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The Friday Funny: Acceptance of evaluative conclusions

Posted on March 30, 2012 by Patricia Rogers & Jane Davidson

It was Michael Scriven‘s birthday this week, which is a fine time to introduce our Friday Funny with a short quote from the Evaluation Thesaurus, which lists the following entry. As evaluators, we are all familiar with this phenomenon in … Continue reading →

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The Friday Funny: Passion

Posted on March 24, 2012 by Patricia Rogers & Jane Davidson

Passionate about evaluation? Passionate about effectiveness? Is it possible to overstate things when we’re talking about our expertise and interests and what makes us unique. Continue reading →

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The Friday Funny – failing to take account of evaluative information

Posted on March 17, 2012 by Patricia Rogers & Jane Davidson

We’re not sure if this is a metaphor for individuals or organizations that don’t take account of evaluative information. What do you think?    

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The Friday Funny – replicating successful strategies

Posted on March 9, 2012 by Patricia Rogers & Jane Davidson

In an environment where discussions of evidence-based policy and practice sometimes focus exclusively on identifying ‘what works’ and scaling it up, we thought it timely to share this story where the joke is on the Australians.  The joke has been … Continue reading →

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The Friday Funny: Divert Your Course

Posted on March 2, 2012 by Patricia Rogers & Jane Davidson

One of evaluation’s great skills is making sure we have all crucial information before drawing our conclusions, particularly if we plan to be very forceful in our recommendations. Here’s a real-life example of how important this can be … [We … Continue reading →

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