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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Create an accessible Office document
This free, online training course by Microsoft Office teaches participants about accessibility and how to increase the accessibility of your documents for various users with disabilities.Hatch
This website from the Rockefeller Foundation provides links to a range of tools and storytellers to support the development of digital stories to drive social impact.Blind Low Vision NZ: Information About Accessibility
This page on the New Zealand based Blind Low Vision NZ (formerly the Blind Foundation) website offers information about making printed and electronic texts accessible for low-vision andShutterstock
Shutterstock is a stock photo website that contains a range of high quality multimedia that can be used by organisatons and businesses around the world.Flickr
Flickr is both a platform for managing and sharing photos with family and friends as well as an important resource for sourcing images with creative commons licences that can be downloaded and used by organisations and individuals.Federal Data Sharing Policies
This blog post from Sam Held for the American Evaluation Association (AEA) looks at the requirements for data sharing under different federal agencies data sharing policies.Mappiness: A mobile data collection example
This example of mobile data collection uses an iPhone app to collect data about how the environment affects the moods of participants. Mappiness has been designed to gather data from a wide range longitudinal data from particConference on Improving the use of M&E - Keynote speech by Marlene Läubli Loud
This keynote presentation given by Marlene Läubi Loud at the CDI Conference 2014: Improving the use of M&E processes and findings presents the current state of affairs regarding the utilisation of M&E processes anHousehold vulnerability and resilience to economic shocks
This project into Household Vulnerability and Resilience to Economic Shocks, a collaboration between RMIT University, Oxfam Australia, Deakin University and the University of the South Pacific, gives a good example of the way thaCo-presentation with Leslie J. Morse at SGNOLA – advice and retrospective
In this blog post, Natalie Warnert uses her experience of being a co-presenter at a conference to give tips and advice to those who are new to the realm of co-presenting.Total Success: Co-Presenting Tips and Techniques
This article by Total Success, a UK business training organisation, gives detailed and practical advice about successfully conducting professional looking co-presentations.What Works to Prevent Urban Violence Among Proven Risk Young Men?
This report, conducted by the American Institutes for Research (AIR), WestEd and the Justice Resource Institute (JRI), reviews the evidence behind programs that have been designed to reduce serious violence among groups of young oPoimapper
Poimapper mobile data collection solution is designed for monitoring the status and progress of field work in any specific area.Making Evaluation Matter: Writings from South Asia
This volume of Making Evaluation Matter from SAGE Publications India and theA practical guide for actor focused Planning, Monitoring and Evaluation
This report, written by Jan Van Ongevalle, Huib Huyse, Eugenia Boutylkova, Anneke Maarse & Cristien Temmink for HIVA - Research institute for work and society, looks at how 10 developmAEA eStudy 045 - On-Demand access: Practical Regression Analysis for Evaluation
Presented by Jeff Wasbes, this on-demand webinar is suited both to those who are new to using quantitative methods in evaluation or and those who just need a little refresher to keep their skills sharp.AEA eStudy 048: Empowerment Evaluation - David Fetterman
Empowerment evaluation builds program capacity and fosters program improvement. It teaches people to help themselves by learning how to evaluate their own programs. Key concepts include: a critical friend, cycles of reflecUNICEF: Statistics and Monitoring
In collaboration with a wide range of partners, UNICEF gathers evidence on the situation of children and women around the world.Towards Systemic Approaches to Evaluation and Impact - IDS Special Issue
This special edition of the IDS Bulletin focuses on exploring the potential of systems ideas and complexity concepts to meet development needs.Developing a Research Agenda for Impact Evaluation in Development
This article, written by Patricia Rogers and Greet Peersman for the IDS Bulletin, looks at the requirements for developing a research agenda for impact evaluation.Using case study in research - How to tell a 'good' story
In this short paper, Lesley Greenaway, discusses the effective use of case studies in research to tell a 'good' story.Encyclopedia of Case Study Research: Analytic Generalization
Written by Robert Yin, this entry gives a clear overview of analytic generalisation from case studies, where it is appropriate, and how to effectively apply it.Developmental evaluation toolkit
This toolkit, developed by Spark Insight Partners (formerly Spark Policy Institute), offers a range of tools and resources to support not for profits and community organisations create sociaUnderstanding Variation in Treatment Effects in Education Impact Evaluations: An Overview of Quantitative Methods
This report, written by Peter Z.Have Development Evaluators Been Fighting the Last War… And If So, What is to be Done?
This article, written by Robert Picciotto for the IDS Bulletin (Volume 45 Number 6), argues that evaluators who wish to achieve high-quality evaluation standards must draw upon a range of methods and tools to complete the taLearning, Systems Concepts and Values in Evaluation: Proposal for an Exploratory Framework to Improve Coherence
This article, written by Richard Hummelbrunner for the IDS Bulletin (Volume 46 Number 1), outlines a conceptual framework allowing the exploration and reflection on the three systems concepts with learning and values andThe Future of Aid: Building Knowledge Collectively
This paper, written by Ruth Levine and William Savedoff for the Center for Global Development, outlines how impact evaluations funded by aid agencies can promote good governance and accelerPolicy Advocacy: A Toolkit for Microfinance Associations
This guide, written by Sharon D’Onofrio for the SEEP Network, provides support for microfinance associations to build capacity and become advocates for the sector.Reflective Practice and Writing: a Guide to Getting Started
This paper, written by Narelle Hampe for the Australian Library and Information Association (ALIA), provides detailed guidance on the use of reflective practice.Essence of Decision: Explaining the Cuban Missile Crisis
Graham Allison and Philip Zelikow's case study of the 1962 Cuban missile crisis investigates how superpowers manage confrontation with one another.Outcomes and performance indicators: Health risk reduction program
This set of outcome indicators, developed by the Urban Institute, is aimed at supporting the development, monitoring and evaluation of Health Risk Reduction Programs.Outcomes and performance indicators: Performing arts program
This set of outcome indicators, developed by the Urban Institute, is aimed at supporting the development, monitoring and evaluation of Performing Arts Programs.