Salam. I am Khalil Bitar, an evaluator from Palestine. I close this week’s series of posts by reinforcing the importance of creating and supporting diverse, networked opportunities for evaluators – particularly young and emerging evaluators. Roughly five years ago, I represented the Palestinian Evaluation Association in the EvalPartners’ Global Evaluation Forum in Nepal. The Forum …

Breaking Free: Transforming the Practice of Evaluation: Put Commitment to Diversity, Equity, and Inclusion into Action — It Pays Off by Khalil Bitar Read More »

Hello! This is Fontane Lo of the Blue Shield of California Foundation and Rachele Espiritu of Change Matrix. We are interested in evolving our field in ways that encourage and empower evaluators of color to shape the future of evaluation. We believe that evaluation in service of equity cannot be realized without the lived experience …

Breaking Free: Transforming the Practice of Evaluation: Evaluation is So White: Systemic Wrongs Reinforced by Common Practices and How to Start Righting Them by Fontane Lo and Rachele Espiritu Read More »

Hello!  We are Pilar Mendoza and Cristina Whyte of Engage R+D. As evaluators of color who often work in predominantly white spaces, we recognize that BIPOC voices are often absent in philanthropy. We are passionate about transforming the field of evaluation into one that amplifies BIPOC voices within communities and places of work to ensure …

Breaking Free: Transforming the Practice of Evaluation: Listening for Change: Reflections from Evaluators of Color by Pilar Mendoza and Cristina Whyte Read More »

Hello. We are Kelly Hannum and Jara Dean-Coffey. We’re independent consultants who have each worked in evaluation (as well as strategy and organizational development) for 20+ years. Lately, our work has focused on philanthropy in the United States. If you know us, you know we care deeply about the Equitable Evaluation Framework™ . It is …

Breaking Free: Transforming the Practice of Evaluation: Moving from an Evaluator Pipeline to an Evaluation Ecosystem by Kelly Hannum and Jara Dean-Coffey Read More »

Greetings! This is Clare Nolan, co-founder of Engage R+D and the Funder & Evaluator Affinity Network. I’m interested in how evaluators can work together to transform evaluation into a stronger force for racial equity and justice. Over the years, I’ve been involved in a variety of conversations about the evaluation field’s oft-lamented “lack of diversity.” …

Breaking Free: Transforming the Practice of Evaluation: Tired Narratives about Talent in Evaluation by Clare Nolan Read More »

Hello fellow evaluators and practice partners. I am Nate Madden and I’m writing this post with my colleagues Dr. Jessica Mindnich and Brett Hembree. Jessica serves as our Senior Director of Evaluation, Learning, and Impact Stories at the Ewing Marion Kauffman Foundation (EMKF), with Brett and I as analysts. Together we support data infrastructure and …

Breaking Free: Transforming the Practice of Evaluation: Sometimes the Best Advice is to Just Get Started by Nate Madden, Jessica Mindnich, and Brett Hembree Read More »

Hello! We’re Michael Petillo (he/they) with CES Partnership, LLC, and Rory Neuner (she/her) with the Barr Foundation. In today’s Pride Week post, we’re excited to explore what an anti-oppression evaluation practice means, and how it can empower LGBTQ2S people (among others, too!).  Anti-Oppression & LGBTQ2S   Oppression is understood as the disempowerment, marginalization, and/or silencing …

LGBT TIG Week: A Deeper Love: LGBTQ2S-Centered Anti-Oppressive, Equitable Evaluation in Practice by Michael Petillo & Rory Neuner Read More »