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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Developing 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.Use of most significant change in evaluating school cultures in South Australia
This is a summary of the example of how most significant change (MSC) was used to measure “perceptions of ‘significant change’ in school cultures in South Australia” (Cornu et al 2006)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)Blog Example
This blog from Oxfam Australia provides a clear example of the use and construction of a blog.Brochure Example
This brochure from Save the Children USA is a good example of a brochure.Oxfam GB Haiti progress report
This progress report from Oxfam GB, is a detailed example of the format an interim report may take.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.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.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.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 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.