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Communicating research - A beginner’s guide for researchers in Vietnam
This guide, authored by Ajoy Datta and Arnaldo Pellini of the Overseas Development Institute (ODI), aims to provide strategies to help researchers better understand and deal with the complex problems they mHiring M&E staff - Guidelines and tools for locating and hiring strong monitoring & evaluation candidates
This guide, authored by Clara Hagens and Guy Sharrock for Catholic Relief Services (CRS) and the American Red Cross, outlines a step-by-step process for identifying evaluation needs and hiring staff to ensure quality program evaluation takeRevolutionary Google-backed system unlocks power of big data to save forests
This blog post from Rhett A Butler for Mongabay.com outlines the use of a new tool, Global Forest Watch, which uses big data to monitor global forests on a monthly basis. Utilising Google’s computing cloud the tool is able to analyse NASAManaging Evaluation - Responding to Common Problems with a 10-Step Process
This article, authored by Donald W. Compton and Michael Baizerman, outlines three common problems associated with managing program evaluations and goes on to provide a 10-step process to overcome these problems.Is "Ambient Data" from Social Media Channels Useful for Funders?
A blog post from Beth Kanter with links to useful resources on using data from social media (and other sources) to inform decisions.Four steps: Social Network Analysis
A slideshow presentation demonstrating the use of Node XL to do a social network analysis of data from twitter.Utilization focused evaluation: a primer for evaluators
This book, authored by Ricardo Ramírez and Dal Brodhead, is designed to support evaluators and program managers implement Utilization-focused evaluation (UFE).Las Evaluaciones Orientadas al Uso
"Esta Guía se destina a evaluadores que han oído hablar de las EOU, y que están interesados en probar el uso del enfoque.Évaluation axée sur l’utilisation
"L ’Évaluation axée sur l’utilisation (l’ÉAU) facilite un processus d’apprentissage dans lequel les personnes dans le vrai monde appliquent les conclusions et les expériences d’évaluation à leur travail.Discussion note: complexity aware monitoring
USAID’s Office of Learning, Evaluation and Research (LER) has produced a Discussion Note: Complexity-Aware Monitoring, intended for those seeking cutting-edge solutions to monitoring complex aspects of strategies and projects.Digital metrics for federal agencies
This webpage from digital.gov provides a four part guide for analysing and using social media metrics in order to ensure improved service delivery and customer engagement.Evaluating your Social Media Program
This blog post, authored by Dan McDonnell for AEA365 provides a number of key tips for evaluating social media campaigns to ensure their effectiveness and engagement with the targeted audience.Predicting the Future With Social Media
In this paper, Sitaram Asur and Bernardo A. Huberman argue that it is possible to use social media to predict real-world outcomes by analysing the chatter from twitter on specific topics.Hiring an Evaluation Consultant
This guide, authored by E Craig for Usable Knowledge outlines the six critical skills and qualities that an evaluation consultant requires to be effective as an evaluator.Facilitator's source book: Source book for facilitators leading theory of change development sessions
This guide, authored by Dana Taplin and Muamer Rasic for ActKnowledge, provides detailed guidance on facilitating theory of change workshops.Process Use of Evaluations: Types of Use that Precede Lessons Learned and Feedback
This article by Forss, Rebien and Carlsson looks at the utilization or process use of evaluations which needs to take place before the lessons learned and recommendations are formulated.Tool kit on gender equality results and indicators
This tool kit, written by Juliet Hunt for the Asian Development Bank (ADB) and AusAID, aims to provide development practitioners with the knowledge and tools necessary to ensure gender perspectives are considered when developing internationProgram evaluation standards statements
This webpage from the Joint Committee on Standards for Educational Evaluation provides statements that describe each of the standards developed to support program evaluation.Smart Data Visualization
This podcast by Stephanie Evergreen, for , outlines the smart use and analyses of data visualisation for proAnalysing qualitative data using microsoft word
In this slide show, Jenna Condie for a Qualitative Methods in Psychology (QMiP) workshop, explains how the features of WordIs “Ambient Data” from Social Media Channels Useful for Funders?
This blog post from Beth Kanter discusses the pros and cons of using data from social media to inform funding decisions.Learning from research: Systematic reviews for informing policy decisions
This guide from the Alliance for Useful Evidence is an introduction to systematic review and the necessary steps that should be considered as a part of the process.The role of collective action in securing property rights for the poor: A case study in Jambi province, Indonesia
This short paper summarises the results of a case study analysing the role of collective action in securing property right for the poor in two Indonesian villages.Research to Impact: Case Studies for Natural Resource Management for Irrigated Rice in Asia
Divided into four main parts this book aims to share lessons and experiences and document cross-country learning in 11 countries from bridging research and extension to fostering multi-stakeholder partnership for “research to impact.” intoAn introduction to empowerment evaluation: Teaching materials
This guide, written by Bronwyn Sherriff and Stephen Porter, provides a set of content notes and a PowerPoint presentation that aims to assist facilitators run a program introducing Empowerment Evaluation.Empowerment Evaluation Blog
This blog, by Dr David Fetterman, provides a range of resources on empowerment evaluation theory and practice.Taking stock of empowerment evaluation: An empirical review
This article, written by Robin Lin Miller and Rebecca Campbell, examines 47 case studies of empowerment evaluation in order to assess their effectiveness in adhering to empowerment evaluation principles and in achieving outcomes that empoweEvaluation for Improvement: A Seven-Step Empowerment Evaluation Approach
This guide, written by Pamela J. Cox, Dana Keener, Tifanee L. Woodard, & Abraham H.Realistic evaluation bloodlines
This article, written by Ray Pawson and Nick Tilley analyses six different social science inquiries from around the globe that use a variety of methods and strategies in order to draw conclusions about realistic evaluations.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 realist evaluation.A realist diagnostic workshop
This article, written by Ray Pawson and Ana Manzano-Santaella analyses recent realist evaluations in order to highlight potential weaknesses and how these may be overcome and in doing so clarify its key strategies and purpose.Tackling health inequalities through partnership working: learning from a realistic evaluation
This paper, authored by David Evans and Amanda Killoran, reports on an evaluation of a program designed to test a variety of models aimed at tackling health inequality.