Partners In Excellence: Innovation Network Begins a 3-year Capacity Building Project for Local Grantees
Johanna Gladfelter

Twelve Capital One grantees have begun an intensive three-year regimen with Innovation Network to improve their assessment capacity. » Read on to learn how we will help them hone their evaluation skills to become more effective in how they serve the public. 

American Council on Education – Evaluation for Strategic Planning
Sharon Grevious

Find out how an organization that works with the nation's higher education institutions has decided to put some evaluation techniques to use. » Read the full text 

Advocacy Evaluation Project Update
Lily Zandniapour and Johanna Gladfelter

With now over 80 resources in the online repository, Phase I of the Advocacy Evaluation Project is complete. And it's only the beginning. With new and improved strategies in place, Innovation Network and its partners are now poised to commence Phase II. » Click here for a full update on the project and to learn more about what's in store.  

Happy Evolution Innovation Network!
Sharon Grevious

Innovation Network has served the nonprofit community since 1992. Our continued success since that time in helping nonprofits build their capacity allows us to celebrate every day. But what are our plans for the future? » Read the full text here
to find out how we're celebrating our 15th year of service.

AEA Conference Highlights
Ehren D. Reed

In November 2006, the American Evaluation Association (AEA) hosted its annual conference entitled "Consequences of Evaluation." » Read on to find out how Innovation Network contributed to a prominent topic at the event: Advocacy Evaluation.  

Upcoming Conferences & Speaking Engagements
Sharon Grevious

Since our last issue in October 2006, we presented our work at the AEA conference, ending a full year of speaking engagements and presentations. We expect 2007 to be just as busy! » Learn more about where we've been in January and where we'll be next.

Innovation Network Learning Cycle
Simone Parrish

Adhering to a cycle of continous learning leads to improved effectiveness and outcome achievement. This is a vital piece to evaluation capacity building that we teach our clients (and it's pretty useful in our daily work too!) » Read more about the learning cycle here.

Community Faces: Deborah M. Avens, Virtuous Enterprises, Inc.
Jennifer Bagnell Stuart

In this edition of Community Faces , we find out how an organization devoted to empowering underserved women and girls in the Washington Metropolitan Area uses Innovation Network's Logic Model Builder to work toward its mission and improve its operational processes. » Read Deborah's story here.