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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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. ExcerptAppreciative 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)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:Social Value UK
Social Value UK (formerly SROI Network) "is the professional body for social value and impact management.How to Write a Press Release
This webpage from WikiHow outlines a step by step process for writing effective press releases.Dotmocracy.org
This site provides resources for Dotmocracy facilitators and more recent alternatives.Moving Beyond the Webinar: Four Approaches to Take Your Web Presentation to the Next Level
This blog post from freshspectrum argues that webinars as they are currently used are 'overrated' and therefore it outlines four alternatives that may be used in place of standard webinar presentPresentation tips
This website provides a number of tips and tricks to help you create an engaging PowerPoint presentaion.The site also includes links to free downloadable guides that provide support in presenting to audiences.How to use PowerPoint
This blog post highlights many of the issues that cause presentations to lose focus and suggests some tips for improvement.The National Centre for Text Mining
This website, produced by the National Centre for Text Mining (NaCTeM) provides a variety of valuable resources on text mining. These include a range of tools, tutorials and publicationsDepartment Planning, Monitoring and Evaluation (DPME) - Republic of South Africa
This website provides information about the activities of the South African Department: Planning, Monitoring and Evaluation (DPME).ThematicAnalysis.net
This website describes thematic analysis, "a range of qualitative research methods that are used for exploring and interpreting patterned meaning across datasets."Equitable evaluation initiative
This initiative is building knowledge about how to align evaluation practices with an equity approach and how to use evaluation as a tool for advancing equity.Participatory learning and action
Participatory Learning and Action is a subscription based journal published bi-annually by the International Institute for Environment and Development (IIED).UN Women
This website from the United Nations Entity for Gender Equality and the Empowerment of Women, provides a wide variety of resources to support the implementation of gender equality around the globe.Multi-stakeholder partnerships guide - Online portal
This online portal includes over useful 60 tools and methods especially selected to support and evaluate multi-stakeholder partnership processes.International Organization for Cooperation in Evaluation (IOCE)
The International Organization for Cooperation in Evaluation is a network that brings together national and regional evaluation associations from around the world.Gender and evaluation international online community of practice
The Gender and Evaluation Community's objective is to bring knowledge building and knowledge sharing under one place, and to share the content and experiences of people involved in the network.Use participatory tools in evaluation research
How might you use participatory tools like the Bridge Model and Seasonal Calendars to collect data? And how can you do so virtually?Using Word & Excel to analyze qualitative data with Seth Tucker
Extracting meaningful findings from qualitative data requires an evaluator to have the right tools to able to organize, code, and immerse themselves in the data.Participatory evaluations
In this webinar, Jess Littman and Odile Drice David, MBA discussed why and how to integrate participatory methods into existing evaluations.Scott G. Chaplowe - M&E resource list
Scott Chaplowe's resource page has over 150 hyper-linked resources for monitoring and evaluation, all of which are freely available online. There's a particular focus on M&E communities and organisations.Stakeholder mapping workshop
This workshop, from the United Nations Environment Programme (UNEP), aimed at locally elected officials involved in environmental governance allows participants to gain knowledge and experience of mapping to identify stakeholders.Develop a communications plan
This web page from the Evaluation Toolkit website outlines a six-question approach that can be used to develop a communications plan for the dissemination of evaluation results.Using AI to disrupt business as usual for evaluation practitioners & firms
In this webinar, Intention 2 Impact, Inc. consultants Nina Sabarre, PhD and Blake Beckmann shared their perspectives about the potential, challenges, and opportunities of using AI for evaluation practice.Evaluación participativa
EvalParticipativa is the Community of Practice and Learning in Participatory Evaluation for Latin America and the Caribbean.Evaluación participativa
EvalParticipativa es la Comunidad de Práctica y Aprendizaje en Evaluación Participativa para América Latina y el Caribe.