This is an Eval Central archive copy, find the original at depictdatastudio.com. You’ve been asked to make a dashboard—now what?! Dashboard is a tricky term; it means different things to different people. In this article, you’ll learn how to: choose between various dashboard types (static or interactive, single or series); and deal with common dashboard […]
Third Position Strategy
This is an Eval Central archive copy, find the original at cense.ca. When we are in a complex situation with much going on dividing our experience into halves is not often useful. How often have you encountered an either/or situation where neither option is particularly attractive? Thinking in triads is far more useful for understanding […]
How to fall into evaluation – a cartoon post.
This is an Eval Central archive copy, find the original at freshspectrum.com. So what does it mean to “fall into evaluation?” That’s today’s cartoon post inspiration from Ann Price via Twitter. @clysy Hey Chris, have you created a cartoon for the often used phrase, “I just kind of fell into evaluation?” — Ann Price (she, […]
Dashboard Don’ts: My 10 Worst Mistakes from Past Projects
This is an Eval Central archive copy, find the original at depictdatastudio.com. Are you working on a dashboard at your workplace? Maybe you’re making a brand-new dashboard? Maybe you’re revamping an existing dashboard to bring it up to speed? Maybe you don’t have a dashboard yet, and you’re wondering if you need one? In this […]
Try This: Check In on Your Strategic Plan
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. On the road to becoming more data driven, and making sense of stakeholder data, organizations use the data to inform their strategic planning process. A strategic plan, in short, is a […]
UX Evaluation and Creative Reporting Webinars [Free Replays]
This is an Eval Central archive copy, find the original at freshspectrum.com. In early December I was given the opportunity to join The Youth Research and Evaluation eXchange (YouthREX) for a couple of Zoom webinars. And, if you’re interested, the replays for both are now live and free to watch. Both webinars are currently available […]
What Makes a Useful Data Story? 5 Questions to Ask
This is an Eval Central archive copy, find the original at depictdatastudio.com. Ready to tell a story with data? Here’s my definition of data storytelling, in case you missed the previous blog post. Great! Let’s remove the guesswork from our graphs. The next step is to figure out which message we’ll highlight. We can’t visualization everything—that […]
Stop confusing being data driven with doing data driven
This is an Eval Central archive copy, find the original at b3consults.com. If I see one well-intended mistake my customers make over and over again, it’s that they confuse “doing data” — having a flurry of data-related activities — with BEING data driven. The organizations that first take the time to address the culture — or being — part of the process are […]
Evaluation Facilitation Series: Facilitation Activity #1 (Making Metaphors)
This is an Eval Central archive copy, find the original at evalacademy.com. Evaluators need to be many things; a good facilitator is high up on the list. We facilitate all sorts of conversations throughout the evaluation process (or at least we should!). Sometimes just posing questions to a group and having a discussion works, but […]
Evaluation Question Examples by Type of Evaluation
This is an Eval Central archive copy, find the original at evalacademy.com. We’ve defined and written about How to Write Good Evaluation Questions before. We’ve even shared some examples of evaluation questions based on the sector or content area. But there is another way to think about evaluation questions. Let’s look at how using different […]