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New Infographic: 10 Reasons To Evaluate!
Eval Academy just released a new infographic, “10 Reasons to Evaluate.” This infographic is for Program Managers and Program Leaders who are thinking about implementing an evaluation and are looking for a little inspiration as to why evaluating this year is a good idea!
Chart Templates: The Time Saver You Should Be Using
Chart templates will alleviate the pains of trying to reformat every new chart from scratch. From adjusting text size and font to formatting bar width and colour, a template will save you a significant amount of time in drafting your next evaluation report.
Implementation Science: The Best Thing You’ve Never Heard Of As An Evaluator
Being knowledgeable about Implementation Science can only make our evaluation work stronger.
Five Elements To Include In Your Reporting Style Guide
A style guide is a time-saving tool that helps you be consistent in your formatting when creating client and public-facing products, from evaluation plans to reports and presentations. When working with a team, style guides ensure that team members are working efficiently as they create evaluation products.
A Starter Pack Of Presentation Tools
Are you looking to elevate your presentation game? In this article, we list some awesome presentation tools along with ideas for how to use them in your evaluation practice.
Sampling Bias: Identifying And Avoiding Bias In Data Collection
Bias in evaluation is inevitable. Reflection helps us to identify our bias and when we do, it is necessary to identify sources of bias in our processes, eliminate which bias we can, and acknowledge which bias we cannot.
Developing A Logic Model - Check Out Our Templates!
Eval Academy has just released a new free template to help you Develop a Logic Model.
How Evaluation Has Changed The World
Whether it’s by building capacity through the evaluation process or by developing realistic, actionable recommendations, evaluation plays an important part in making a difference on both a small and a grand scale!
Incentives For Participation In Evaluation
In this article, we discuss different incentives for participation, explore the biases that offering an incentive can introduce, and guide you in deciding whether to offer an incentive, including what form and value that incentive should be.
Using Log Frames: Why They’re Useful And How To Make One
In this article, we explain what a Log Frame is (spoiler: it’s not a logic model), why they can be useful tools for program planning and evaluation outside of international development, and how to make one of your own.
How To Complete An Environmental Scan: Avoiding The Rabbit Holes
This article is aimed at those who are new to environmental scanning and are looking for new ways to support program planning and improvement.
How To Develop A Theory Of Change For Evaluation
In this follow-up article, we will walk you through a step-by-step process of how you can develop your own ToC diagram for evaluation purposes.
What Is Theory Of Change In Evaluation?
This article aims to introduce you to Theory of Change (ToC) and is written for those who may have heard of this tool before but aren’t quite sure as to what it is and how it can be useful for evaluation.
Differences Between Theory Of Change, Log Frames, Results Frameworks And Logic Models – What Are They And When To Use Them
You might have noticed how there seem to be quite a few evaluation tools doing very similar things. It’s no surprise that these tools can sometimes be confused, and the lines can be blurred around when and how to use them. To help you on your way to deciding which tool is best suited to your evaluation, we’ve selected a few of our favourites to compare and contrast.
What Program Managers Need To Share With Their New Evaluators
As a program manager or project lead, you may find yourself needing an evaluator. How do you get that evaluator oriented to the project? What information do they need? Let’s walk through it.
What’s The Difference Between Goal And Objective? The Most Confusing Evaluation Jargon
The evaluation world is full of jargon! In this article, we list our back-pocket definitions for some of the most confusing evaluation language.
3 Easy Ways To Quantify Your Qualitative Data
You’ve completed your qualitative data collection and you’re writing up your report. You step back and look at All. The. Text. If only you had some quantitative data to include in a chart, or some numbers to report! In this article, we talk about 3 ways you can quantify your qualitative data.
The “Mixing” In Mixed Methods
Data integration is a way of merging these data from different sources through mixed methods. In this article, we discuss how qualitative and quantitative data can be integrated at the study design level, methods, or analysis level.
Finding The Right Sample Size (The Easy Way)
In this article, we briefly define sample sizes, their importance, and how to calculate them (or how to use a tool to calculate them).
How To Use Calendly To Schedule Interviews Like A Pro
In the evaluation world, scheduling can be a nightmare. This article describes how to use Calendly to schedule interviews in three simple steps.