Category: Evaluation

The BC and Yukon Chapter of the Canadian Evaluation Society is hosting an upcoming workshop entitled, “Effective Presentation and Data Visualization”. See below for a description of the workshop. Presenting data effectively is key to community engagement, knowledge mobilization and evaluation utilization. In this presentation, the presenter will examine some of the science behind data… Read more »

Since 2000, the Millennium Development Goals (MDGs) have successfully mobilized global action around a set of important social priorities, ranging from poverty, disease, unmet schooling, gender inequality and environmental degradation. While substantial progress has been made in achieving the MDGs, there is global agreement that the fight to address such social issues must continue beyond 2015. In… Read more »

The Collective Impact Forum is hosting an upcoming webcast on how to evaluate collective impact initiatives. Specifically, the webcast will include: Guidance on assessing the progress, effectiveness, and impact of collective impact efforts Approaches to learning and evaluation Practitioner experiences Q&A with the panelists If you are currently engaged in a collective impact effort, or… Read more »

The mission of the BC HIV/HCV Evaluation Advisory Group is to: (i) ensure the best HIV/HCV programming for people living-with or at-risk of HIV/HCV; (ii) build a culture of evaluation and research; and increase (iii) evaluation capacity in all HIV/HCV service providers and funders in BC. The Advisory Group is composed of program managers and Executive… Read more »

Are you looking for strategies to increase response rates to your online surveys? Fluid Surveys recently posted as useful resource in their blog called, “6 Simple Tips to Write Perfect Subject Lines For Your Survey Email Invitations”. In a nutshell, here is what Fluid Surveys suggests: Personalization is important The form line matters Keep subject lines… Read more »

Do you know what level of engagement or activity your Tweets have? Dan McDonnell, Community Manager at the American Evaluation Association, recently posted a blog that outlines some interesting ways to explore your Twitter metrics. McDonnell explains, “By evaluating your Twitter activity and engagement, you can better understand what content resonates with your followers, and… Read more »

FSG and the Aspen Institute Forum for Community Solutions are inviting you to join the Collective Impact Forum – the place for those interested in collective impact — from nonprofits, to funders, to people in government, to business leaders, and others — to come together to share challenges, problem-solve, and learn from each other. Some of you may… Read more »

Is your organization interested in commissioning some evaluation work? There are many factors to consider when you decide whether to hire an external evaluator. To help guide your through this process. Jo Baulderstone has created a useful checklist for anyone commissioning an evaluation in the public sector, but is also useful for those working in other sectors. Check… Read more »

How can you help your organization develop a comprehensive evaluation strategy? Join nonprofit consulting firm, FSG for Connecting Strategy, Evaluation, and Learning in Your Organization, a one-hour webinar that will help your organization find out how to take a more strategic approach to evaluation and learning, and provide you with a deeper understanding of what it means… Read more »

In 2013, activist and fundraiser Dan Pallotta gave a Ted Talk that described a new way to judge non-profits. Pallotta calls out the double standard that drives our broken relationship to charities. Too many nonprofits, he says, are rewarded for how little they spend — not for what they get done. Instead of equating frugality with… Read more »

Following the completion of the STOP HIV/AIDS Pilot Project, the BC Ministry of Health released a document describing the province’s strategic framework for the provincial roll-out of this pilot, From Hope to Health: Towards an AIDS-Free Generation. This document provides strategic guidance for the regional health authorities on the incorporation of Treatment as Prevention (TasP)… Read more »

Community-based organizations play a critical role in the response to the HIV/AIDS epidemic in BC.  Over the past two years, PAN and the BC HIV/HCV Evaluation Advisory Group have been collecting the necessary data to demonstrate this community contribution through the design and implementation of the Community HIV/HCV Evaluation and Reporting Tool (CHERT). The CHERT… Read more »