Never before in history have we had so many tools and channels we could use to deliver research and evaluation insights directly to people who could actually use them. And yet, most organizations still rely on outdated and ineffective dissemination strategies. Now it’s easy to bash the organizations, but the truth is that our research […]
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Report Review: UNDP Annual Report 2025
I’ve been working a lot on testing and improving my theory of use framework. Basically I take reports that should have pretty broad reach then run a kind of external dissemination audit. It’s not quite the same as the dissemination audits I give my clients because with those I have a lot more insider information. […]
Simple But Effective Resource Page Illustrations – Before and After
This is one in a series of before and after designs. With this particular post I am sharing lessons from an actual client project. You can see other before and after posts in the series by following this link. How it Started – SECPI Resources I started working with SECPI (Strengthening Evaluation Contracting Partnerships Initiative) at […]
Dissemination Systems Change
How to shift your organization away from Report Factory and towards a strong Insight Ecosystem. I. Moving Beyond Performative Dissemination I believe that most evaluation teams write reports with the best of intentions. They work late nights cleaning data, discovering insights, drafting narrative, and obsessing over clarity. Most people don’t get into research or evaluation […]
Two-Step Templates for Everyday Reports
Most people design their everyday reports, briefs, and knowledge products the wrong way. Not because they’re bad at design. Because they’re trying to write and design at the same time. It’s a multitasking problem. Writing is hard. Design is hard. Doing both simultaneously — in the same document, on the same deadline — means you’re […]
How to Disseminate (in 2026)
Welcome person who wants to share something with others. I created this guide because I disliked pretty much every resource I could find about dissemination. I think they teach you the wrong way to do things simply because it sounds right. But sounding right and being right are not the same thing. Everybody is welcome […]