The BetterEvaluation Resource Library contains hundreds of curated and co-created resources related to managing, conducting, using, and strengthening capacity for evaluation.
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Participatory video and the most significant change. A guide for facilitators
The toolkit is designed to support you in planning and carrying out evaluations using participatory video (PV) with the most significant change (MSC) technique, or PVMSC for short.A kit of tools for participatory research and evaluation with children, young people and adults
This tool kit, developed by Save the Children Norway, provides a range of methods and tools that can be used by groups that work with children to encourage participation in research and evaluation.Making wise decisions: A step-by-step guide to selecting the right data system
Making Wise Decisions is a toolkit to help your small or mid-sized organization better manage your data. This resource and the following information was contributed by Sam AdamsDabbling in the data
The guide and toolkit, Dabbling in the Data, includes detailed instructions for teams to use to delve more deeply into quantitative and qualitative data.Stakeholder engagement toolkit
This toolkit, developed by the Victorian Department of Health and Human Services, provides a step-by-step guide to developing and implementing a successful stakeholder engagement plan.GDPR: Tips and tools
This toolkit gathers together some useful resources that organisations can use to help guide their data protection practices.Introduction to collaborating, learning and adapting (CLA) in the program cycle
This free, one-hour online course by USAID gives an introduction to the Collaboration, Learning, Adapting (CLA) approach.Measuring what matters (a thinking tool)
Measuring what matters is a decision-support tool. It helps users select data collection methods based on:A toolkit for monitoring and evaluation of gender-based violence
This is a guide to support organizations implementing GBV response and prevention activities in low-resource settings to improve and integrate monitoring and evaluation into their work in a way that ensures the dignity and respect for theirWebinar recording: When the ‘field’ is online – qualitative data collection
This NVIVO webinar explores ways that researchers can adapt their research approach using online data collection when face to face fieldwork isn’t possible.Doing qualitative field research on gender norms with adolescent girls and their families
This research and practice note offers practical advice, examples and tools to ensure gender sensitivity in evaluation and research with adolescent girls, with a focus on qualitative research methods.A toolkit for monitoring and evaluating children's participation
This 6-part toolkit provides guidance on how to monitor and evaluate children's participation in programmes, communities, and in wider society. It promotes participatory approaches to involve children in the monitoring and evaluation process.LEAD4innovation Toolkit: A toolkit for small-scale media and communication projects in the Pacific
This toolkit is being developed as part of the Mobilising Media for Sustainable Outcomes in the Pacific Region project.Peer review and self-evaluation
This toolkit from the Australian National University (ANU) provides a range of resources that demonstrate the use of both peer review and self evaluation in order to develop reflective practice in teachePlanting the seeds for high-quality program evaluation in public health
This free e-text book, created as a collaboration between the evaluation staff at the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention’s National Asthma Control Program and Fierro Consulting Inc., provides a practical introduction to program evalData ethics guidebook & toolkit
This data ethics guidebook and accompanying toolkit from Informing Change and The David and Lucile Packard Foundation deliver practical guidance and customizable tools for navigating ethical issues in research and evaluations.Indigenous evaluation toolkit: An actionable guide for organisations serving American Indian / Alaska Native communities through opioid prevention programming
This Indigenous evaluation toolkit aims to improve health and wellness by encouraging Indigenous communities to tell their stories and reclaim Indigenous ways-of-knowing.Using Word & Excel to analyze qualitative data with Seth Tucker
Extracting meaningful findings from qualitative data requires an evaluator to have the right tools to able to organize, code, and immerse themselves in the data.Use participatory tools in evaluation research
How might you use participatory tools like the Bridge Model and Seasonal Calendars to collect data? And how can you do so virtually?Participatory evaluations
In this webinar, Jess Littman and Odile Drice David, MBA discussed why and how to integrate participatory methods into existing evaluations.