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Capacity.org: a gateway for capacity development
This website provides a range of resources that can be used for the practice of capacity development which are closely linked to, and build upon, the topics covered in theCentre of Excellence for Evaluation (CEE)
The Treasury Board of Canada Secretariat's Centre of Excellence in Evaluation (CEE) provided advice and guidance on evaluation practices across the federal government.What is a Community of Practice?
Step Four in theEmpowerment Evaluation Blog
This blog, by Dr David Fetterman, provides a range of resources on empowerment evaluation theory and practice.Brief introduction to realist evaluation
This web page from Community Matters provides a brief introduction to realist evaluation along with the a chapter by Ray Pawson and Nick Tilley that provides discussion of the basic concepts , strategies and methods of realisAustralian 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.GESIS - Leibniz Institute for the Social Sciences: Data archive
The GESIS - Leibniz Institute for the Social Science's Data Archive focuses primarily on the processing and archiving of German and international comparative surveys in the fields of social and political science.UK Data Archive
The UK Data Archive is the UK's largest collection of digital research data in the social sciences and humanities.Big Data & Society (BD&S)
This journal, published by Sage, aims to provide a platform for discussing the ideas and debates emerging around the use of big data.Ethical research involving children
This web site aims to provide researchers with the guidance and tools necessary to conduct ethical research with children and young people in a variety of contexts.Ray Calabrese's buckeye blog
A webpage and blog site of Professor Ray Calabrese, from Ohio State University USA.The Registry for International Development Impact Evaluations
This website from the International Initiative for Impact Evaluation (3ie) is a repository of impact evaluations that have been conducted on development programs in low and middle income countries.The Social Network Analysis (SNA) in Evaluation TIG
This forum from the American Evaluation Association (AEA) provides a platform for the sharing of knowledge, ideas and resources about social network analysis.The goals of the forum are to:Develop a communications plan
This web page from the Evaluation Toolkit website outlines a six-question approach that can be used to develop a communications plan for the dissemination of evaluation results.Showcasing key findings through excel charts
This webpage by Ann K Emery provides a number of short video tutorials for creating Excel charts that can be used for highlighting evaluation findings in reports.The Big Push Forward
This website provides a range of resources and discussion about approaches for assessing transformative development processes.Constituent voice
This webpage from Keystone Accountability looks at the use of constituent voice as a way of discovering what beneficiaries think about plans, performance and reports.Feedback Labs
Feedback Labs is a collaboration of like-minded organisations who aim to make governments, NGOs and donors more responsive to the needs of their constituents.International Organization for Cooperation in Evaluation (IOCE)
The International Organization for Cooperation in Evaluation is a network that brings together national and regional evaluation associations from around the world.Shutterstock
Shutterstock is a stock photo website that contains a range of high quality multimedia that can be used by organisatons and businesses around the world.Flickr
Flickr is both a platform for managing and sharing photos with family and friends as well as an important resource for sourcing images with creative commons licences that can be downloaded and used by organisations and individuals.Value for investment
The Value for Investment (VfI) approach is a rigorous way of determining how well resources are used in a policy or program, whether the resource use creates enough value, and how more value can be created.Qualitative Data Analysis Software Resource Centre
This website from Sage Publications provides access to a range of free, open access materials that focus on qualitative data analysis.WISE: Web Interface for Statistics Education
WISE's website organises a large amount of statistics resources available on the web into one central place.Visual research methods
This web page from Learn Higher provides links to a variety of resources on Image-based research.Q methodology website
This website contains information about Q methodology, links to resources, conferences, and a mailing list.Learning for sustainability
This website from Will Allen provides a range of resources that focus on monitoring and evaluation that leads to sustainable development.Equitable evaluation initiative
This initiative is building knowledge about how to align evaluation practices with an equity approach and how to use evaluation as a tool for advancing equity.Geospatial, location and big data: Where have we been and where can we go? – Summary of the webinar
This blog describes the first European Evaluation Society webinar in the series Emerging Data Landscapes in M&E, on Geospatial, location and big data: Where have we been and where can we go? was held on 28 July.Blue Marble Evaluation
Blue Marble Evaluation is a global initiative focused on training the next generation of evaluators to Think Globally, Act Globally and Evaluate Globally.Jason Davies data viz examples
Jason Davies' website contains a large number of data viz examples, particular around geo data. It also contains some links to to tools, including a word cloud and tree map.What 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.