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Basic priority rating model 2.0
This article from Health Promotion Practice provides an overview and guide to objective priority setting using predetermined criteria, standardized comparisons, and a rubric that minimizes bias – the BaReader-friendly writing - 1:3:25
This paper from the Canadian Health Services Research Foundation (CHSRF) outlines the process of 1:3:25 to structure research and evaluation reports.Measuring outcomes in family support : Practitioners' guide
This online guide from the NSW Family Services Inc (now FAMS), provides a range of ideas and tools to support the evaluation of family support services.Developmental evaluation
This webpage from Tamarack Community provides links to audio files of an interview between Mark Cabaj and Michael Patton in which they discuss the topic of development evaluation.A developmental evaluation primer
This primer guide from The J.W. McConnell Family Foundation outlines the basic principles of Developmental Evaluation and provides a range of tools to support its implementation.Developmental evaluation: Applying complexity concepts to enhance innovation & use
In this book, Michael Quinn Patton describes the process of conducting developmental evaluations for ongoing program development.Evaluation step-by-step guide
This paper, developed by the Victorian Government's former Department of Planning and Community Development, provides a step-by-step guide to the process of conducting an evaluation in order to ensure that a project or program has met its oDeveloping a cost-benefit analysis tool: Experiences and lessons from Malawi and Mozambique
This guide from USAID, demonstrates how a cost benefit analysis tool was designed by Opportunity International in order to compare and evaluate microfinance delivWhat to expect from your evaluator
This guide consists of 2 powerpoint slides in a World Bank training module which list ethical issues that an external evaluator ought to address.Using evaluation findings
This six page bulletin guides the reader through ways of communicating and using evaluation findings.Project evaluation guide for nonprofit organizations
Page 17 of this guide from Imagine Canada provides an example of an evaluation budget for a one-year project evaluation.Data quality standards for USAID and implementing partner m&e officers
This document is adapted from an August 2005 presentation for USAID/Uganda Activity Managers and provides a quick review of USAID information quality requirements.The rubric revolution
Three linked presentations from Jane Davidson, Nan Wehipeihana & Kate McKegg explaining how rubrics can be used to ensure evaluations validly answer evaluative questions.The role of evaluation in USAID
This guide addresses questions about the new role of evaluation in USAID and outlines key steps operating units should follow in planning and conducting evaluations.Guidance on evaluation and review
This guide from the UK Department for International Development (DfID) outlines a comprehensive step by step process for the design, management and reporting of an evaluation.Catholic relief services'; (CRS) Guidance for developing logical and results frameworks
This document was primarily written to provide guidance for conceptualizing, writing, selecting and measuring project performance indicators.The logical framework approach
This publication is part of a series of guidelines developed by AusAid in relation to activities design.Writing memos
This clear and concise guide from Purdue University outlines the process for creating memos.Social media news release webinar with step-by-step guide
This one-hour webinar is an in-depth discussion of the 15 steps to creating a press release. Excerpt The following example is an excerpt from Falkow (2012)Quick tips for planning evaluation reports
This guide from the University of Wisconsin Cooperative Extension, provides a range of tips and advice for planning and writing evaluation reports that are concise and free of jargon.Social Learning - An explanation using Twitter
This slide show highlights the different elements of social learning with a specific focus on social media, in particular twitter.Picture this: Using images to gather and communicate evaluation data
This paper is an overview of a workshop from the Australian Evaluation Society (AES) conference in Perth, 2008 in which the options for using photography and drawn images to gather and communicate evaluatioInsights into participatory video
This handbook from InsightShare provides a detailed account of the purposes and processes involved in running participatory video projects.Guidelines for Stakeholder Identification and Analysis
These Guidelines from the Caribbean Natural Resources Institute (CANARI) have been developed in order to assist planners, development workers and natural resource managers in stakeholder identification and analysis.Slide Show Presentation Tips
This website describes some of the 'sins' of slide show presentations and provides some useful tips on how to overcome these problems.12 tips for creating better PowerPoint presentations
This article provides some important advice and tips for creating engaging and unique PowerPoint presentationsDeveloping process evaluation questions
This concise guide by the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention defines evaluation questions and outlines the process needed to develop them.Developing an evaluation budget
This document is a USAID guide to developing an evaluation budget based on the resources identified in the evaluation Statement Of Work (SOW).Strange Meeting (and a few comments on teleconferencing)
This blog by Nancy White from Full Circle Associates argues that videoconferences need to be interactive and purposeful.She provides four areas to to help improve synchronous online meetings:Enhancing organizational performance, a toolbox for self-assessment
This book provides a tested process for organizational self assessment. It includes tools and techniques and formative assessment practices to help organisations evaluate if they are meeting their goals effectively.Améliorer la performance organisationnelle: Manuel d'auto-évaluation
Ce manuel présente un modèle d'auto-évaluation organisationnelle novateur et opportunément éprouvé.Strategy survival guide
"The Strategy Survival Guide aims to support strategy development and promote strategic thinking in government."