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Filter search resultsWhat is a Dashboard? Defining dashboards, visual analysis tools and other data presentation media
The Dashboard Insight website contains a number of useful articles, examples and guides on the subject of Organizational Dashboards.RessourceData dashboard as evaluation and research communication tool
This chapter by Veronica Smith aims to provide a sound framework and guidelines for evaluators, researchers, and program staff to design, develop, maintain, and use a data dashboard as an effective communication tool for monitoring progressRessourceEvergreen Data
Stephanie Evergreen's website and blog provides ample reading and guidance on data visualization techniques, taking a research-based approach to effective communication of ideas.RessourceHow to Design Effective Dashboards
This one-hour webinar on How to Design Effective Dashboards from Infragistics aims to show viewers how to design dashboards that will help with business decisions.RessourceThe Complete Beginner’s Guide to Dashboard Design
This blog post by Abjhijit Rawool gives guidance on creating dashboards that are based around the users' needs. Though discussed in relation to web applications, the lessons are applicable more broadly.Ressource10 Techniques for building a google sheets dashboard
This is a step-by-step guide for creating a dashboard with Google Sheets (a free, online spreadsheet application).RessourceIf a picture paints a thousand words: The use of rich pictures in evaluation
In this e-book, Judy Oakden discusses the use of Rich Pictures in evaluation. In particular, she addresses why (and when) you should use rich pictures, and answers some of the common questions around the use of rich pictures.RessourceThe IDEAS guide and facilitators' guide
The IDEAS Guide (Innovating, Designing, Evaluating and Applying to Small-scale projects) is a guide to the design and evaluation of small-scale media and communication projects where evaluation is built into the design of an initiativeRessourceSix Thinking Hats
This webpage from De Bono Consulting provides an overview of the six thinking hats and includes a range of free resources including guides and videos.RessourceSoft systems methodology: a thirty year retrospective
Soft Systems Methodology (SSM) can be used to gain understanding of complex relationship drive situations and their contexts.RessourceData dashboard
Stephen Few defines a dashboard as: "A data dashboard is a visual display of the most important information needed to achieve one or more objectives, with the data consolidated and arranged on a single screen so the informaMethodeOpen space
Open Space Technology (OST) is a group facilitation approach for small and large gatherings in which a central purpose, issue, or task is addressed, but which begins with a purposeful lack of any formal initial agenda.MethodeFormal meeting processes
Studies have demonstrated that attendance at meetings and conferences, planning discussions within the project related to use of the program evaluation, and participation in data collection foster feelings of evaluation involvement among stMethodeSix thinking hats
The Six Thinking Hats method encourages participants to cycle through six different ways of thinking, using the metaphor of wearing different conceptual “hats”.MethodeWorld cafe
The world café is a methodology for hosting group dialogue which emphasizes the power of simple conversation in considering relevant questions and themes.MethodeTools for knowledge and learning: A guide for development and humanitarian organisations
This tool kit presents entry points and references to the wide range of tools and methods that have been used to facilitate improved knowledge and learning in the development and humanitarian sectors.Ressource