International and Cross-cultural Evaluation – Page 14

Dominica McBride on Sociocultural Theory and its Applicability to Evaluation

I’m Dominica McBride, President of The HELP Institute, Inc. Recently, I wrote an article for New Directions for Evaluation on Sociocultural Theory (ST) and its applicability to evaluation. Joke: There were a few young fish swimming near an older, wise fish and the old, wise fish says, “My, isn’t the water wonderful today?” and the …

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Bloggers Series: Jane Davidson and Patricia Rogers on Genuine Evaluation

3 Comments / Independent Consulting, Indigenous Peoples in Evaluation, International and Cross-cultural Evaluation, Theories of Evaluation / March 20, 2012 January 8, 2012

Hello. We are Jane Davidson, Director of Real Evaluation Ltd, and Patricia Rogers, Professor of Public Sector Evaluation at RMIT University, and together we write the Genuine Evaluation blog. We’d spent years discussing evaluation offline and found that we shared some strong views and values (and a sense of humor) that we could have some …

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Bloggers Series: Rafael Monterde-Diaz on Evaluateca

2 Comments / International and Cross-cultural Evaluation / February 17, 2012 January 2, 2012

My name is Rafael Monterde-Diaz, and I am an Associate Professor at Universitat Politècnica de València (Spain), where I teach Project Management and Program Evaluation. I blog at EVALUATECA and you can also find me on twitter: @rafa_monty Rad Resource – EVALUATECA is a blog devoted to evaluation. I try to share events and resources …

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LGBT Week: Cary Johnson and Efrain Gutierrez on Evaluating Advocacy Efforts to Promote LGBT Human Rights Around the World

3 Comments / Advocacy and Policy Change, International and Cross-cultural Evaluation, Lesbian, Gay, Bisexual & Transgender Issues / February 9, 2012 February 10, 2012

Hello! We’re Cary Johnson, Executive Director of the International Gay and Lesbian Human Rights Commission (IGLHRC) and Efrain Gutierrez, Associate at FSG, a nonprofit consulting firm, and Co-leader of the LGBT TIG. We want to share with you some initial lessons learned and resources we have found since IGLHRC engaged with FSG in the development …

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APC Week: Annabel Jackson on Influence and Influencers and Learning from my clients

Leave a Comment / Advocacy and Policy Change, International and Cross-cultural Evaluation / January 9, 2012 January 6, 2012

Hello. I’m Annabel Jackson. I lead an evaluation practice that I founded in 1989 in the United Kingdom (UK). We work in Europe, Africa and the United States in areas including economic development, the arts, grant making, advocacy and international aid: from evaluating The Office of Tony Blair’s program in Rwanda to assessing implementation of …

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Bloggers Series: Rick Davies on Rick on the Road

1 Comment / Independent Consulting, International and Cross-cultural Evaluation / December 30, 2011 December 28, 2011

Hi, my name is Rick Davies, I am an independent evaluation consultant, based in Cambridge, UK. I have been working with international development aid programs in Africa and Asia, in various roles since 1980. I run the Rick on the Road blog. Rad Resource – The Rick on the Road blog started in 2004, and …

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Frank Meintjies on Embedding M&E Within Organisations

Leave a Comment / International and Cross-cultural Evaluation, Organizational Learning and Evaluation Capacity Building / November 8, 2011 October 27, 2011

I am Frank Meintjies who has worked in the public sector (the South African government) and the private sector (Deloite Consulting) either managing and implementing programmes or undertaking organisational development. Through this period, I have simultaneously conducted numerous evaluations, including process evaluations and impact evaluations. Although taken as a whole, most of my work has …

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Scott Chaplowe on Fun and Games in M&E Trainings

1 Comment / Collaborative, Participatory and Empowerment Evaluation, International and Cross-cultural Evaluation, Uncategorized / October 20, 2011 October 12, 2011

Hello, my name is Scott Chaplowe, and I am a Senior Monitoring and Evaluation (M&E) Officer with the International Federation Red Cross and Red Crescent Societies (IFRC). The IFRC has a lot of stakeholders –communities, 186 National Societies, local governments, partners, donors, etc. One part of my job is to lead M&E trainings that empower …

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Ayesha Boyce, Maria Jimenez, and Gabriela Juarez on Presenting Cultural and Other Sensitive Evaluation Findings Through Skits

5 Comments / Graduate Student and New Evaluators, International and Cross-cultural Evaluation / September 30, 2011 September 29, 2011

Greetings from Champaign, IL! We are Ayesha Boyce, Maria Jimenez, and Gabriela Juarez. We are all currently pursuing our Ph.D. in evaluation at the University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign. We have found as a multicultural evaluation team that sometimes sensitive topics such as race, class and gender are best presented through creative means. These types of …

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