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… Don’t get me wrong. I’m not claiming that these network effects would happen, or that nurturing specific …BlogWeek 35: What is Visionary Evaluation?
Today we start a series on "visionary evaluation" - the theme of the 2014 American Evaluation Association conference in October.BlogC4D Hub: Compare results to a counterfactual (strategy 1)
Understanding the extent to which an intervention caused outcomesMarcos/GuíasCommunication for Development (C4D)Improving data quality: Early lessons from the Senegal power compact
… pre-project trends needed to interpret the compact’s effects. Increased data submissions did not immediately …BlogBetter ways of choosing and using metrics in evaluation of impact investing
We invited Mishkah Jakoet shares some thoughts on how metrics can be more useful for impact investing.BlogHappy New Year!
While we’re happy to wish the year 2020 farewell, many of the challenges and difficulties that arose over the past 12 months are still with us, as is the sadness over the many different forms of loss we’ve all experienced.BlogInvesting in young and emerging evaluators: Reflections from the 2nd Summer Evaluation Bootcamp in Mongolia
Xin Xin Yang (Multi-Country Evaluation Specialist at UNICEF) reflects on the 2nd Summer Evaluation Bootcamp for Young and Emerging Evaluators (YEEs) in Mongolia, a program designed to empower the next generation of M&E professionals inBlog7 Strategies to improve evaluation use and influence - Part 2
This is the second of a two-part blog on strategies to support the use of evaluation, building on a session the BetterEvaluation team facilitated at the American Evaluation Association conference last year.BlogConsider important elements of what is being evaluated
What is being evaluated makes a difference to how it should be evaluated. It is helpful to identify particular aspects of what is being evaluated and check that these have been addressed in the evaluation design.Marcos/GuíasManager's guide to evaluationChoose methods and processes
For any task in evaluation, the choice of method or process should be based on what is appropriate for your particular situation.PáginaEvaluation can make a difference
Evaluation can make a real difference in addressing global challenges. It helps identify what’s working, what needs to change, and how decisions can be improved based on evidence.Marcos/GuíasEvaluation career guideReporting and supporting evaluation use and influence: Tips from evaluators
… the impact of an evaluation based on directly observable effects, such as policy change or the introduction of a new …BlogA quick primer on running online events and meetings
Meetings and gatherings are vital components of evaluation. Often these are done face-to-face, however sometimes necessity or practicality makes meeting online the best option.BlogStill Hesitating? Let's bust some myths around increasing stakeholder participation in evaluation
In the final blog in the 4-part series, Leslie Groves and Irene Guijt address some of the most common forms of resistance to increasing levels of participation in evaluation.BlogConsider important aspects of the evaluation
Evaluations are designed to answer the Key Evaluation Questions. Different types of questions need different methods and designs to answer them.Marcos/GuíasManager's guide to evaluationFootprint evaluation webinar 3: From 'do no harm' to restoration - Working with a typology of Footprint Evaluation
In the last part of this three-part webinar series, Andy Rowe and Patricia Rogers introduce a typology being developed that will assist a wide range of evaluations in assessing the effect of interventions on natural systems and sustainabiliRecursoTalking about visuals: A discussion with graphic recorder Katherine Haugh
Often referred to as 'visual note-taking', graphic recording is a method that merges data collection and reporting to create a visual record of a discussion.BlogLearning from exemplars of evaluation
Are there particular examples of evaluations that you return to think about often?BlogReflections on meeting the challenge of communicating the validity of culturally responsive evaluation (CRE) and getting influential voices and changemakers to listen
The following article was written by Ennie Flora Gatsi (MA), Rumbidza Tizora (MSc), and Joyce Muyengwa (MSc).Blog52 weeks of BetterEvaluation: Week 13: Evaluation on a shoestring
Many organisations are having to find ways of doing more for less – including doing evaluation with fewer resources.BlogWeek 51: How do evaluation managers contribute to better evaluation use?
Evaluation is a powerful tool that can provide useful, evidence-based information to help inform and influence policy and practice.BlogDoes evaluation need to be done differently to support adaptive management?
Adaptive management is usually understood to refer to an iterative process of reviewing and making changes to programmes and projects throughout implementation.BlogWeek 44: Anecdote as epithet - Rumination #1 from qualitative research and evaluation methods
The 4th edition of Qualitative Research and Evaluation Methods by Michael Quinn Patton will be published in mid-November, 2014. A new feature is one personal “rumination” in each chapter.BlogWriting for utilisation
Evaluators need to communicate better and foster the utilisation of evaluation findings through clear and engaging writing.BlogC4D Hub: Create a questions-led M&E framework
A questions-led M&E Framework starts with thinking about the information needs (questions) of the primary intended users, and builds a plan for answering those questions.Marcos/GuíasCommunication for Development (C4D)Terms of Use
This website (the "Site") is operated by BetterEvaluation (we, our or us). BetterEvaluation is part of the Global Evaluation Initiative (GEI), which is hosted by the World Bank.PáginaUser feedback on the difference between evaluation and research
This page contains thoughts from the BetterEvaluation community provided in response to the blog post onBlogRealist evaluation
… describes how the intervention is expected to lead to its effects and in which conditions it should do so. The initial …Enfoque