Posted On: Thursday, February 23rd, 2012
Ah, the logic model… I have a love/hate relationship with logic models – while I will admit they are not my favourite daytime (or evening) activity, I do see how useful they are and and when I have completed one I subject anyone and everyone (including unsuspecting spouses!) to the beauty of what I have… Read more »
Posted On: Thursday, February 9th, 2012
How can evaluation help sustain community programs? The people at the Harvard Family Research Project share their views on the role an evaluator can play in community work. The Evaluation Exchange is a newsletter out of the HFRP and this issue looks specifically at evaluating community-based initiatives. To download this issue of the Evaluation Exchange,… Read more »
Posted On: Thursday, February 2nd, 2012
Check out the Resources page for a new Evaluation Plan Workbook developed by Innovation Network Inc., an American non-profit organization that keeps a database of evaluation tools and resources for non-profit organizations. It is free to join, and with registration you have access to a database of 250 tools and resources, among other things. If… Read more »
Posted On: Thursday, February 2nd, 2012
The second in a series of posts of Program Evaluation training resources developed by the Public Health Agency of Canada. This week’s post is an Introduction to Program Evaluation, a module that guides people through the basics of program evaluation. To view the module, please click here. Please also find a link to the module… Read more »
Posted On: Tuesday, January 24th, 2012
The Public Health Agency of Canada has developed a series of tools and resources for program evaluation in public health based on recommendations from a working group of Ontario’s Ministry of Health. Check back here in the coming weeks for more posts about some of these resources, as well as on our Resources page. To… Read more »
Posted On: Tuesday, January 24th, 2012
Scanning through the pages on the web, I came across this interesting article out of York University on the history of program evaluation according to Ian Greene. It gives a great overview of where the evaluation came from in Canada, where it can go from here, and what lessons can be learned. To read the… Read more »
Posted On: Tuesday, January 17th, 2012
*This article is being shared with permission from the author, Bill Freeman Many people think of evaluation as taking a snapshot of outcomes at the end of a program to prove to a funder that the program worked. Some people don’t hold evaluation in much regard; they believe they are getting too little information too… Read more »
Posted On: Monday, January 9th, 2012
My name is Kylie Hutchinson. I work within the field of evaluation as a consultant, trainer, and coach. For seven years I taught the Canadian Evaluation Society’s Essential Skills Series in BC, and I Twitter occasionally on evaluation related topics at @EvaluationMaven. I’m also the author of the original Outcomes for BC Working Group needs… Read more »
Posted On: Wednesday, December 21st, 2011
When people think of “evaluation” they imagine endless paperwork ending in boring reports. Horrible, right? I believe that evaluation can be a lot more satisfying for everyone involved. Evaluation CAN (and often SHOULD) BE: A systematic approach to answering questions about a program or project that takes into account values and judgment about success A… Read more »
