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Writing effective email: Top 10 email tips
This is a clear and concise guide to writing email which includes a 'top ten tips' to effective email writing.Developing and using program logic in natural resource management
This guide, from Dr Alice Roughley of the Australian Government Land and Coasts (AGLC), outlines a step-by-step process for developing program logic in the context of natural resource management (NRM).What is process tracing actually tracing?
This paper from Beach and Brun Pederson provides a comprehensive overview of process tracing.Concept mapping resource guide
This page is the central resource guide for learning about structured conceptual mapping.The theory underlying concept maps and how to construct and use them
This guide provides a comprehensive summary of concept maps and how to use them.Concept mapping example - science capability
A brief example of concept mapping from the Victorian Department of Primary Industries.Focus groups: Consultation in Nottinghamshire
This guide from the Nottinghamshire County Council outlines a detailed step-by-step process for running focus groups in a consultative process.How to Make Bubble Charts
This tutorial from Flowing Data, provides a detailed guide on creating bubble charts using the software provided.Gapminder
Gapminder uses Trendanalyzer software to analyse statistical times series data to produce animated and interactive graphics. Excerpt "Gapminder works on:Line graphs and scatter plots
This website gives excellent examples of how to create line graphs and scatter plots.GIS for disaster recovery
This report describes how GIS was used to support disaster recovery in Aceh after the 2004 Indian Ocean Tsunami.Extensions, utilities, and scripts available for GIS software
This website, from Stanford University, provides links to a variety of extensions, scripts and utilities for GIS software.Positive indicators of child well-being
This paper identifies a number of frameworks for positive indicator development which focus on the positive well-being of children.Cross tabulation
This webpage provides an overview of cross tabulation along with a number of examples and some quick tips to support its use.Causal inference: Nuts and bolts
This PowerPoint presentation is an extensive guide to understanding causes in an evaluation and the difference its proper diagnosis has on the effectiveness and accuracy of an evaluation.Data collection methods for evaluation: Document review
This resource from the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) provides a brief guide to using document review as a data collection method for evaluation.Guide to Lifeline, a Tiny Tool
Lifeline is a tool that helps participants assess how the quality of their life has changed over a period and what contributed positively and negatively to that change.Guide to influence matrix, a Tiny Tool
The influence matrix assists participants to examine the impact or outcome of changes in their community and examine the causes for change.Road journey Tiny Tool
Road journey diagrams chart a group or individual’s aims and compare the original aims to the actual developments in a community.How to conduct your own annual review
This webpage outlines a clear and easy to understand process for conducting annual reviews.Guide to trend analysis, a Tiny Tool
This guide from NGO-IDEAS provides a detailed description of the purposes and uses of its Trend Analysis Tiny Tool.Open refine (formerly google refine) – The tool of the year for evaluators!
This blog post from the American Evaluation Association provides an overview of Google Refine, a desktop application (downloadable) that can be used to calculate frequencies and multi-tabulate data fromIDRC strategic evaluation of capacity development: Doing things better?
The paper from the International Development Research Centre (IDRC) analyses whether the results from capacity building projects have supported the organisation to achieve its mission.The outcomes star user guide
This user guide from Homeless Link provides an overview of using the Outcomes Star to allow vulnerable people to track the changes taking place to them in a number of key support areas.Employing mixed methods in evaluation
These are the course notes for Jennifer Greene's 2007 workshop Employing mixed methods in evaluation presented at American Evaluation Association Summer Evaluation Institute in 2007.Evaluation in family support services
This online guide, written by Robyn Parker and published by the Australian Institute of Family Studies, aims to prompt family support service providers to think carefully and systematically about evaluaEvaluation in practice: use and outcomes in ICT4D research
This archive from the Utilisation-focused evaluation (UFE) of ICTs for Development provides all the resources from the event incuding documents, feedback and projects.Defining theories of change
This review from CARE International UK looks at 19 peacebuilding projects in conflict-affected countries and finds that the articulation and review of theories of change has a wide range ofLessons from test-driving utilisation focused evaluation in Asia
This presentation from the AFREA Conferencein Ghana 2012, outlines DECI's focus for using UFE in its project using ICT for development.Projects assuming responsibility over evaluation: Test-driving utilisation focused evaluation
This presentation from Developing Evaluation Capacity in ICT4D (DECI) outlines the objectives of the project and their use ofReflections on the utilisation-focused evaluation (UFE) process
This presentation from the Strengthening ICTD Research Capacity in Asia (SIRCA) program provides an overview of how UFE was used in their programme. It was presented at the Evaluation Conclave 2010, New Delhi, IndiaA practitioner's guide to developmental evaluation
This guidebook from J.W.