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Getting the definition of evaluation right is not simply a matter of having a popularity vote about it. The fact that so many don’t see a clear difference between evaluation and other pursuits (such as research, monitoring, audit, organization development, management consulting) doesn’t mean that there isn’t one. I just couldn’t resist commenting on Read the whole post –> What is evaluation? Getting clarity about who we are as a profession, and a discipline  As we start heading off to the AEA conference in Minnesota next week, it’s timely to share the original theory of change that seems to have been part of Australia’s (successful) bid for a temporary seat on the UN Security Council: The Australians wooed the 193 UN delegates with gifts including chocolate-coated hazelnut pralines Read the whole post –> The Friday Funny – a theory of change for international diplomacy (and a heads up for AEA 2012)  
This week we hinted on twitter that we’d have a high-profile guest to interview. Today, Jane Davidson interviews the President! [Sorry, folks; we couldn't resist playing with this in the run-up to the US elections! We debated it and agreed before we started the interview, of course. ] Yes, it’s Professor Rodney Hopson, president Read the whole post –> Interview with the President! A new podcast from Genuine Evaluation Stuart Henderson’s mention of The Two Second Advantage (see the LinkedIn discussion referred to in the post from earlier this week) reminds me of the work of business strategist Arie De Geus, who discusses how learning organizations use scenario planning to create “memories of the future”. It seems to me that this idea has Read the whole post –> The two second advantage and memories of the future Stuart Henderson recently posed an interesting question on the AEA LinkedIn discussion forum: Having just returned from the AEA meetings and come across the book The Two Second Advantage (Ranadive and Maney), I’m wondering what people think are some exciting developments in evaluation. The book, “The Two Second Advantage” (Ranadive and Maney), suggests that Read the whole post –> What’s new and exciting in evaluation? Looking two seconds ahead |
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