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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Ray Calabrese's buckeye blog
A webpage and blog site of Professor Ray Calabrese, from Ohio State University USA.The Registry for International Development Impact Evaluations
This website from the International Initiative for Impact Evaluation (3ie) is a repository of impact evaluations that have been conducted on development programs in low and middle income countries.The Social Network Analysis (SNA) in Evaluation TIG
This forum from the American Evaluation Association (AEA) provides a platform for the sharing of knowledge, ideas and resources about social network analysis.The goals of the forum are to:Networks
This website from the International Development Research Centre (IDRC) provides a range of resources including papers on capacity building, and the coordination and evaluation of networ8 Ways We Deceive Ourselves With Metrics (And How To Avoid Them), Part I
This blog from John Quarto-vonTivadar is the first part of a two part series which examines many of the problems encountered when using metrics in evaluationAppreciative Inquiry Australia
This website is aimed at supporting and providing network opportunities for those practicing appreciative inquiry (AI) in Australia.Developing a monitoring & evaluation plan
This website from the Victorian Government's Department of Sustainability and Environment outlines a step-by-step process for developing evaluation plans.Evaluation & communication in practice – a workspace for DECI-2
This website from the International Development Research Centre (IDRC) is the home for the Developing Evaluation & Communication Capacity in Information Society Research (DECI-2) program.Evaluation tools
This website offers a toolkit for evaluators. Available on the EuropeAid website on evaluation, it details 13 key evaluation tools explaining what, why and when they should be used and how to implement them.A Bibliography on Evaluability Assessment
This webpage, developed by Rick Davies for Monitoring and Evaluation NEWS, provides a synthesis and links to 104 items of literature related to evaluability assessment.Creating Presentations Potent for All
This blog post from Jane Gothberg of the American Evaluation Association outlines a range of tips and resources that will support the development of readable, navigable, and understandable presentationsArt of Hosting
This curated website has links to a range of different resources on themes such as hosting meetings, appreciative enquiry, participatory leadership, action learning, open space technology, mind mapping etcPeer review and self-evaluation
This toolkit from the Australian National University (ANU) provides a range of resources that demonstrate the use of both peer review and self evaluation in order to develop reflective practice in teacheComplexity-aware monitoring, evaluation & learning tools for social and behavior change interventions
This toolkit contains three tools to help design and evaluate complexity-aware social and behavior Change interventions. This resource and the following information was contributed by Lenette Golding.Monitoring, evaluation and learning (MEL) toolkit for grantmakers and grantees
Resources to support and inspire better MEL among donors, grantees, and their partners, developed by a global grant-making team.Rebalancing grantee/donor power for better MEL
Though it’s not often acknowledged, funders are almost entirely reliant on grantee MEL practices to understand the impact of their resources in the world.Designing donor MEL systems and policies
Like other grant-making organizations, the Open Society Foundations achieve impact largely through the work of its grantees. But this doesn’t mean that MEL is limited to grantees alone.Emphasizing evaluative thinking for complex systems change
Each portfolio team within the Economic Justice Program was tasked with creating its own approach to learning and evaluation to address the complex challenges that it was seeking to address.Seeding innovation, evidence, and grantee-led learning in the economic justice field
The provision of infrastructure, community-building, and resources for learning across the field and among grantees was a major feature of the monitoring, evaluation and learning (MEL) support that the Open Society Foundations’ Economic JusData ethics guidebook & toolkit
This data ethics guidebook and accompanying toolkit from Informing Change and The David and Lucile Packard Foundation deliver practical guidance and customizable tools for navigating ethical issues in research and evaluations.Evaluation in the Government of Canada
The Results Division of the Secretariat of the Government of Canada provides advice and guidance on evaluation practices across the federal government.UK Climate Impacts Program Tools
These tools help organizations or businesses measure climate change, adaptability, risk and perform economic analysis for climate change adaptation which can be used for baseline studies, capacity indicators and frameworks for design.Bar Charts and Histograms
This website provides a clear explanation on how to make histograms and bar charts includng a nine minute video and exercises to test your understanding. ExcerptThe World Cafe toolkit
The World Cafe website offers several free tools for supporting the set-up and facilitation of a World Cafe session. The following tools are available for download on the World Cafe website:Appreciative inquiry commons
This website from is an online portal which aims to facilitate the sharing of academic resources and practical tools on Appreciative Inquiry (AI)What to do with contradictory data?
This toolkit focuses on the issue of data integration within mixed methods research.The Center for Evaluation Innovation
The Center for Evaluation Innovation focuses on expanding evaluation practice in new directions and into new arenas.Open space world
Open Space World is a global community resource supporting the use of the Open Space method by which groups of any size can create effective meetings and events.Six Thinking Hats
This webpage from De Bono Consulting provides an overview of the six thinking hats and includes a range of free resources including guides and videos.Positive Deviance Initiative
This website from the Positive Deviance Initiative (PDI) offers a comprehensive collection of PD resources including case studies, guides, projects and examples.Advocacy Planning and Evaluation Program Tools
The Advocacy Planning and Evaluation Program (APEP) provides a range of free online Continuous Progress Tools to support advocacy evaluation..Green Media Toolshed
Green Media Toolshed is a website that aims to provide tools and training to improve the effectiveness of 'green' messages' to the public from environmental movements"Green Media Toolshed's goals are to: