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OL-ECB TIG Week: Top 10 Considerations for Evaluation Capacity Building in Organizations (1/2) by Scott Chaplowe

We are closing out the OL-ECB TIG week by bringing back a blog with evergreen content that was so popular the first time around that we needed to give it another day in the sun. You can view part 2 of this original post here. We hope you enjoy. My name is Scott Chaplowe and …

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OL-ECB TIG Week: Value of a Peer Network for Evaluation Staff at Nonprofit Organizations by Shenandoah Gale and Andrea Scallon

Hello! We are Shenandoah Gale, Director of Evaluation & Learning at N Street Village and Andrea Scallon, Director of Measurement, Evaluation & Learning at Miriam’s Kitchen. We serve on the Advisory Council of Measure4Change (M4C) and wanted to share this Rad Resource that increases our capacity in the hopes that you can find ways to …

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OL-ECB TIG Week: Not All Learning is Created Equal: How to be More Intentional in our Efforts to Engage in Transformative Learning by Elizabeth McGee

Evaluation without learning is akin to dutifully planting and watering a garden-to-be, without staying to reap the benefits of its harvest. My name is Elizabeth McGee (she/her), I am the Founder and Senior Consultant at LEAP Consulting. Throughout my evaluation career, I have witnessed learning efforts fall short because of the tendency to see learning …

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OL-ECB TIG Week: Must We Call It ‘Evaluation’? – How ‘M&E’ Language Can be a Barrier to Institutionalising Learning by Barbara Klugman

Hello, I am Barbara Klugman (PhD), based in South Africa, once an anti-apartheid and women’s rights activist, now providing freelance strategy and evaluation supports for social justice funders, networks and NGOs. I work with groups engaged in organising and advocating for social or environmental justice. In this process, I have come to realise that sometimes …

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OL-ECB TIG Week: Strengthening Evaluation Capacity in Public Health: Tools from the CDC by Leslie Fierro, Heather Codd, and Ann Marie Castleman

Hello! We are Leslie Fierro, Heather Codd, and Ann Marie Castleman. Over the past several years we have engaged in scholarship and on-the-ground activities to help strengthen the capacity of individuals, teams, and organizations to plan, commission, and implement high-quality evaluations. One discipline that is heavily involved in evaluation is public health. Public health professionals …

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OL-ECB TIG Week: Want to Be a Better Evaluator? Watch TV by JoAnna Hillman

I’m JoAnna Hillman, Director of the Center for Program Evaluation and Quality Improvement with Emory Centers for Public Health Training and Technical Assistance. As an evaluator, I see evaluation in EVERYTHING. EVERYDAY. At times, I feel a little like Michael Constantine’s character, Gus Portokalos, in My Big Fat Greek Wedding when he repeatedly says “Give …

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OL-ECB TIG Week: The Importance of Evaluation Champions in Evaluation Capacity Building by Joy Kubarek and Brian Johnson

Greetings! We’re Joy Kubarek and Brian Johnson, Co-founders of Inform Evaluation & Research. Much of our work focuses on building evaluation capacity within informal science and conservation organizations. In recent years, we’ve seen increasing demand for evaluation capacity building (ECB), but organizations don’t always know when they are ready for an ECB initiative or the …

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Searching TIG Archives by Elizabeth Grim

Hi, my name is Elizabeth Grim, AEA365 Curator and an independent consultant moving organizations from confusion to clarity to tell their story with data. One of the many amazing resources offered through the American Evaluation Association is the opportunity to learn from a colleagues through discussion boards and Topical Interest Groups (TIGs). TIGs are smaller …

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The Value of Eliminating the Code Switch By Lila Burgos, Tsuyoshi Onda, and Cristina Magaña

Hi, we are Lila Burgos, Tsuyoshi Onda, and Cristina Magaña from Harder+Company Community Research. Despite variations in methods and frameworks, evaluators approach evaluation as a form of evidence-based truth telling that’s most effective when those truths can be shared directly and honestly. We are often asked to make the ‘business case’ for funding programs in …

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Building a Culture of Data for Decision Making By Elena Pinzon O’Quinn

Hi, my name is Elena Pinzon O’Quinn and I am the National Learning and Evaluation Director at LIFT. I have been a nonprofit internal evaluator for most of my career. The nonprofits I have worked with engage in ongoing performance measurement for the goal of using data for continuous program improvement. Stakeholders need to see …

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