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"Real-life Lessons Learned and Resources in Building Capacity for Advocacy and Policy Evaluation among KIDS COUNT Grantees" The Annie E. Casey Foundation and Organizational Research Services, Inc. recount ten lessons learned from an evaluation of five KIDS COUNT grantees that began in 2007. The evaluation was designed to test some of the ideas presented in "A Guide to Measuring Advocacy and Policy", a report produced by AECF and ORS in 2006. This handout, distributed at the American Evaluation Association 2008 conference, also contains a list of advocacy evaluation resources available on ORS's website. Author: Annie E. Casey Foundation; Organizational Research Services Type: Tipsheets & Paper Tools Date: Nov 6, 2008 Be the first to review this resource! Download (261.49 KB) -
#YNPNdc14: DataViz! Tips, Tools, and How-tos for Visualizing Your Data [Resource Handout] Johanna Morariu and Ann K. Emery presented at the Young Nonprofit Professionals Network 2014 Annual Leadership Conference, which was held on May 9, 2014 in Washington, DC. Author: Johanna Morariu and Ann K. Emery, Innovation Network Type: Tipsheets & Paper Tools Date: May 9, 2014 Point K Pick Be the first to review this resource! Download (253.7 KB) -
#YNPNdc14: DataViz! Tips, Tools, and How-tos for Visualizing Your Data [Slides] Johanna Morariu and Ann K. Emery presented at the Young Nonprofit Professionals Network 2014 Annual Leadership Conference, which was held on May 9, 2014 in Washington, DC. Author: Johanna Morariu and Ann K. Emery, Innovation Network Type: Presentation Slides Date: May 9, 2014 Point K Pick Be the first to review this resource! Web Link -
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 -
A Dataviz Technique New to aea365 Johanna Morariu describes treemaps, a relatively new data visualization technique, especially to evaluators. The technique was created in the 1990s by Dr. Ben Shneiderman for mapping computer hard drive usage. Treemaps are useful for visualizing hierarchical data, or tree structure data. Area is used to proportionally illustrate differences in values, i.e., how many program participants fall into each of the nested categories. She also shares resources for making your own treemaps. Author: Johanna Morariu Type: Opinion (blog, editorial) Date: Jun 23, 2013 Be the first to review this resource! Web Link -
Abdul Latif Jameel Poverty Action Lab Executive Training: Evaluating Social Programs 2009 This five-day program on evaluating social programs provides a thorough understanding of randomized evaluations and pragmatic step-by-step training for conducting one's own evaluation. While the course focuses on randomized evaluations, many of the topics, such as measuring outcomes and dealing with threats to the validity of an evaluation, are relevant for other methodologies.
Courses have been recorded and loaded as videos online, split up by topic. You may also access the course lecture notes and assignments.Author: Esther Duflo, Rachel Glennerster, & Abhijit Banerjee Type: Websites & Online Tools Date: May 1, 2009 Be the first to review this resource! Web Link -
Advocacy Capacity Tool (ACT) Report: First 100 User Groups (Executive Summary) In September 2013, Alliance for Justice’s Bolder Advocacy Initiative released a report offering a glimpse into how nonprofit organizations view their capacity for public policy work. The report is based on data from the first 100 groups to complete AFJ’s online self-assessment tool, the Advocacy Capacity Tool.Author: Alliance for Justice Type: Research & Reports Date: Sep 1, 2013 Be the first to review this resource! Download (703.04 KB) -
Advocacy Evaluation The Change Agency website, which includes an advocacy evaluation resource list. The Change Agency is a collective of activist educators and researchers based in Queensland, Australia. Their advocacy evaluation project aims to research resources and examine what frameworks people are finding useful.
Author: The Change Agency Type: Websites & Online Tools Date: May 28, 2008
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Advocacy Evaluation Advances Framing Paper This framing paper provides the rationale, goals, and background information for the Advocacy Evaluation Advances convening held in Los Angeles on January 20-21, 2009. Produced prior to the convening, the paper offers an overview of topics to be discussed and current advocacy evaluation practice, illustrated with real-life examples drawn from the convening agenda.
