This is an Eval Central archive copy, find the original at depictdatastudio.com. Want to make sure that your data gets used to inform decisions? Get your stakeholders involved in the sense-making process! Are you familiar with data placemats? Here’s how they work: Design Data Placemats Facilitate an Interpretation Meeting Include those Insights in the Final Report […]
Evaluation Subcontracting Business Model
This is an Eval Central archive copy, find the original at freshspectrum.com. Have you ever noticed how the large well-known consulting firms seem to consistently get the biggest contracts. How is a small business even supposed to compete? Maybe you’re not. But if you can’t beat ’em, join ’em. In this post: Why the big […]
Looking for the “So What?” In Our Data
This is an Eval Central archive copy, find the original at engagewithdata.com. Looking for the “so what?” in our data If you’ve read this blog for any period of time, you’ve probably figured out that data tracking is kind of my thing. My super Type-A personality gets a lot of satisfaction from crossing every “t” […]
The Hotel Bar of Evaluation Communities
This is an Eval Central archive copy, find the original at freshspectrum.com. The last few weeks…a recap. Launched a new evaluation networking group (Awkward Evaluation Networking). Had our first virtual get together (went well, looking forward to the next one). Planned the second virtual get together (today, Wednesday, June 9 at 3PM). This afternoon at […]
Comentario en El Diálogo, como entendimiento mutuo, base de la Gestión del Conocimiento por EL PODER DE LA CONVERSACIÓN III: ESPACIOS Y TIPS –
This is an Eval Central archive copy, find the original at triplead.blog. […] Blog «TripleAD»: Aprendiendo a Aprender para el Desarrollo va un paso más allá, tratando el Diálogo como gestión del Conocimiento a través de su focalización para la obtención de […] Me gustaMe gusta
You Know Your Community Better Than Your Funder
This is an Eval Central archive copy, find the original at nicoleclarkconsulting.com. Find the alignment One of my favorite blogs is Nonprofit AF by Vu Le, former executive director of RVC, a Seattle-based nonprofit that promotes social justice by cultivating leaders of color, strengthening organizations led by communities of color, and fostering collaboration between diverse […]
Escaping the Bar Chart
This is an Eval Central archive copy, find the original at depictdatastudio.com. Bar charts aren’t evil. But they’re overused. Ready to escape the bar chart? I talked about Designs to Start Using Instead at the DataScienceGO conference in April 2021. Watch the Conference Session Choose Your Own Adventure This was a Choose Your Own Adventure […]
Project Management for Evaluation
This is an Eval Central archive copy, find the original at evalacademy.com. Sometimes managing evaluations can feel like herding cats. Despite your best efforts at nailing down methods, timelines, and other evaluation requirements, plans tend to change, especially if you aren’t paying attention. Evaluators work in multiple environments and just like there’s no one-size-fits-all evaluation plan, […]
Evaluation Roundup – May 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 How Far Dare an Evaluator Go Toward Saving the World? […]
What to Include in your Evaluation RFP
This is an Eval Central archive copy, find the original at evalacademy.com. In an evaluation consultant’s ideal world, potential clients would show up in our inboxes and ask us to be their evaluators because they’ve heard about how great we are or have worked with us before. But in the real world, organizations must […]