collaboration

BH TIG Week: Collaboration on a Budget by Elizabeth Oyer

Hello! I am Elizabeth Oyer, President of EvalSolutions, Inc. (www.evalsolutions.com) where I provide consulting services for personalized operations support as well as program evaluation.  I would like to share some lessons I’ve learned about working collaboratively with my clients to manage our shared projects more efficiently, securely, and productively in a virtual space. As an …

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Roadblocks to Change Within Collective Impact Initiatives and How Evaluators Can Help by Elayne McIvor

Hi there! I’m Elayne McIvor, an evaluation consultant with Catalyst Consulting.  We support non-profits, government agencies and foundations to create social change more effectively and efficiently. Over the last decade, we have seen extensive uptake of the ‘Collective Impact’ (CI) approach in attempt to solve complex social problems at scale. I’ve had the opportunity to …

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Capacity, Complexity, and Collaboration to Transform Evaluation by Tom Archibald

Hi, my name is Tom Archibald, Associate Professor at Virginia Tech and board member of the Eastern Evaluation Research Society (EERS). I’ve been thinking a lot about recent calls to transform evaluation. For example, we have: Blue Marble Evaluation’s Transformational Alignment Principle based on the premise of transforming evaluation to evaluate transformation The Equitable Evaluation …

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ACM TIG Week: Collaborative Partnerships with Clients as a Foundation for Evaluation and Program Improvement by Yvette Clinton & Sharika Bhattacharya

Hello! We are Drs. Yvette Clinton and Sharika Bhattacharya from ICF and we partner with Young Audiences of Louisiana (YALA) to evaluate their arts-integrated professional development programs implemented in Louisiana schools. These programs seek to increase teachers’ knowledge and capacity for arts-integrated instruction to positively impact student outcomes. As part of our formative and summative …

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NPF TIG Week: Some Suggested Principles to Guide Nonprofits and Foundations to Collaborate Collaborating for Equity and Justice By Susan Wolfe and Ann Price

We are Susan Wolfe, of Susan Wolfe and Associates and Ann Price of Community Evaluation Solutions. Even before the pandemic, nonprofits and foundations were increasingly exploring ways to more towards more collaborative relations. Since the pandemic, the call for foundations to examine what types of social change initiatives they fund and who they fund is …

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Evaluation as an Ecosystem: Building our ability to collaborate effectively by Liz Gordillo, Rory Neuner, Leah Josephson, and Lauren Beriont

Hi, we’re Liz Gordillo (Liz G Strategy), Rory Neuner (formerly with the Michigan Health Endowment Fund), Leah Josephson (Emergence Collective), and Lauren Beriont (Emergence Collective). Since 2019, we’ve been working on building the evaluation ecosystem of Michigan. First, let’s back up to why we thought this was important. One worldview is that evaluation consultants compete …

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AZENet Week: Renewing Your Strategies for Meaningful Collaboration by Jenny McCullough Cosgrove

I’m Jenny McCullough Cosgrove (independent evaluator). I believe collaborative and participatory work in evaluation projects leads to rich learning. There are many ways to work with various stakeholders to support engagement and use in evaluation work and I am always adding strategies to my #Eval toolbox. Here are a few of my favorite ways to …

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Evaluation Teams Week: Leading evaluation teams by Chithra Adams and Leah Goldstein Moses

Hello, we are Chithra Adams, Director of Evaluations at the Human Development Institute at the University of Kentucky, and Leah Goldstein Moses, CEO of The Improve Group, a research and evaluation consulting firm based in St. Paul, Minnesota. There is an African proverb that says, “If you want to go fast, go alone. If you …

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The Improve Group Week: Better together: approaching an evaluation as an equal by Claire Stoscheck

Hi, I’m Claire Stoscheck, a Research Analyst with The Improve Group, an evaluation consulting firm based in Minnesota. I wanted to share with you an important part of this work, and one I am constantly reminded of – how creating space for clients to contribute their specialized knowledge leads to innovation and great ideas in …

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