This is an Eval Central archive copy, find the original at depictdatastudio.com. 2011 called. It wants its 100-page reports back. My wish: Limit yourself to just 30 pages (or less!). It wants its portrait reports back. Are people printing your doc… or reading it from their (landscape) computer? It wants its text-heavy reports back. We […]
A Sleep-Deprived perspective on Data Tracking
This is an Eval Central archive copy, find the original at engagewithdata.com. A sleep-deprived perspective on data tracking I’m back from maternity leave! I’ve always had great admiration for parents and caregivers, and after almost two months with a newborn, that respect has grown ten-fold! Parenting (especially without much sleep) is tough work. While I […]
How can we incorporate diversity, equity and inclusion in evaluation
This is an Eval Central archive copy, find the original at evalacademy.com. In the past couple of years, there has been an increasing focus on diversity, equity, and inclusion (DEI) in evaluation. More and more practitioners are grounding their work in equity and providing guidance to other evaluators, including the Canadian Evaluation Society. Recognizing that equitable evaluation is an emerging area […]
Data Storytelling starts with Data Story Finding
This is an Eval Central archive copy, find the original at freshspectrum.com. You may have heard a data expert or two talking about data storytelling. But before you can tell a story, you need to find a story. This post walks through some strategies on how to do just that. In today’s post. The Graph […]
Designing a Prettier and More Effective Dashboard with Excel
This is an Eval Central archive copy, find the original at depictdatastudio.com. Shawna Rohrman, Ph.D., is the Evaluation Manager for the Cuyahoga County Office of Early Childhood and its public-private partnership, Invest in Children. She enrolled in our Dashboard Design course and is sharing how she uses her new skills in real life. Thanks for […]
The Data Cleaning Toolbox
This is an Eval Central archive copy, find the original at evalacademy.com. The end goal of collecting data is to eventually draw meaningful insights from said data. However, the transition from raw data to meaningful insights is not always a linear path. Real-world data are messy. Often, data will be incomplete, inconsistent, or invalid. Therefore, it is imperative that data be cleaned […]
Evaluation Roundup – October 2021
This is an Eval Central archive copy, find the original at evalacademy.com. Welcome to our monthly roundup of new and noteworthy evaluation news and resources – here is the latest. Have something you’d like to see here? Tweet us @EvalAcademy! New and Noteworthy — Reads Impact assessment and evaluation tools handbook LIAISON, an EU-funded research […]
From data to actionable insights
This is an Eval Central archive copy, find the original at evalacademy.com. As evaluators, we are rarely organizational decision-makers; it is our job to provide those decision-makers with actionable insights. In this article I highlight how you can translate data into meaningful findings, or insights, so you can support decision-makers to drive action within […]
How (and whether) to write recommendations
This is an Eval Central archive copy, find the original at evalacademy.com. Want to hear my elevator speech about what an evaluator does? It goes something like this: “What do you do?” “I’m an evaluator.” “What’s that?” “When an organization runs a program or initiative and they want to know how well they did, […]
Five Why’s
This is an Eval Central archive copy, find the original at cense.ca. The Power of Why Children learn a lot and quickly because they are curious. Children don’t stop asking questions, yet as adults we often do. The Five Why’s is a popular, simple, and powerful means to create that childhood sense of wonder and […]