As promised yesterday, here is the second part which inspired the cartoon above. I asked Michael Quinn Patton what he thinks is the biggest challenge evaluators will face over the next five years. Internationally: The hysterical mania that focuses on SDGs and demands connecting anything and everything to SDG indicators.
Slashing Evaluation and Training, inspired by @mquinnp
I asked Michael Quinn Patton what he thinks is the biggest challenge evaluators will face over the next five years. He gave me a two part answer. This is the first part, and it inspired the above cartoon. In the USA: Surviving Trump’s draconian government budget cuts. Evaluation and training units are easy targets and […]
Every webinar or web meeting
Oh, and sometimes the person eating the chips has a loud dog.
Presentation White Space
I drew this one with just the sillyness in my head, but then I thought more about it. I think presentation white space is the banter you have with your audience at a time when you could be presenting. And the quiet moments, the pauses, and any time spent laughing together. Those moments do indeed […]
Hey academics, people don’t trust you.
A guest post (by William Faulkner, João Martinho, and Heather Muntzer) put up on my friend Stephanie Evergreen’s blog sparked a big discussion in the comment section. I’ll paraphrase a little… Stats People – You don’t understand anything. Confidence intervals really stand for blah, blah, blah, blah, blah, blah, blah, blah, blah. So this is […]
Speaking Developer, inspired by @wesadvance
This cartoon was inspired by developer Wes Vance of Apollo Studios. I asked him to explain one his biggest challenges working as a web developer. He answered with the challenge developers face in talking tech with their clients. It helped inspire the above. The client won’t know unless we teach them. It’s much easier to […]
Evaluation after the parade, inspired by @jasonravitz
Jason Ravitz, who is an Evaluation Manager for K-12 Outreach at Google, got in touch to offer an idea that inspired the cartoon up top. What do you think of my attempt? Here is his original suggestion, do you like any of his captions better than the one I chose? KEY IDEA: Evaluation should be […]
The Evaluation Soup Assumption
I created this video for one of my workshop modules. I always liked the soup metaphor when talking about the differences between summative and formative evaluation. With this video I tried to take it one step further.
Creating an Interactive Infographic
So my latest diydatadesign module focuses on creating an interactive infographic using a free easy-to-use web tool called Adobe Spark. For the example I decided to create an evaluation related infographic featuring 5 of my favorite evaluation cartoons. I thought you might appreciate it so I’ve shared it below. Interested in learning how to do it […]
Why simply defining evaluation is not enough.
So I’ve only been independent for half a year but I’ve certainly learned one thing. If you have to spend a lot of time defining or explaining something, it’s going to be a hard sell. Which brings me to evaluation… Some of my most popular cartoons fit under the what is evaluation theme. The fact […]
An Evaluation Christmas Carol
Evan Scott’s day started just like most other days. At his desk, staring at a clogged email inbox and a stack of papers filled with things that somehow or another needed his attention. If he had known just how much paperwork was involved he might have ignored his desires to devote a career towards helping […]
The “wow it’s already December,” holiday cartoon post
Somehow, I don’t believe I had a holiday cartoon post last year (3 of these cartoons were actually created a year ago). A couple of things before we get into the cartoons. I will have a coupon up for the rest of this week allowing you to try my full diydatadesign workshop for a full […]