Author: The California Endowment Type: Research & Reports Date: Jan 20, 2009 Be the first to review this resource! Download (314.5 KB) -
Advocacy Evaluation Resource List This list categorizes selected advocacy evalution resources (most of which are available here on Point K) according to the following questions:
Author: Coffman, Julia Type: Workbooks & Guides Date: Nov 1, 2007
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Advocacy Evaluation Update #10 In this issue:
ADVOCACY EVALUATION AND RIGOR - How to be Methodically Rigorous in the Field of Advocacy Evaluation By Lily Zandniapour and Kathy Brennan
PROFILES FROM THE FIELD - Dr. Paul Zeitz, The Global AIDS Alliance By Laura Ostenso
SPOTLIGHT A User’s Prospective on an Advocacy Evaluation Planning Tool from the Children’s Aid Society - By Moria Cappio and Melanie Reyes
EDITOR’S PICKS News, Events, and Resources
Author: Julia Coffman (ed.) Type: Newsletters & Periodicals Date: Oct 1, 2010 Be the first to review this resource! Download (425.54 KB) -
Advocacy Evaluation Update (Issue #1, June 2007) The inaugural issue of Innovation Network's Advocacy Evaluation Update includes the following:
1) brief updates about new models, guidelines, thinking, and resources in the field of advocacy evaluation; and
2) evaluation stories about advocacy and evaluation efforts undertaken by Oxfam, Open Society Institute, and the California Endowment.
Author: Innovation Network Type: Newsletters & Periodicals Date: Jun 27, 2007 Be the first to review this resource! Download (490.28 KB) -
Advocacy Evaluation Update (Issue #2, November 2007) The second issue of Innovation Network's Advocacy Evaluation Update includes the following:
1) brief updates about new models, research, and resources in the field of advocacy evaluation; and
2) interviews about advocacy and evaluation efforts undertaken by the Annie E. Casey Foundation and Planned Parenthood.
Author: Innovation Network Type: Newsletters & Periodicals Date: Oct 31, 2007 Be the first to review this resource! Download (353.06 KB) -
Advocacy Evaluation Update (Issue #3, March 2008) The third issue of Innovation Network's Advocacy Evaluation Update includes the following:
1) updates about advocacy evaluation resources available online;
2) highlights from the Advocacy and Policy Change TIG (Topical Interest Group) conference sessions (including research summaries and links to additional resources) presented at the American Evaluation Association's 2007 annual conference; and
3) interviews with three of the leaders of AEA's Advocacy and Policy Change TIG.
Author: Innovation Network Type: Newsletters & Periodicals Date: Mar 12, 2008 Be the first to review this resource! Download (584.99 KB) -
Advocacy Evaluation Update (Issue #6, June 2009) The sixth issue of Innovation Network's Advocacy Evaluation Update (AEU) newsletter includes the following:
1. Four new resources on advocacy evaluation;
2. Highlights from Impact Evaluation Conference in Cairo;
3. Blogs about advocacy evaluation; and
4. Upcoming advocacy evaluation events.
Author: Innovation Network Type: Newsletters & Periodicals Date: Jun 30, 2009 Be the first to review this resource! Download (198.2 KB) -
Advocacy Evaluation Update (Issue #7, October 2009) The seventh issue of Advocacy Evaluation Update (AEU) newsletter was the first produced as part of the strategic partnership between Innovation Network and the Center for Evaluation Innovation. It was also the first edited by Julia Coffman, an experienced evaluator and the Center's Director.
