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  • Monitoring & evaluation of advocacy campaigns literature review

    This literature review, written by Cristina Mansfield for the Ecumenical Advocacy Alliance (EAA), examines current thinking in the evaluation of advocacy.
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  • The value iceberg: weighing the benefits of advocacy and campaigning

    BetterEvaluation Discussion Paper 1 is a thought piece written by Rhonda Schlangen and Jim Coe (independent consultants), members of the BetterEvaluation Community, and is intended to promote discussion.
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  • Australian Data Archive

    The Australian Data Archive provides facilities for collecting and archiving digital research data, which are then made available to secondary users and researchers.
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  • UK Data Archive

    The UK Data Archive is the UK's largest collection of digital research data in the social sciences and humanities.
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  • The development and utility of a program theory: Lessons from an evaluation

    This article, written by Tim Clement and Christine Bigby, looks at the use and development of program theory in human service organisations.
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  • Considerations for using data responsibly at USAID

    The aim of this resource is to provide a framework for identifying and understanding risks associated with the collection and use of data.
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  • The hidden life of theories of change

    One common criticism of Theory of Change is that it is often used as a framework that fixes agreements rather than as a living, guiding tool that helps reflection and adaptation.
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  • 52 weeks of BetterEvaluation: Week 3: Q & A about drawing logic models

    This week on BetterEvaluation we're presenting Questions and Answers about logic models. A logic model represents a program theory - how an intervention (such as a program, project or policy) is understood to contribute to its impacts.
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  • 52 weeks of BetterEvaluation: Week 12: Having an adequate theory of change

    Many evaluations use a theory of change approach, which identifies how activities are understood to contribute to a series of outcomes and impacts. These can help guide data collection, analysis and reporting.
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  • 52 weeks of BetterEvaluation: Week 20: Defining what needs to be evaluated

    Whether you are commissioning an evaluation, designing one or implementing one, having - and sharing - a very clear understanding of what is being evaluated is paramount.
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  • Data value map

    The purpose of the Data Value Map is to spark new conversations and new thinking about how data initiatives can add value to an organisation. 
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  • The advocacy iceberg - episode 1: the value iceberg

    The pilot episode of this new podcast by Jim Coe features an interview with Rhonda Schlangen, co author with Jim of The Value Iceberg, a BetterEvaluation Discussion Paper about how the important elements of advocacy tend t
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  • Week 48: The value iceberg

    Efforts to measure, quantify and compare the 'value' of different interventions have become popular as a way for social change organisations to decide how to use their time and money.
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  • Public information about professional practice

    As part of its public advocacy role, a professional association can provide potential clients with information about engaging with evaluators effectively.
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  • Responsible data stewardship

    This report from the Open Data Institute discusses key concepts including ‘data stewardship’, ‘data ethics’, ‘data justice’ ‘data for good’ ‘responsible data’, ‘data sovereignty’, ‘Indigenous data sovereignty’, and ‘data feminism’.
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  • Data cleaning 101

    This paper from the Robert Wood Johnson Medical School outlines a step-by-step process for verifying that data values are correct or, at the very least, conform to a set of rules through the use of a data cleaning process.
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