If nobody sees your amazing chart, can you still call it amazing? For data to have an impact, it needs to be the right data, reaching the right person, at the right time, and in the right format. That’s a lot that has to go right. And only a little of it has anything to […]
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Why your online evaluation capacity building efforts are doomed to fail
This post was written for, and originally appeared, on AEA365. Hello my fellow evaluators. My name is Chris Lysy, and I am a freelance evaluator, designer, and trainer based in Cary, North Carolina. My consulting work involves helping organizations deal with the virtual shift (shifting programs from the “real world” to the “virtual world”). Over the […]
UX Evaluation: How to Evaluate Dashboards, Reports, and Data Visualization
Is your data dashboard useful? How do you know? Most of the time it’s a question that gets left unanswered. As if the dashboard getting created is enough, and whether or not it works is really not that important. Perhaps it’s the data idealist in me, but I think we can do better. TLDR: I […]
How to create a basic logic model [activity book]
Working with a group to create a logic model? I created a little activity book to help you on your way. Prerequisite (Before you Download) This activity book assumes that you are trying to take action and do something. Or that you’ve already taken action. If you haven’t, you’ll have to imagine yourself taking action […]
What is the difference between a Histogram and a Bar Graph?
If you want to be taken seriously as a data professional, there are some things that you just need to know. The difference between a Bar Chart and a Histogram is one of those things. This post is a little cartoon illustrated explanation of the differences. In short: the difference between a Bar Graph and […]
Selective Justice Isn’t Just
This week’s post was written by Khalil Bitar. Khalil is an evaluator and M&E specialist who has been a leading voice in the EvalYouth global movement. He was also the founder and first president of the Palestinian Evaluation Association (launched in 2013). I invited Khalil to write a post sharing his views during the conflict […]