Integrating evaluation into the routine operations of an organisation isn’t easy. In addition to policies and training, it requires the energy and commitment of individuals who help keep evaluation on the agenda. This blog by Alison Rogers and Amy Gullickson shares insights from Alison's doctoral research with evaluation advocates about the strategies they use to embed evaluation in Australian non-profit organisations.
Alison Rogers
Alison Rogers has worked in public health for over 20 years. She spent over 15 years of this time working in non-profit organisations including as an internal evaluator and an external evaluator. She has a PhD from the University of Melbourne's Centre for Program Evaluation that investigated evaluation advocates in non-profit organisations. Alison also has a Master of Evaluation and a Master of Public Health among other tertiary degrees in philosophy, health, education, and science. She has co-authored a book on internal evaluation and published over 15 scholarly papers. Alison is the secretary (and internal evaluator in disguise) on the committee of her local environmental networking group and writes book reviews and articles for their e-publication. She has recently opened a bookshop to foster a community around reading and writing.
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- This series of seven information sheets compiles examples and strategies from evaluation advocates on how they increased the engagement of the people with whom they were working on evaluation initiatives.
- This chapter from A Toolkit for Effective Everyday Activism, by Alison Rogers and Leanne Kelly, provides practical strategies for evaluating activism based on informal everyday evaluation.
- This article shares findings from a study of evaluation advocates in Australian non-profit organisations who were trying to make evaluation a normal part of their operations.
- This study explores how individuals working in Australian non-profit organisations act as evaluation advocates, promoting evaluation through motivation, collaboration, and alignment with organisational goals.
- In this paper, the authors aim to understand the pathways to becoming an internal evaluator, specifically how existing employees in NGOs move into evaluation roles.
- This paper explores how internal evaluators in Australian non-government organisations (NGOs) develop and promote evaluation literacy to enhance evaluation use and organisational learning.
- This article, from Alison Rogers and Amy Gullickson, explores the idea of evaluation champions within organisations, highlighting and advocating for an increased understanding of their role.
- This resource explores important dimensions of cultural competency in evaluation. It focuses on cross-cultural understanding and culturally-appropriate attitudes and approaches.