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 One of the important features of genuine evaluation is appropriate measurement, including dealing with uncertainty, as I was reminded by Chris Coryn of the Evaluation Center at Western Michigan University, in our discussions at the International Summer School on Public Policy Evaluation Research last week. A free webinar on 16 September 10.30am – 11.30am CDT by Read the whole post –> Free webinar on measurement, risk and uncertainty Yet another study announced which aims to find “the” best way – this time the best way to treat anorexia nervosa. As reported in The Age: Australian researchers will conduct a world-first study to find the optimal treatment for the debilitating, and often deadly, disorder anorexia nervosa. Around one in five people, usually women, Read the whole post –> Finding “the best” way One of the favorite stories I tell about evaluation is about going to meet a senior manager to discuss evaluation and finding him standing on a table in the middle of an open-plan office, with the staff gathered around him, as he stretched up to his full 6 foot 5 inch height , thumped one Read the whole post –> The importance of visible, high level commitment to evaluation In the last few days before the Australian federal election, a curious $5million advertising campaign has been launched which claims to be advocating evidence-based policy but does nothing of the Read the whole post –> How much evidence is needed for policy? I’ve recently been running workshops on purposeful program theory in Australia, New Zealand and the United States. It’s been a great treat to explore with so many different people how we might develop, represent and use program theory for policies and programs that have significant complicated or complex aspects It’s an issue I’ve Read the whole post –> Evaluation and complexity Fad or real progress? Useful concept or distracting buzzword? Michael Patton ’s new book “Developmental Evaluation: Applying Complexity Concepts to Enhance Innovation and Use” goes beyond the theory and the jargon to present many, many examples that show the practicality and value of complexity approaches to Read the whole post –> Launch of Developmental Evaluation – Washington DC Wed 7/21 Why can’t newspapers be more critical when they report findings from research and evaluation, and provide easy links to more details? A new study by researchers from Australia’s major government research instution (the Commonwealth Scientific and Industrial Research Organisation – CSIRO) , reviewing the health effects of eating apples, has received the usual standard of reporting Read the whole post –> An apple a day – or cherry-picking the studies? Two free webinars July 14 and 15 introducing three different ways to think about change, and how to work in a networked, virtual organization, by Glenda Eoyang. Human Systems Dynamics Institute. Read the whole post –> Webinars on human systems dynamics One of the future trends for evaluation that I anticipate is increasing frequency and importance (and hopefully quality) of user-generated content. Here are two interesting resources related to this: 1. Webinar on user -generated content. Thursday, 8 July 2010, 16:00 – 17:00 CEST (GMT +1, Amsterdam – Netherlands) Read the whole post –> User generated content – webinar and mapping software The July 1 webinar we mentioned yesterday can be accessed via the webinars section of the new My M and E website (www.mymande.org). Michael Quinn Patton,Founder and Director, Utilization-focused evaluation, and former President of the American Evaluation Association, spoke on future trends in evaluation. Marco Segone, Senior evaluation specialist, Systemic management, UNICEF Evaluation Office, and former Vice Read the whole post –> How to access video of the webinar on future trends in evaluation |
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