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Seriously, and I don't mean after you've written several drafts. I really mean before you write. In today's post. Most creativity happens inside the box.Why waiting till the end to design your …
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How do you know if a report, toolkit, or data dashboard works? If you're like most organizations, you probably copyedit your reports and have multiple people read them through. But how often do …
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So what does it mean to "fall into evaluation?" That's today's cartoon post inspiration from Ann Price via Twitter. There are lots of social scientists working as evaluators. Unless you're …
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In early December I was given the opportunity to join The Youth Research and Evaluation eXchange (YouthREX) for a couple of Zoom webinars. And, if you're interested, the replays for both are now …
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I had a really hard year back in 2017. It was filled with the loss of close family which left a lingering mark on both my personal and professional lives. The couple years that followed …
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 …
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