Stuff about evaluation

The people who matter

the most can’t be fooled.

WHO is going to do WHAT, WHEN, WHY, and

TO WHAT STANDARD?

EVALUATION

HINGES ON

ASSUMPTIONS

Theory of Change

IF > THEN, IF >THEN, IF > THEN, IF > THEN

"I think you should be more explicit here in step two."

Cartoon by Sidney Harris

LOGIC MODELthe graphic depiction

of the relationship between your activities

and theirintended effects.

Headache(SITUATION)

Get Pills(INPUT)

Take Pills(OUTPUT)

Feel Better(OUTCOME)

Build understanding &promote consensus about what the plan is, and how it will work.

Make your underlying beliefs explicit.

Summarize complex programs to communicate with stakeholders.

A logic model can get everybody on the same page.

They represent reality, but are not reality.(Human relationships formulas)

Programs/projects are not linear(Nothing ever goes exactly as planned).

They focus on expected outcomes,not on actual outcomes. (positive or negative

unintended consequences)

They have a tendency to assess what is easiest to measure rather than what is most valuable.

There can be causal attribution issues (Variables may not be isolated and many

factors are influencing outcomes).

They don’t address whether you are doing the right thing, only what you did.

What is an indicator?

A way to measure, indicate, point

out, or point to, with more or less

precision, the condition of a system.

We measure

what we value

and value what

we measure.

Measure what you want to be.

Make a measure that speaks to people.

Measure the cause not just the effect.

time sequences | locations | ideas | events

* Comfort of interviewee

* Be sincere

* Be conversational

* Open-ended questions

* Listen

(The phone just records;

it doesn’t listen.)

Video

Or

Audio

first personvoice

document process

& outcomes

Useful Resource:

"16 tips for making video interviews come alive" by Lindsay Obersthttp://www.socialbrite.org/2011/08/09/tips-for-telling-stories-on-camera/

www.storify.com

placestories.com

Create a

community

for gathering

evidence of

success and

change.

Explore Google Maps Mashups

http://googlemapsmania.blogspot.com/

MAP AND SHARE

YOUR OUTCOMES

Collect and tell

stories as you go.

Never a number

Without a story;

Never a story

Without a number.

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