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 We’ve been both working on and researching about contracting in evaluation – serious issues about clarity in Terms of Reference, problems in terms of payment, and disagreements about whether ToRs should include an indicative budget. So this joke seemed particularly apt as a metaphor for the formal and informal agreements that underpin any Read the whole post –> The Friday Funny: Verbal and other contracts in evaluation 
Genuine evaluation is grounded in sound evaluative reasoning and evidence to justify conclusions drawn and insights surfaced. One of the challenges we all face in doing sound reasoning is appropriately taking into account gender and cultural perspectives. This week’s example may not be evaluative reasoning, but it’s a humorous example of Read the whole post –> The Friday Funny: Reasoning across cultural and gender divides 
Ever wondered what the secrets were to awesome workshop facilitation, the kind that gets you exactly the kind of material you need? Look no further than the hilarious and informative Stuff Expat Aid Workers Like blog! Written for aid workers in international development, it has some hidden gems for evaluators that can be used Read the whole post –> The Friday Funny: Facipulation 
There’s probably no evaluator or client on earth who hasn’t had to do a little back-and-forth to negotiate what the key points are and how they should best be expressed in reports and presentations. There is a need to balance conveying what’s really key with being responsive to the concerns of the client, all Read the whole post –> The Friday Funny: “Yeah that’s not what I was looking for at all.” 
The scientists are at it again, confessing how experiments really get done: “We incubated this for however long lunch was.” “Experiment was repeated until we had three statistically significant similar results and could discard the outliers” “Incubation lasted three days because this is how long the undergrad forgot Read the whole post –> The Friday Funny: Overly Honest Methods in Evaluation |
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