Category Archives: Appropriate criteria and standards

Evaluation of marketing – grappling with the important but hard to measure outcomes

Posted on May 17, 2012 by Jane Davidson

  “Not everything that counts can be counted, and not everything that can be counted counts.” — Albert Einstein It’s a familiar discussion in the evaluation world – the importance of getting approximate answers to important questions about what really … Continue reading →

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Occupy Valentine’s Day and Genuine Evaluation

Posted on February 14, 2012 by Patricia Rogers

It is timely to consider ‘Occupy Valentine’s Day‘, which calls on us to reject the increasingly stereotyped rituals of Valentine’s Day and instead celebrate all forms of love in ways that are affirming, inclusive and uplifting: Celebrating love is wonderful … Continue reading →

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The Friday Funny – successful hearing aid

Posted on February 3, 2012 by Patricia Rogers & Jane Davidson

This week’s Friday Funny (thanks to businessballs.com) reminds us about the need to check what others might call a successful outcome.       An old lady had a hearing-aid fitted, hidden underneath her hair. A week later she returned … Continue reading →

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Challenges in evaluation – Call for nominations

Posted on April 14, 2011 by Patricia Rogers

What are the big, enduring challenges in evaluation? Where are we making progress? The ‘BetterEvaluation’ project has announced a Request for Challenges (RfC), with a particular emphasis in this round on evaluation in the areas of Capacity Development, Climate Change … Continue reading →

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Alpine whaling? – Interesting developments in evidence-based policy, episode 2

Posted on March 11, 2011 by Patricia Rogers

While Japan has ‘scientific whaling’, Australia might be beginning a phase of ‘scientific alpine grazing’, reversing a policy of removing cattle from summer grazing in alpine national park in the name of research. (Thanks to a number of GenuineEvaluation readers … Continue reading →

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