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 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?  In reponse to the earlier post on genuine evaluation snippets from around the globe, Irene Guijt raised a very important question about the tensions between several hallmarks of genuine evaluation: Some important contrasts presented but also one that doesn’t entirely align – tell the whole story but cut to the chase? Include activities, Read the whole post –> Managing genuine evaluation paradoxes: Genuine reporting In response to an earlier post, Caroline Heider asked the million-dollar question: How does one develop .. a culture [of reflective or evaluative thinking] when it is not intrinsic or when incentives exist to share information only about success/the positive (real or the “nicer message”) and fear to speak about things that may Read the whole post –> Business leaders learning from ’stuff ups’ Standard ‘mainstream’ belief is that one element of credibility as an evaluator comes from one’s independence and the perceived objectivity (lack of bias) that derives from that. Here in Aotearoa New Zealand, we often find the opposite is the case: one’s credibility with the community and the provider – and with funder and external audiences who Read the whole post –> Credibility and independence in evaluation – an alternative view As an evaluator, or even as an interested member of the public, what very basic fundamental information would you expect to see in a newspaper article that kicked off like this? Chiefs get good marks even if departments don’t Public sector leaders are mostly embracing challenges thrown to them by the Government, though at least one is “lost at sea”, a report says. The Trans Tasman Media report, which ranks government agencies and bosses, has found that chief executives are generally performing better than their departments. Read the whole post –> More utterly uncritical media reporting of evaluation 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? 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 Some more developments in UK development funding, an issue we looked at in a post a few weeks ago. Lawrence Haddad, Director of the Institute for Development Studies has an interesting article in the Guardian in response to David Cameron’s statements on international aid. The best ways to deliver overseas aid are often not easy to Read the whole post –> The risks of focusing on the easy-to-measure |
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