Happy weekend! I’m Elizabeth DiLuzio, volunteer curator for AEA365, and lately I have been captivated by the brilliance of the tools for which we are best known: the Theory of Change (TOC) and the Logic Model (LM). What I learned about them in grad school was a bit reductive: that they are products to be …
Tackling Organizational Challenges with Evaluation Tools by Elizabeth DiLuzio Read More »
Hello friends. I’m Jewlya Lynn, a systems change strategist and evaluator. I’m here today to challenge your thinking. Let’s begin with a basic question: What is a theory of change (TOC)? At its core, it’s a prediction about the future, and typically about a specific future where interventions result in outcomes, ultimately leading to a …
Hi! My name is Patricia Moore Shaffer, and I am the Deputy Director, Research & Analysis, at the National Endowment for the Arts, in Washington, DC. Theory of change and logic modeling are tools that program managers and evaluators often use to describe how a program is supposed to work. A theory of change permits the reader …
I’m Ryan Watkins and I teach needs assessment at George Washington University and for The Evaluator’s Institute. Last year in AEA365, I introduced formulas for how we can determine the necessity and/or sufficiency of a desired result leading to other desired results – thus offering tools for quantifying needs (i.e., gaps in results). This year I’m offering …
NA TIG Week: Necessity and Sufficiency: A quick example by Ryan Watkins Read More »
I’m Stephanie Chasteen, an external evaluator on NSF-funded projects aiming to improve STEM education at the university level. This is part 2 of a 2-part series on Theory of Change. In yesterday’s post, I shared the process I use to help clients develop Theories of Change (ToC). Today, I’ll share how I’ve been able to …
I’m Stephanie Chasteen, an external evaluator on NSF-funded projects aiming to improve STEM education at the university level. This is Part 1 of a 2-part series on Theory of Change. Today, I’ll share the process I use to help clients develop Theories of Change (ToC). Tomorrow, I’ll share how I’ve been able to work with …
Hello, my name is Michel Laurendeau, and I am a consultant wishing to share over 40 years of experience in policy development, performance measurement and evaluation of public programs. This is the second of seven (7) consecutive AEA365 posts discussing a stepwise approach to integrating performance measurement and evaluation strategies in order to more effectively …
AEA365 Curator note: Today begins a special theme week with an extended (7 day) series on one topic by one contributing author. Hello, my name is Michel Laurendeau, and I am a consultant wishing to share over 40 years of experience in policy development, performance measurement and evaluation of public programs. This is the first of …
Hi there! I am Marah Moore, the founder and director of i2i Institute (Inquiry to Insight). We are based in the high desert mountains of Northern New Mexico, and we work on evaluations of complex systems locally, nationally, and internationally. Since 2008 I have been the lead evaluator for the McKnight Foundation’s Collaborative Crop Research Program …
PFE Week: Anchoring a complex program with overarching principles by Marah Moore Read More »
My name is Steve Powell and I’m an evaluator based in Sarajevo, Bosnia. I’m very interested in theories of change and their role in evaluation – both explicit theories (perhaps a programme’s logframe) and implicit (what is really going on, or what people really think is going on). I think it’s important to be able …
Steve Powell on Theory Maker: Free web app for drawing Theory of Change diagrams Read More »
