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Ethical practice in evaluation can be understood in terms of designing and conducting an evaluation to minimise any potential for harm and to maximise the value of the evaluation.Método52 weeks of BetterEvaluation: Week 10: Having a theory in the theory of change
… this week and will cover the other two in future weeks. . Do you have other strategies to suggest? Examples to share? … how change comes about. The diagram can be read as "We do stuff, and stuff happens." and the only explanation is an …BlogMainstreaming environmental sustainability in evaluation: EvalSDGs Insight #14
… leadership and targeted grants to test how best to do this. Mainstreaming environmental considerations as an …RecursoFootprint evaluation project
… evaluations is the lack of cohesive guidance on how to do this well. As part of this project, appropriate methods …PáginaWhat are some methods and processes to help stakeholders articulate how they think a program works? (AES17 co-creation challenge #1)
… over to incoming project staff How else can you do this? What's worked well for you in the past? What hasn't …BlogEvaluating the environmental impact of personal protective equipment (PPE) in the COVID-19 pandemic
… feasible. Furthermore, not only is it feasible to do this, the inclusion of environmental considerations adds … achievement of important health outcomes in ways that do not impair environmental sustainability. The case study is …RecursoTriangulation
… bias The problem with relying on just one option is to do with bias. There are several types of bias encountered in …MétodoEvaluation design
… how data will be collected analysed. It is often useful to do this in the form of an Evaluation Matrix which shows how … of reference for a steering committee) Where possible do data rehearsal of possible findings with primary intended. …Marcos/GuíasManager's guide to evaluation52 weeks of BetterEvaluation: Week 27: How can evaluation make a difference?
… in social and environmental conditions: evaluators really do want to see their evaluations used for positive, … Rainbow Framework can help us decide what to do by walking us through five evaluation tasks and a number … require the evaluator to develop recommendations but some do. In these cases we have to think through how they will be …BlogWeek 12: Evaluation innovation in transparency and accountability
… have better quality care that success can be claimed? Or do the intermediate steps also count, such as encouraging … to develop their M&E systems and learning approaches. How do we improve our theories of change and then use this to … process tracing and citizen ethnography help us? How do we learn to learn? What is the link between M&E, research …BlogWeek 21: Know your measures - picking outcomes to monitor policy change
… : Who is involved in implementing targeted policies? Do they have the skills, relationships, incentives to … John Young, Nick Hooton, H. G. Muriuki, & Dannie Romney. Do have experience of working in or monitoring advocacy or policy influence programmes? Do you think there are any outcomes that Simon has missed? … …BlogExpression of interest
… evaluation? (max half a page) What makes you think you can do it? What expertise, experience, and capacity do you have to pull it off? (max 1 page) Who are you as an … slip in a question that asks “and tell us how you would do the evaluation” – [as this] instantly turns it from an EOI …MétodoEditing reports for an audience
… getting bogged down by the actual content. A quick way to do this is to use hierarchical Heading Styles for all … them that. Who is this evaluation for? What information do they need? What information is nice for them to have? And … the weighting of them and how they fit together. If you do this on post-it notes you can easily move your sections …BlogDeveloping a research agenda for impact evaluation
… these rather than just creating a long wish list? How do we take the work forward, collectively, in a manner that … standards of performance. For example, how accurately do evaluation reports summarise findings and make defensible … students, who have greater incentives and capacity to do so, whose experience is more likely to be based on an …BlogOutcome monitoring in large multi-stakeholder research programmes: Lessons from PRISE
… to Resilience in Semi-arid Economies (PRISE) set out to do when the project began in 2014. PRISE was a five-year, … not everyone has the skill set or communication tools to do so. However, each member of a research team should be in … in terms of stakeholder engagement? What didn’t work? What do we need to change in our stakeholder engagement strategy? …BlogAdvocacy Matters: Helping children change their world
… or facilitating an advocacy workshop, including people who do not necessarily have much experience either as trainers or …RecursoGeographic Information Systems: Tools for Community Mapping
… using GIS When would you use GIS? Who should use GIS? How do you use GIS? Frame the question Gather the data Integrate …RecursoA Tale of Two Cultures: Contrasting Quantitative and Qualitative Research
… "In this essay, we tell a tale of these two cultures. We do so from the perspective of qualitative researchers who …RecursoMobile Technology Handbook
… field, the following chapters are not exhaustive and do not aspire to be. But whether you are a practitioner in …RecursoYou can be a better presenter - 25 tips for more effective presentations
This resource is a friendly, practical and fun guide to giving presentations, aimed at those who are not confident about presenting. This resource and the following information was contributed by Alice MacfarlanRecursoTop tips for young and emerging evaluators - Blog series
… when coming from a different background as so many YEEs do, so I find these consolidated lists from a range of people …RecursoHatch
… because, like you, we hope we’re always learning how to do things better. We want to bring you proven examples of …RecursoDeveloping a Research Agenda for Impact Evaluation in Development
… needed to bring the research agenda to life." Contents Why do we need research on impact evaluation in development? What …RecursoAnalytical generalisation
Analytical generalisation involves making projections about the likely transferability of findings from an evaluation, based on a theoretical analysis of the factors producing outcomes and the effect of context.MétodoTime to listen: Hearing people on the receiving end of international aid
… as listed below: The Challenges of Listening: How Do We Hear and Understand: What People Really Mean? The …RecursoIdentify who are the primary intended users of the evaluation and what will they use it for
… primary intended users. They have the responsibility to do things differently (e.g., make decisions, change …Marcos/GuíasManager's guide to evaluationRealist evaluation introductory resources
… for health systems research Examples and Case studies How Do You Modernize a Health Service: a Realist Evaluation of …RecursoParticipatory impact assessment: A design guide
… 3 What is a Participatory Impact Assessment? 5 When to do an impact assessment 9 Designing a Participatory Impact …RecursoC4D: Develop reporting media
… the reports. The structure of an RM&E reporting media can do a great deal to encourage the succinct reporting of direct …Marcos/GuíasCommunication for Development (C4D)Using diaries in research with people with dementia
This toolkit, written by Ruth Bartlett for the University of Manchester, uses the experiences of people with dementia who kept a diary documenting their campaign for social change to demonstrate the use of diaries.RecursoLost causal: Debunking myths about causal analysis in philanthropy
… designs Myth 3 : Causal designs focus on the past and do not help with future decision-making. Myth 4 : Causal …Recurso52 weeks of BetterEvaluation: Week 25: Evaluators have feelings too: Two sides of the evaluation coin
… it will be a sad day when commissioners and evaluators do not care enough about the work that they do to feel a bit upset when things go wrong – to this end, …Blog