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5 Evaluation Lessons From a Recovering Program Officer (Presentation slides) As a profession, evaluators must constantly demonstrate the value of their work to remain relevant. Each evaluation represents a significant investment in resources that many argue could be used to provide more programming. Author: Will Fenn Type: Presentation Slides Date: Oct 17, 2013 Point K Pick Be the first to review this resource! Download (4.05 MB) -
5 Evaluation Lessons from a Recovering Program Officer (recording) As a profession, evaluators must constantly demonstrate the value of their work to remain relevant. Each evaluation represents a significant investment in resources that many argue could be used to provide more programming. A primary concern of maintaining the value proposition of the evaluation field is ensuring that evaluations remain manageable and useful to all participants. The Ignite session offered five succinct lessons from a former foundation Program Officer that can be applied across program types to help nonprofits and foundations improve evaluation coordination and use. Author: Will Fenn Type: Websites & Online Tools Date: Oct 17, 2013 Be the first to review this resource! Web Link -
Beyond Boring Bar Charts [Slides] Tired of using the same old pie charts, bar charts, and line charts to tell your nonprofit’s story? Don’t have expensive data visualization software? Can’t afford to hire a graphic designer to transform your default Excel charts into polished masterpieces? In this 5-minute Ignite presentation at the Nonprofit Technology Conference, Ann Emery showed nonprofit leaders how to transform their default Excel charts by simply leveraging a little Excel elbow grease. Author: Ann K. Emery Type: Presentation Slides Date: Apr 22, 2013 Be the first to review this resource! Web Link -
Performance Management and Evaluation: Two Sides of the Same Coin (Presentation slides) Performance management and evaluation-what's the difference? With an increasing emphasis on measurement and impact, service providers and their funders are pushing for increasingly sophisticated evaluation approaches such as experimental and quasi-experimental designs. However, experimental methods are rarely appropriate, feasible, or cost-effective for the majority of organizations and service providers. Author: Isaac Castillo, Ann K. Emery Type: Presentation Slides Date: Oct 16, 2013 Point K Pick Be the first to review this resource! Download (1.42 MB) -
Why I Love Internal Evaluation [Slides] In an Ignite presentation the American Evaluation Association's 2012 Annual Conference in Minneapolis, MN, Ann K. Emery explains the many reasons why she loves internal evaluation. Ann covers the qualitative aspects of internal evaluation as well as the opportunities for partnership, innovation and volunteering that internal evaluation offers. Author: Ann K. Emery Type: Presentation Slides Date: Oct 27, 2013 Be the first to review this resource! Web Link