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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NetDraw
Netdraw is a free Windows based program that can be used for visualizing social network data.InFlow 3.1
Inflow 3.1 is a software package that allows you to analyse network data and create visualisations of the results.8 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 eAppreciative Inquiry Australia
This website is aimed at supporting and providing network opportunities for those practicing appreciative inquiry (AI) in Australia.Vischeck
This tool reproduces your images under various forms of colorblindness so you can better determine if your reporting will be readable to those who are colorblind.ColorBrewer 2.0
This online tool allows users to create colour schemes for maps and other graphics in order to show data that is readily readable.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.TheBrain
This software is designed to be used as a digital mind mapping tool in which ideas and thoughts can be interconnected and linked to any digital files that are stored on your computer or the web.TheBrain allows you to:Check for accessibility issues
This webpage provides a guide to using Microsoft's Accessibility Checker in order to ensure Word, Excel and PowerPoint documents are accessible to those with disabilities.Paletton
Paletton (formerly Color Scheme Designer) is an application which enables you to design a colour scheme for your documents and presentation and then check it against an accessibility tool to ensure your colour scheme is accessible for thoseEvaluability assessment template
This template from the United Nations Office on Drugs and Crime (UNODC) is designed to take the user through a step by step process of evaluability assessment.GovMetric
GovMetric (formerly Public Service Monitor) is a website that monitors the internet to identify the topics that are being discussed and evaluating the information in order to provide a snapshot of the views presented.Stakeholders’ interest in potential evaluation questions
This worksheet from Chapter 5 of the NationA 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 preArt 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 etcDeveloping Outcomes Models: DoView and the Shower Curtain
This short article shows the development of a logic model using two techniques at the same time - a plastic shower curtain and DoView software.ImpactMap
ImpactMap is a tool which creates logic models using a fixed format. It also produces action plans and documents performance measurement plans.Glossaire des termes usuels en mesure de performance et en évaluation
Ce guide a été préparé par la Direction de la mise en oeuvre de la Loi sur l’administration publique du Secrétariat du Conseil du trésor avec la collaboration précieuse d’experts internes et externes.Estimated costs for evaluation services depending on the scale of the program being evaluated
The resource provides a guide for the expected costs of various evaluative activities in an Australian context. This resource and the following information was contributed by George Argyrous.Evaluation report writing
What elements should you highlight in your evaluation reports? How can you craft your evaluation reports so they are both readable and useful for program managers? What is the right balance between narrative explanation and data visualization?Grantee MEL capacity assessment
This resource, part of the MEL Toolkit for Grantmakers and Grantees, provides a simple discussion/interview guide to assess grantee capacity across several components of MEL.Grantee reporting menu
This resource outlines the menu of reporting options developed as an approach to reporting that was more flexible and clearer for grantees and provided more insights to program officers.Indicator framework for OSF’s Economic Justice Program
This resource is the framework that the MEL team in the Open Society Foundations’ Economic Justice Program developed to compile, categorize, and make sense of a range of different indicators across the program’s grant-making portfolio.Template for developing a portfolio learning strategy
This resource is the template that the Economic Justice Program MEL team developed for the portfolio learning agendas of EJP's inaugural strategy.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.Organizational cultural and linguistic competency assessment tool
The Organizational Cultural and Linguistic Competency Assessment Tool can be used to assess where organizations and individuals fall along the cultural competence spectrum, and to serve as a guide to identify training needs and arToonlet
This web-based application makes it possible to draw cartoons, by creating characters and then placing them into the panels of a cartoon with appropriate text.Organisational capacity building framework
This organisational capacity building framework serves to hold together a set of ideas or practices that comprise a broad approach course of action specifically aimed at assisting local implementing institutions and organisations.A toolkit for designing climate change adaptation initiatives
This toolkit from the United Nations Development Program (UNDP) aims to support those that are involved in Climate Change Adaption (CCA) initiatives by providing step-by-stepUK 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.Survey: Quality Control Checklist
This webpage from EuropeAid provides quality control checklists to support the evaluation, preparation, design and implementation of surveys.