So I decided to create what I hope will eventually become an ultimate list of evaluation blogs. Not just a boring bullet point list, but one that gives you a sense of the human being on the other side of the internet. This post is designed to grow. Meaning I plan to come back and […]
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Evaluation and COVID-19
Social media is not a monologue. It’s a collection of voices seen (or unseen) based almost entirely on who you do or do not follow. But the world we see is based, as it always has been, on the people that surround us. Historically this has been primarily determined by where we live, and the […]
Post or Perish
So I received a little constructive feedback after last week’s post. Just be mindful of the voices you aren’t hearing. For some with ill family members, homeschooling small children, navigating aging parents in place, on top of maintaining stable income — finding time to write is a bridge too far… and I speak from a […]
Dear evaluators, it’s time to blog!
This post is my plea to you. Please start blogging. As conferences cancel… It doesn’t take too many clicks to see that COVID-19 is impacting our field’s ability to communicate with one another. All you really have to do is visit Better Evaluation’s events page and start clicking to see all that is now postponed […]
The Evaluation Mindset: When Nobody Listens
If only we had known we were vastly underprepared for a global pandemic… I say that tongue-in-cheek. Of course we knew. President after president was briefed with data and evidence showing the potential devastation a pandemic could have on our global society. In advance of a pandemic, anything you say sounds alarmist,” Leavitt explained. “After […]
Evaluation Mindset: Imagining a Destination
There are all sorts of purposeful goal-driven people and organizations. Intent on following a path towards a destination that is clear in their minds. They might have even put the destination down on paper, charting the course and knowing the way forward. But that is not all organizations, and certainly not all people. We don’t […]