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Filter search results52 weeks of BetterEvaluation: Week 16: Identifying and documenting emergent outcomes of a global network
Global voluntary networks are complex beasts with dynamic and unpredictable actions and interactions. How can we evaluate the results of a network like this? Whose results are we even talking about?BlogVUE
The Visual Understanding Environment (VUE) is a concept and content mapping application developed to support teaching, learning and research.RessourceScapple
Scapple is an easy-to-use tool for getting ideas down as quickly as possible and making connections between them.RessourceLucidchart
A cloud-based flow chart maker with a number of usual features, including integration with programs like Visio. Cost: Free, but account required From the website:RessourceTOCO
Theory of change Online (TOCO) is web-based software (no download required) that you can use to design, edit and store your theory of change.RessourceTheory maker
This free and open-sourced web-based tool was made by Steve Powell as a quick and simple way of creating a theory of change. The information provided was supplied by Steve Powell.RessourceNetwork weaving for regional development: an evaluation of the caucasus' agricultural alliances in Armenia and Georgia using social network analysis
Written by Larry Dersham and Tikhon (Lasha) Bokuchava for Oxfam, this research report is an example of applying Social Network Analysis to evaluate the stage of development of development of two regional alliances.RessourceSocial network analysis
This one-page guide to Social Network Analysis provides a brief overview, practical tips for using the technique, and a list of resources for more information.RessourceDylomo
Dylomo is a free, web-based tool that can be used to create interactive, online logic models.RessourceLogframer
Logframer is a free project design and management application based on the logical framework approach (LFA / Logframe).RessourceRetrospective 'outcome harvesting': Generating robust insights
This paper describes the use of the Outcome Harvesting approach to evaluate a global voluntary network.RessourceParticipation, relationships and dynamic change: new thinking on evaluating the work of international networks
This paper from the Development Planning Unit of University College London raises some key issues related to network evaluation and provides a number of tools that allow the levels and qualityRessourceTracking emerging networks
This guide was developed for the NextGen programme of the Prince Claus Fund to get insight into how young and creative organisations change over time, and how such organisations develop their interactions as a group or network.RessourceNetwork evaluation
A network evaluation may consider a range of questions and adopt a variety of options for undertaking the evaluation depending on factors such as the type, size, stage of development and purpose of the network.ThemeTheory of change software
There are a number of options when it comes to using software to help create a logic model.RessourceDevelopmental evaluation
This webpage from Tamarack Community provides links to audio files of an interview between Mark Cabaj and Michael Patton in which they discuss the topic of development evaluation.RessourceA developmental evaluation primer
This primer guide from The J.W. McConnell Family Foundation outlines the basic principles of Developmental Evaluation and provides a range of tools to support its implementation.RessourceDevelopmental evaluation: Applying complexity concepts to enhance innovation & use
In this book, Michael Quinn Patton describes the process of conducting developmental evaluations for ongoing program development.RessourceMeasuring while you manage: Planning, monitoring and evaluating knowledge networks
This paper form the International Institute for Sustainable Development (IISD) provides a detailed description of the process for monitoring and evaluation of knowledge networks.RessourceNGO network analysis handbook: How to measure and map linkages between NGOs
This handbook from Save the Children has been designed to support NGO staff measure and map networks for project development and evaluation.RessourcePartner CPRM
This tool from Partner is designed to support the analysis and interpretation of data related to the collaboration of people and organisations.RessourceUnderstanding the role of the World Bank Group in a crowded institutional landscape [Network analysis example]
In this example, the Independent Evaluation Group (IEG - part of the World Bank Group) have used a network analysis to gain a better understanding of the role of the World Bank Group's policy interventions in the health sector in Liberia inRessourceMiradi
Miradi is designed to provide project teams with the essential features that they need to design, manage, monitor, and learn from their conservation projects, in other words, to practice good adaptive management.Ressource52 weeks of BetterEvaluation: Week 8: Using social network analysis for M&E
Most of the work done in development is done in collaboration, in partnership with individuals or organizations who contribute to a particular task or project we are working on.Blog