The BetterEvaluation Resource Library contains hundreds of curated and co-created resources related to managing, conducting, using, and strengthening capacity for evaluation.
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Catholic relief services'; (CRS) Guidance for developing logical and results frameworks
This document was primarily written to provide guidance for conceptualizing, writing, selecting and measuring project performance indicators.The logical framework approach
This publication is part of a series of guidelines developed by AusAid in relation to activities design.Writing memos
This clear and concise guide from Purdue University outlines the process for creating memos.Social media news release webinar with step-by-step guide
This one-hour webinar is an in-depth discussion of the 15 steps to creating a press release. Excerpt The following example is an excerpt from Falkow (2012)Quick tips for planning evaluation reports
This guide from the University of Wisconsin Cooperative Extension, provides a range of tips and advice for planning and writing evaluation reports that are concise and free of jargon.Social Learning - An explanation using Twitter
This slide show highlights the different elements of social learning with a specific focus on social media, in particular twitter.Picture this: Using images to gather and communicate evaluation data
This paper is an overview of a workshop from the Australian Evaluation Society (AES) conference in Perth, 2008 in which the options for using photography and drawn images to gather and communicate evaluatioInsights into participatory video
This handbook from InsightShare provides a detailed account of the purposes and processes involved in running participatory video projects.Guidelines for Stakeholder Identification and Analysis
These Guidelines from the Caribbean Natural Resources Institute (CANARI) have been developed in order to assist planners, development workers and natural resource managers in stakeholder identification and analysis.Slide Show Presentation Tips
This website describes some of the 'sins' of slide show presentations and provides some useful tips on how to overcome these problems.12 tips for creating better PowerPoint presentations
This article provides some important advice and tips for creating engaging and unique PowerPoint presentationsDeveloping process evaluation questions
This concise guide by the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention defines evaluation questions and outlines the process needed to develop them.Developing an evaluation budget
This document is a USAID guide to developing an evaluation budget based on the resources identified in the evaluation Statement Of Work (SOW).Strange Meeting (and a few comments on teleconferencing)
This blog by Nancy White from Full Circle Associates argues that videoconferences need to be interactive and purposeful.She provides four areas to to help improve synchronous online meetings:Enhancing organizational performance, a toolbox for self-assessment
This book provides a tested process for organizational self assessment. It includes tools and techniques and formative assessment practices to help organisations evaluate if they are meeting their goals effectively.Améliorer la performance organisationnelle: Manuel d'auto-évaluation
Ce manuel présente un modèle d'auto-évaluation organisationnelle novateur et opportunément éprouvé.Strategy survival guide
"The Strategy Survival Guide aims to support strategy development and promote strategic thinking in government."Killer {Powerpoint} Slide Titles, and Why You Need Them
This blog from Karen Anderson provides tips and advice on making PowerPoint slide titles that are engaging and attractive to your key stakeholders.Contents Powerpoint Slide Title GuidelinesUnderstanding and measuring women's economic empowerment
Understanding and Measuring Women's Economic Empowerment - Definition, Framework and Indicators is a conceptual guide written with the intention of helping practitioners, researchers and donors design effective, measurable interventions toInstrumental variables methods
This guide from The Urban Institute provides an overview of how instrumental variable methods work along with links to two research examples at the end of the document.Learning how to learn: eight lessons for impact evaluations to make a difference
This background note from the Overseas Development Institute (ODI) outlines some of the key lessons that have been learnt through recent and ongoing work in impact evaluations, utilisation-focused evaluationsWorking with street children: Monitoring and evaluation of a street children project
This monitoring and evaluation handbook is designed to be used by street educators, as well as other people working with street children.Think before you jump (into the social media ocean)
This blog, written specifically for the development sector, discusses some of the issues of using social media in a development context.Blogs in plain English
This short video provides a clear picture as to why blogs are powerful ways for every person to share news and information.Writing for the web
"Writing for the web is unique - it provides an interactive experience for the reader which is very different to traditional print media." (Riches)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).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.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.Line graphs and scatter plots
This website gives excellent examples of how to create line graphs and scatter plots.