Tag: research

Kylie Hutchinson,  principal consultant with Community Solutions, is offering her very popular webinar on effective evaluation reporting. As described by Kylie, “traditional evaluation reports often end up on the shelves of many decision-makers collecting dust.  Reporting is an important skill for evaluators who care about seeing their results and recommendations actually implemented.  In this webinar… Read more »

Shared measurement systems require all programs or initiatives working towards a common goal to report on the same measures, using identical indicators and methodologies. Such systems have the potential to increase efficiency, learning and impact within any given field by accurately documenting the work that is collectively being conducted. Many of you are familiar with the… Read more »

The American Evaluation Association is thrilled to announce that they will be hosting their annual conference in the bustling city of Chicago, Illinois. Join us November 11 -14, 2015 at the Hyatt Regency Chicago to explore Exemplary Evaluations in a Multicultural World. New to the American Evaluation Association conferences? Check out highlights from the 2014 annual conference here. Questions?… Read more »

Have you ever wondered how you can maximize the value of monitoring and evaluation activities commissioned by your agency? In a 20-minute archived webinar hosted by The American Evaluation Association, presenter Andrew Hawkins describes Ten Tips for Getting Better Value From Monitoring and Evaluation. Click here to access a recording of this webinar. Here is a description… Read more »

I am pleased to share findings from the 2013 – 2014 round of data collection with the Community HIV/HCV Evaluation and Reporting Tool (CHERT). Funded by the Provincial Health Services Authority, the CHERT is an online survey that collects annual data from community-based HIV/AIDS and/or Hepatitis C programs operating in BC. CHERT questions explore both process and outcome level… Read more »

The Centre for Evaluation Innovation and Network Impact recently partnered to create a how-to guide on network evaluation. The following is a rationale for this guide provided by the authors. Changemakers everywhere are investing in and building new networks – from large-scale cross-sector “collective impact” initiatives to more targeted efforts to promote policy change, spark innovation, or improve the delivery of services…. Read more »

The concept of ‘collective impact’ is gaining traction in the evaluation world. A key support in developing this movement has been the Collective Impact Forum – a central place that houses tools, training and a networking for everything related to collective impact. One of the features on the website is a list of upcoming events, such as… Read more »

See below for the description of an archived webinar on using big data to predict social impact, brought to you by the Stanford Social Innovation Review. Evaluation has been a necessary evil for most nonprofits—expensive, time-consuming, impractical, and yet an absolute pre-requisite for funding.  But is there a better way?  The paradigm of evaluation is moving… Read more »