Showcase of Evaluation Case Studies

3 Pillars Active Learning Program Starts in 2011

| January 25, 2011

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| May 30, 2010

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| May 22, 2010

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I’ll Show You the Change: A Transformative Moment and the Complex Art of Personally Evaluating Open Space Technology

| May 19, 2010

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Between Memory and Experience

| April 20, 2010

I recently watched this TED Talk by Daniel Kahneman – he won the Nobel Prize in Economics for his pioneering work in behavioral economics.
The key takeaway for me was the disconnect between ‘experience’ and ‘memory’. This got me thinking about all sorts of contexts, from own happiness to the implications for evaluating behaviour change. At [...]

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If so much change occurs through word of mouth, how do we evaluate it?

| April 13, 2010

There is general agreement that word of mouth marketing is a critical element of changing behaviour. Whether it is a family member, colleague, neighbour, or friend, we are more likely to take on the advice and behaviours that are modelled by those we trust. This is the basis of effective communication (think also of the [...]

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When evaluation reinforces the status quo

| April 9, 2010

I see a lot of similarities between behaviour change interventions for sustainability and international development assistance. Both fields seek to intervene to change participants’ behaviours, and generally this is done through a linear model of cause and effect, where the intervention is evaluated as the sole agent of change. In a recent post on complexity [...]

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Overcoming existing evaluation cultures and processes

| March 29, 2010

A post on evaluation and complexity on Rick Davies monitoring and evaluation news site has a link to a great powerpoint on evaluation and the science of complexity by Ben Ramalingam. Ben notes that for many organisations, evaluations are at the centre of a vicious circle that includes pressure to show results and impacts, and [...]

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To evaluate or not to evaluate?

| March 17, 2010

This is a question that we don’t really ask ourselves, as we are often made to evaluate (to account for the money we received and spent), and to is also in our nature to demonstrate success (and hide failure..??).
A recent post by by Chris Brogan,   that we should pursue the goal, not the method (also [...]

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Agility and Change

| March 17, 2010

Neil Perkin penned this terrific post Agile Planning.

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This post resonated loudly with me because of the recent work I have been doing as a facilitator with Government agencies. Also, the upcoming Show Me The Change conference in Melbourne this May is also linked.
Here’s a snapshot of Neil’s Agile post:
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