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  • How to talk about climate change

    … Key features This collection of resources is based on research undertaken by The Workshop, a charitable trust … challenges and effective strategies to address them based on a literature review. The short guide presents a more … agents named. There may be multiple causes, barriers and effects so try to keep it simple. HOW - Solutions – …
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  • Social mapping

    … identify households using pre-determined indicators based on socio-economic factors. It works to determine a relative … group. Social mapping is used to identify households based on predefined indicators relating to socio-economic … Outline of a social mapping exercise "Prepare a base map on which all the households of the area being analysed are …
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  • 52 weeks of BetterEvaluation: Week 18: Reading evaluation journals

    … will publish high quality peer-reviewed articles of merit on any subject related to evaluation, and provide targeted … Research and Evaluation: An International Journal on theory and practice Peer reviewed Current issue Volume 14, …
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  • Addressing environmental sustainability through the OECD DAC criteria for evaluation of development assistance

    … Committee) can be used to get environmental sustainability on the agenda for evaluations and monitoring. Authors and … intervention achieving its objectives? (this refers to all effects in the shorter term) Efficiency – how are resources … difference does the intervention make? (this refers to all effects in the longer term) Sustainability – will the …
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  • Impact evaluation in the field of agriculture and rural development

    … phases, (1) a workshop followed by (2) a coaching session on conducting impact evaluations. Participants are trained …
    GEI Training and Professional Development
  • The next frontier for measurement and evaluation: Social impact measurement for impact investing and market solutions

    … in competitive marketplaces. How have you used or intend on using this resource? Provides a concise overview of how …
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  • Open Data Kit (ODK)

    … developed by the University of Washington to help create mobile data services including generating data collection forms, collecting data on a mobile device and providing online data storage and …
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  • 52 weeks of BetterEvaluation: Week 22: The latest resources and events suggested by users

    … While we work on the remaining blog posts on the recent AEA Coffee Break … of these methods to address specific sectoral concerns. Mobile-Based Technology for Monitoring and Evaluation This knowledge product will be a reference guide for using mobile-based technology, and its associated benefits of …
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  • Certificate in Quantitative Research and Inquiry Methodology

    This online program will enable students to use quantitative methods to answer real-world questions and effectively communicate your findings.
    Academic Program
  • Certificate in Monitoring and Evaluation, with a focus on Project Management for the UN, Government and NGOs

    … foundation in program design and implementation. As a student in this program, you will explore a variety of tools … … Certificate in Monitoring and Evaluation, with a focus on Project Management for the UN, Government and NGOs …
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  • Demonstrating outcomes and impact across different scales

    … and impact can be better captured, integrated and reported on across different scales of work for Australian NGOs … by Jo Hall. Authors and their affiliation Jo Hall, PhD student and freelance consultant, Australian National … and impact can be better captured, integrated and reported on across different scales of work for Australian NGOs …
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  • Certificate in Grant Writing, Management, and Program Evaluation

    The program engages students in systematic research and study designed to improve the quality of grant writing and program evaluation within local governments, nonprofits, educational settings, and criminal justice and public service agencies.
    Academic Program
  • WISE: Web Interface for Statistics Education

    … a large amount of statistics resources available on the web into one central place. It also is home to a … means such as accuracy of sample means, probability, and effects of sample size. Investigating the Central Limit … means such as accuracy of sample means, probability, and effects of sample size. p-z Converter This applet converts …
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  • Managing for impact in rural development, a guide for project M&E, section 2: Using M&E to manage for impact

    … to manage projects to maximise their impact, in this case on poverty reduction. This resource and the following … to manage projects to maximise their impact, in this case on poverty reduction. Managing for impact includes: Guiding … and using the M&E system How have you used or intend on using this resource? This resource page is an output of …
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  • Viewworld

    … ViewWorld is a platform (application) for Mobile Data Collection. It's designed to help project members …
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  • Evaluation questions checklist for program evaluation

    … characteristics of good evaluation questions, based on the relevant literature and the authors' own experiences … and complete (rather than incomplete) It is housed on the Evaluation Center at Western Michigan University's website on their  Evaluation Checklist  page, which has a number of …
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  • Participatory rural communication appraisal starting with the people

    … 4.4 PRCA tools and techniques for data collection on communication issues 4.5 PRCA tools and techniques for … 6.7 Ready for next steps How have you used or intend on using this resource? This resource was identified as part … render the process useless, it also encourages reflection on newly discovered biases that become evident through …
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  • Dealing with complexity in development evaluation - A practical approach

