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 […]
Are you THE Creative?
“Oh yeah, we have someone like you.” I remember when I first heard that. I thought to myself, “really, you have a cartooning sociologist techie and blogger who also happens to have a decade of experience in research and evaluation?” That’s not what they meant of course. What they really meant was that they had a creative. […]
Understand. Reach. Engage. A 3-part digital dissemination strategy
Far too many research and evaluation teams prioritize high quality dissemination like I prioritize learning a second language. It’s definitely on my list of things to do one day, but it’s so far down in priority that unless something changes it will likely never happen. So instead, we keep with the status quo. We write […]
In defense of the 200 page report
So I’ve heard a lot of disdain for long reports over the years. They’re easy targets and get picked on often (even I take a shot every now and again). But here’s a secret. I actually kind of like them (shhhhh, don’t tell anyone). It’s not for the reading, I can barely even make it through a […]
A PDF Interactive Logic Model
So the interactive logic model post was a big hit. I kept getting a similar question, so I decided to create a short follow-up. Here goes…I used icons from thenounproject, sketched it all out in Adobe Illustrator, and created the interactive prototype using Invision. But… Interactivity can be accomplished a bajillion and one ways. Some of […]
Creating a Visual Interactive Logic Model
A logic model, or theory of change, is one of the most common forms of visualization you’ll find in any evaluation report. They can be critical in helping a program or project think through the underlying logic of how it’s supposed to work. But when it comes time to share or disseminate the diagram, that’s where […]
The Pragmatic Dreamer
Thank you for all the lovely comments/emails. So many of you said you wanted to hang it up on the wall I decided to make something a little more wall friendly. You can now get the poem/cartoon as a poster, print, or journal. On the plane ride home from Evaluation 2015 I got inspired to […]
Cartooning Evaluation 2015
As in the past several years, I’ll be live cartooning this year’s American Evaluation Association Conference. This post will keep getting updated, so make sure you bookmark it and come back and visit over the next few days. Cartooning Evaluation 2015 Webinar Series This year I’m also going to do something a little different. I’m […]
A positive spin on failure according to Simon Hearn
Simon Hearn, one of the team of evaluators who put together the 10 things to know about evaluation infographic I mentioned last week, left me a comment on the post. The comment sparked today’s cartoon which I hope gives failure a bit more of a positive spin. Something we didn’t have space to talk about […]
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