52 weeks of BetterEvaluation: Week 52: Holiday gifts for everyone
For many of us, this is a time for reflecting back on the year and exchanging gifts.
52 weeks of BetterEvaluation: Week 51: Strategies for commissioning evaluations successfully
Earlier this year I co-taught a course on Evaluation for Public Sector Managers with the Australia and New Zealand School of Government (ANZSOG), using BetterEvaluation to structure the course and as a key resource.
52 weeks of BetterEvaluation: Week 49: Evaluation e-learning in Spanish and Russian
While most of the evaluation resources on the BetterEvaluation site are in English, we're keen to provide access to resources in other languages. In 2014, making the site more accessible in different languages will be one of our priorities.
52 weeks of BetterEvaluation: Week 48: What does COP19 mean for monitoring and evaluation professionals?
For the past few weeks the international climate change community, from national negotiators to NGOs and campaigners, has gathered at Warsaw for the 19th ‘conference of the parties’ (COP), hosted by the UNFCCC.
52 weeks of BetterEvaluation: Week 47: using video to communicate evaluation findings
In the last in our series of blogs on using video in evaluation, Glenn O'Neil joins us to discuss how you can use video to communicate your evaluation findings.
52 weeks of BetterEvaluation: Week 46: An ethnography of evaluation - learning about evaluation from the inside using video
Conveying the complexities of the evaluation process isn’t easy, but video is one way to tackle the challenge. Quimera is a film company which was contracted to record the process of evaluating the USAID Growth with Equity in Mindanao III (GEM 3) p
52 weeks of BetterEvaluation: Week 45: Participatory Video for M&E - unpacking how change happened
It is time for another blog series on BetterEvaluation, and this time we will be exploring the uses of video in evaluation.
52 weeks of BetterEvaluation: Week 44: How can monitoring data support impact evaluations?
Maren Duvendack and Tiina Pasanen explore the issue of using monitoring data in impact evaluations.
52 weeks of BetterEvaluation: Week 43: Celebrating one year of BetterEvaluation
This week we're celebrating the first year of BetterEvaluation since it went live to the public in October 2012. Thank you to everyone who has contributed material, reviewed content, developed the website, and participated in live events.
52 weeks of BetterEvaluation: Week 42: Using value for money in evaluation - a conversation
"Value for Money" is a term that is increasingly used in evaluation - often to mean very different things.
52 weeks of BetterEvaluation: Week 41: Recommended content from the BetterEvaluation community
You'll find hundreds of evaluation resources on the BetterEvaluation site. Some have come from recommendations by stewards. Some have come from our writeshop project or design clinics.
52 weeks of BetterEvaluation: Week 40: How to find evidence and use it well
When reviewing evidence for decision-making, the first challenge is deciding how to choose which types of evidence to include.
52 Weeks of BetterEvaluation: Week 39: Professional Development Opportunities
If you are looking to learn more and hone your skills in evaluation there has never been a better time to tap into any number of fantastic free or low cost professional development opportunities.
52 Weeks of BetterEvaluation: Week 38: Ubuntu in evaluation
The South Africa Monitoring and Evaluation Association conference starts on Wednesday this week, with the theme ‘Improving use and results’.
52 weeks of BetterEvaluation: Week 37: Collaborative Outcomes Reporting
Collaborative Outcomes Reporting (COR) is an approach to impact evaluation that combines elements of several rigorous non-experimental methods and strategies.
52 weeks of BetterEvaluation: Week 36: Supporting appropriate participation in evaluations
This week BetterEvaluation is at the Australasian Evaluation Society conference in Brisbane, Australia, where the theme is "Evaluation shaping a better future: Priorities, pragmatics, priorities and power".