    … to policymakers, managers, and evaluation practitioners on how to design and implement complexity-responsive … to policymakers, managers, and evaluation practitioners on how to design and implement complexity-responsive … from around the world. How have you used or intend on using this resource? I have used this resource for three …
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  • Making adaptive rigour work: Principles and practices for strengthening monitoring, evaluation and learning for adaptive management

    … to improved effectiveness. It explains the Global Learning on Adaptive Management (GLAM) initiative, which aims to … for adaptive programmes. How have you used or intend on using this resource? This resource page is an output of … of the monitoring function. The initiative focuses on trying to elevate the monitoring function to make it more …
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  • Observation in evaluation

    … using observation effectively in evaluation. He touches on ethical reflections, issues that may arise, analysis, and … about an out-of-date link to a previous resource on the site. The following resource recommendation … contains an overview of observation with suggestions on how observation can be done effectively and also meet …
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  • From monitoring goals to systems-informed evaluation: Insights from SDG14

    … Africa network (EvalMENA). Key features This brief focuses on the example of SDG14: Life under water  to outline how … make trade-offs, manage risks and enable synergistic effects.  Development actors planning and evaluating progress … risk, identify leverage points, and enable synergistic effects. Why would you recommend it to other people? Apart …
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  • Integrating a transformative equity criterion into evaluations for promoting transformative systemic change

    … to TORs – case studies How have you used or intend on using this resource? I am interested in learning more … to go beyond asking Key Evaluation Questions about average effects to focus on differential effects across different groups, with particular attention to …
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  • Rubrics

    … Rubrics have often been used in education for grading student work, and in recent years have been applied in …
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  • Estándares de Evaluación para América Latina y el Caribe

    … and social responsibility. How have you used or intend on using this resource? This could be used as a point of …
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  • 52 weeks of BetterEvaluation: Week 47: using video to communicate evaluation findings

    … In the last in our series of blogs on using video in evaluation, Glenn O'Neil joins us to … to Uganda, Mozambique and Ethiopia, we filmed with our mobile phones various stakeholders talking about the project. … and South Sudan. The interviews were filmed with our own mobile phones and we worked with a video editor to add …
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  • Learning from gLOCAL conversations

    … last, we were treated to over 300 diverse, live events on evaluation in the annual event that is glocal – a week of … systems and capacity strengthening Many sessions focused on ways of improving the quality of individual evaluations … and how to create space for exploration of human rights effects when evaluating interventions that do not explicitly …
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  • How evaluation embraces and enriches adaptation: A UFE approach

    … could it could be used for the evaluation of a pilot of a mobile app.  Using UFE for adaptive management The UFE … to enable evaluative thinking because it forces reflection on the why, what and how of evaluation. The UFE process … practice In the evaluation of Operation ASHA’s pilot of a mobile-based app for tuberculosis detection, adopting a UFE …
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  • 52 weeks of BetterEvaluation Week 1: 2014 evaluation-related conferences [Updated 3rd Feb]

    … of the presentations. The Third International Conference on National Evaluation Capacities ( hosted by the Evaluation … of presentations   You can also follow many conferences on twitter using their hashtag (for example  #eval13​  and … .   Simon Hearn from BetterEvaluation will be presenting on "Setting the Stage: Workshop Framing and Crosscutting …
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  • BetterEvaluation FAQ: How can you get stakeholders to articulate how they think a program or project works?

    … In our last newsletter we drew attention to our method page on Articulating Mental Models  (part of the Develop program … to know the communities in his area well. One of the effects of conflict was that people were not cultivating … I asked him to draw the local map, with the two villages, on a piece of flip chart paper.   It was as we were standing …
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  • Master in Evaluation of Programs and Public Policies

    … high-quality evaluations. This degree only requires the student to have passive knowledge in Spanish (only …
    Academic Program
  • Preparing For GDPR / What's next with GDPR?

    … and SurveyCTO, this recorded panel discussion took place on May 23rd, 2018, two days before the European General Data … Key features This discussion focuses on actions that the global development community can take in … that organisations can use. How have you used or intend on using this resource? This is useful for M&E professionals …
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  • RCT on a civic education program and the impact on voter behaviour by Search for Common Ground

    … methodology can be used to test impacts of communication on behaviour and social change. In this case, the impact of civic education programs on voter and politician behavior were assessed. When compared … civic education efforts, JPAL found evidence that SFCG’s mobile cinema increased voter knowledge of candidates, and …
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