This article is rated as: As you might know, through our sister company, Three Hive Consulting, we support healthcare and non-profit organizations to achieve their mission by uncovering insights that drive impact through evaluation. Recently, we’ve had several clients ask us about Developmental […]
Five elements to include in your reporting style guide
This is an Eval Central archive copy, find the original at evalacademy.com. This article is rated as: A style guide is a time-saving tool that helps you be consistent in your formatting when creating client and public-facing products, from evaluation plans to reports and presentations. When working with a team, style guides ensure that team […]
A starter pack of presentation tools (4 min read)
This is an Eval Central archive copy, find the original at evalacademy.com. This article is rated as: Are you looking to elevate your presentation game? Thanks to the worldwide pandemic, we are now living in a tech-accelerated reality where stakeholder engagement, presentations, and pitches are done virtually at an unprecedented rate. However, it is not […]
Sampling bias: identifying and avoiding bias in data collection
This is an Eval Central archive copy, find the original at evalacademy.com. This article is rated as: Bias in evaluation is inevitable. Reflection helps us to identify our bias and when we do, it is necessary to identify sources of bias in our processes, eliminate which bias we can, and acknowledge which bias we cannot. […]
Developing a Logic Model – Check out our templates!
This is an Eval Central archive copy, find the original at evalacademy.com. This article is rated as: New Template: Developing a Logic Model Eval Academy has just released a new template, “Developing a Logic Model”. Who’s it for? Whether you’re new to evaluation or if evaluation is your main role, this template is for anyone […]
How evaluation has changed the world
This is an Eval Central archive copy, find the original at evalacademy.com. This article is rated as: As an evaluator, I’m passionate about making sure evaluation results actually get used. Too many times have I seen evaluations take place as just a tick-box activity or to meet a funding requirement. Whether it’s by building capacity […]
The people who saved evaluation comics.
This is an Eval Central archive copy, find the original at freshspectrum.com. Since 2011 I have drawn thousands of comics. But over the last 11 years there were a few times when I almost quit. What saved the cartoons? Scratch that, who saved them? Read on to find out. You’ll find my comics scattered across […]
The result chain: a beginner’s guide
This is an Eval Central archive copy, find the original at winderl.net. Monitoring and Evaluation is about measuring and tracking results. That is why it is important to understand what results are, and how to distinguish between different levels of the results chain. In general, a “result” is something that happens or exists because of something else that has happened: the results of a football game the final value […]
Strategy as Conversation
This is an Eval Central archive copy, find the original at cense.ca. A great strategy is designed. This means it was planned, implemented, and evaluated in ways that are aligned with the vision of the organization. Poor strategy neglect some or all of this. We’ve seen many strategies poorly planned, not implemented, never evaluated and […]
Reader-Focused Report Assessment
This is an Eval Central archive copy, find the original at freshspectrum.com. How do you tell a good report from a bad report? That’s what I hope you’ll be able to do with my new quick 2 page assessment. So a little while ago I created a resource, it was a short 18 page eBook […]