Search

17 results

Filter search results

  • NPC's approach to developing an impact measurement framework

    NPC's Four Pillars approach provides advice to charities and steps they should take to determine how to assess the difference they make. Contents Step one: Map your theory of change
    Resource

  • Scaling impact: Innovation for the public good

    This book, written by Robert McLean (IDRC) and John Gargani (Gargani + Company), presents actionable principles that can help organizations and innovators design, manage, and evaluate scaling strat­egies.
    Resource

  • VUE

    The Visual Understanding Environment (VUE) is a concept and content mapping application developed to support teaching, learning and research.
    Resource

  • Scapple

    Scapple is an easy-to-use tool for getting ideas down as quickly as possible and making connections between them.
    Resource

  • Lucidchart

    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:
    Resource

  • TOCO

    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.
    Resource

  • If 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.
    Resource

  • Dylomo

    Dylomo is a free, web-based tool that can be used to create interactive, online logic models.
    Resource

  • Logframer

    Logframer is a free project design and management application based on the logical framework approach (LFA / Logframe).
    Resource

  • What do we mean by ‘impact’?

    International development is fixated with impact. But how do we know we’re all talking about the same thing?
    Blog

  • Evaluations that make a difference: Stories from around the world

    What is the value of evaluation and can stories provide a good way of communicating evaluation findings?
    Blog

  • Missing link: Sustained and emerging impact evaluation

    This blog post by Jindra Cekan and Laurie Zivetz of Valuing Voices discusses the need for post-project impact evaluations.
    Blog

  • Soft systems methodology: a thirty year retrospective

    Soft Systems Methodology (SSM) can be used to gain understanding of complex relationship drive situations and their contexts.
    Resource

  • Miradi

    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.
    Resource

  • Theory of change software

    There are a number of options when it comes to using software to help create a logic model.
    Resource

  • Theory 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.
    Resource

  • Comparing QuIP with thirty other approaches to impact evaluation

    This resource outlines how the Qualitative Impact Protocol (QuIP) compares to 30 other impact evaluation approaches. 
    Resource

Back to top