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Evaluation of marketing – grappling with the important but hard to measure outcomes
“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
Occupy Valentine’s Day and Genuine Evaluation
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
The Friday Funny – successful hearing aid
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
Challenges in evaluation – Call for nominations
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
Alpine whaling? – Interesting developments in evidence-based policy, episode 2
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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