1. Feature: Good in Theory, But Does It Work in Practice? By Simon Starling, Oxfam Great Britain
2. Profiles from the Field: The Philip R. Lee Institute for Health Policy Studies at the University of California San Francisco
Author: The Center for Evaluation Innovation; Innovation Network Type: Newsletters & Periodicals Date: Oct 28, 2009 Be the first to review this resource! Download (491.56 KB) -
Advocacy Evaluation Update (Issue #8, January 2010) In this issue:
1. Feature: Rhonda Schlangen discusses advocacy evaluation lessons learned in Nigeria and Kenya.
2. Spotlight: System Mapping in Advocacy Planning and Evaluation
3. Profile: Center for Evaluation Innovation
4. Editor's Picks: Two new resources from Cause Communications and Keystone Accountability.
This issue was produced with support from The California Endowment and The Atlantic Philanthropies.Author: The Center for Evaluation Innovation; Innovation Network, Inc. Type: Newsletters & Periodicals Date: Jan 14, 2010 Point K Pick Be the first to review this resource! Download (266.75 KB) -
AEA Handout on Point K Learning Center Johanna Gladfelter Morariu of Innovation Network distributed the following handout at the 2008 American Evaluation Association conference. It provides a brief overview of the tools and resources available in Point K.
Please also see the resource titled "AEA Presentation on Point K Learning Center".
The following resources were also presented during the same session at AEA:
Author: Innovation Network Type: Tipsheets & Paper Tools Date: Nov 5, 2008 Be the first to review this resource! Download (661.5 KB) -
AEA Presentation on Advocacy Progress Planner The following slides were presented on behalf of David Devlin-Foltz at the American Evaluation Association 2008 conference by Johanna Morariu of Innovation Network. This presentation provides a brief overview of Continuous Progress' Advocacy Progress Planner, which is available at www.continuousprogess.org.
The following resources were also presented during the same session at AEA:
Author: Devlin-Foltz, David; Weissburg, Josh Type: Presentation Slides Date: Jan 15, 2009 Be the first to review this resource! Download (782.5 KB) -
AEA Presentation on Point K Learning Center Johanna Gladfelter Morariu of Innovation Network presented the following slides at the 2008 American Evaluation Association conference. Her presentation provided a brief overview of the tools and resources available in Point K.
Please also see the resource titled "AEA Handout on Point K Learning Center".
The following resources were also presented during the same session at AEA:
Author: Innovation Network Type: Presentation Slides Date: Nov 5, 2008 Be the first to review this resource! Download (2.08 MB) -
AEA Presentation: "Community Organizing Evaluation: Crossing the Next Frontier" Sue Hoechstetter of Alliance for Justice presented the following slides at the American Evaluation Association 2008 conference. The presentation provides a brief overview of "community organizing evaluation" and recent efforts to produce a collection of resources ("RECO") on the topic. Author: Hoechstetter, Sue Type: Presentation Slides Date: Nov 1, 2008 Be the first to review this resource! Download (1.05 MB) -
AEA Presentation: "Online Evaluation Resources: Knowledge Sharing for the Field" Sue Hoechstetter of Alliance for Justice presented the following slides at the American Evaluation Association 2008 conference. The presentation provides a brief overviews of AFJ's online tools for advocacy evaluation.
The following resources were also presented during the same session at AEA:
Author: Hoechstetter, Sue Type: Presentation Slides Date: Nov 5, 2008 Be the first to review this resource! Download (8.09 MB) -
Agency Experiences with Outcome Measurement: Survey Findings As of January 2000, 400 United Ways across the country were asking programs they fund
to identify and measure their outcomes—the benefits or changes the programs want
participants to experience as a result of their services. United Ways are not alone. Many
state and local government agencies, foundations, managed care systems, and accrediting bodies
have added outcome measurement to the list of performance and accountability measures
they require of nonprofit organizations within their sphere.Author: United Way of America Type: Research & Reports Date: Jan 1, 2000 Be the first to review this resource! Download (209.74 KB) -
All About Marketing The marketing section of Carter McNamara's Free Management Library covers the following marketing topics:
- Basics and Planning,
- Inbound Marketing,
- Outbound Marketing,
- Protecting Ownership of Your Products/Services,
- Evaluating Your Marketing Efforts, and
- Marketing On Telephone and/or Online.
Author: McNamara, Carter (ed.) Type: Websites & Online Tools Date: Jan 18, 2008 Be the first to review this resource! Web Link