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A good poster communicates your message clearly, quickly and succinctly.MethodPowerpoint
Structuring presentations with a series of powerpoint slides is now the most common way of presenting information to groups.MethodTheatre
There are several different ways of using theatre to communicate evaluation findings and engage intended users in responding to them.MethodStandards, evaluative criteria and benchmarks
Standards, evaluative criteria, or benchmarks refer to the criteria by which an evaluand will be judged during an evaluation.MethodSocial media
Social media refers to a range of internet-based applications that support the creation and exchange of user-generated content - including Facebook, Twitter, Instagram, Pinterest and LinkedIn.MethodContractual agreement
A formal contract is needed to engage an external evaluator and a written agreement covering similar issues can also be used to document agreements about an internal evaluator.MethodExplaining
‘Explaining’ involves using qualitative work to understand unanticipated results from quantitative data.MethodExamining
‘Examining’ refers to generating hypotheses from qualitative work to be tested through the quantitative approach.MethodEnriching
‘Enriching’ is achieved by using qualitative work to identify issues or obtain information on variables not obtained by quantitative surveys.MethodIntegrated design
Integrated Design is an approach to mixed options evaluation where qualitative and quantitative data are integrated into an overall design.MethodComponent design
Component design is an approach to mixed methods evaluation that conducts qualitative components of the evaluation separately to quantitative components and then combines the data at the time of report writing.MethodSystematic review
A systematic review is an approach to synthesising evidence from multiple studies.MethodOutcomes hierarchy
An outcomes hierarchy shows all the outcomes (from short-term to longer-term) required to bring about the ultimate goal of an intervention.MethodNegative programme theory
Most programme theories, logic models and theories of change show how an intervention is expected to contribute to positive impacts; Negative programme theory, a technique developed by Carol Weiss, shows how it might produce negative impactMethodMural
A mural, a large drawing on the wall, can be used to collect data from a group of people about the current situation, their experiences using a service, or their perspectives on the outcomes from a project.MethodProjective techniques
Projective techniques, originally developed for use in psychology, can be used in an evaluation to provide a prompt for interviews.MethodMatched Comparisons
When using Matched Comparisons, participants (individuals, organizations or communities) are each matched with a non-participant on variables that are thought to be relevant which can be difficult to adequately match on all relevant criteriMethodRich pictures
A rich picture is a way to explore, acknowledge and define a situation and express it through diagrams to create a preliminary mental model and can help to open discussion and come to a broad, shared understanding of a situation.MethodDotmocracy
Dotmocracy is an established facilitation method for collecting and recognizing levels of agreement on written statements among a large number of people.MethodInstrumental variables
This method is used to estimate the causal effect of variables on an intervention.MethodInstitutional review board
Institutional Review Boards (IRBs) are committees that are set up by organizations to review the technical and ethical dimensions of a research or evaluation project.MethodImages
Written reports and presentations should always include images. Beyond just charts and graphs, photographs or drawings increase the relevancy of the material to the audience and make the report more engaging.MethodColour
Blocks of background colour can help group similar items or separate reporting elements like sidebars. Text intended for narrative reading should be set in black or dark grey on a white or very light background.MethodArrangement
Arranging text and graphics on a page or slide can be a challenge for those not familiar with graphic design. Some basic principles can be easily implemented and boost readability and engagement.MethodIcon array
An icon array is a display in which one shape is repeated a specific number of times (usually 10, 100 or 1,000) and then some of the shapes are altered in some way (usually by colour) to represent a proportion.MethodSlopegraph
A slopegraph is a lot like a line graph, in that it plots change between points however, a slopegraph plots the change between only two points, without any kind of regard for the points in between.MethodSplit axis bar graph
While many graph types geared toward comparisons ask the viewer to subtract the difference between the heights of two bars or the space between two points on a line, a deviation bar graph simply graphs the difference.MethodBullet graph
Bullet graphs encode a single variable as a bar.MethodDot plot
Dot plots encode single data points with circles, often on a line.MethodDeviation bar graph
Deviation bar graphs are simply two bar charts aligned, where one of the charts runs right to left rather than left to right.MethodSmall multiples
Small multiples are an array of graphs on the same scale that are grouped together in a row or grid and are often used to simplify a data display.MethodText
Generally speaking, serif fonts support readability in long, narrative-style documents produced on paper. Sans serif fonts are easier to read in electronic reporting media.Method