This practical book is a candid collection of stories in which seasoned evaluators share professional mistakes they have made in the past, and what they learned moving forward.
This practical book is a candid collection of stories in which seasoned evaluators share professional mistakes they have made in the past, and what they learned moving forward.
Foreword - Michael Quinn Patton Acknowledgments Introduction PART I. MANAGE THE EVALUATION Chapter 1. It's Not Me, It's You: The Value of Addressing Conflict Head On - Corey Newhouse Chapter 2. The Scope Creep Train Wreck: How Responsive Evaluation Can Go Off the Rails - E. Jane Davidson Chapter 3. The Buffalo Jump: Lessons After the Fall - Gail Vallance Barrington Chapter 4. Evaluator Self-Evaluation: When Self-Flagellation Is Not Enough - Emma Williams PART II. ENGAGE STAKEHOLDERS Chapter 5. That Alien Feeling: Engaging All Stakeholders in the Universe - Hallie Preskill Chapter 6. Seeds of Failure: How the Evaluation of a West African Agricultural Scale Up Project Went Awry - Thomas Archibald Chapter 7. I Didn't Know I Would Be a Tightrope Walker Someday: Balancing Evaluator Responsiveness and Independence - Rakesh Mohan Chapter 8. When National Pride Is Beyond Facts: Navigating Conflicting Stakeholder Requirements - Felix Muramutsa PART III. BUILD EVALUATION CAPACITY Chapter 9. Stars in Our Eyes: What Happens When Things Are Too Good to Be True - Jara Dean-Coffey PART IV. DESCRIBE THE PROGRAM Chapter 10. A "Failed" Logic Model: How I Learned to Connect With All Stakeholders - Chris Lovato Chapter 11. Lost Without You: A Lesson in System Mapping and Engaging Stakeholders - Kylie Hutchinson PART V. FOCUS THE EVALUATION DESIGN Chapter 12. You Got to Know When to Hold 'Em: An Evaluation That Went From Bad to Worse - Robert P. Shepherd Chapter 13. The Evaluation From Hell: When Evaluators and Clients Don't Quite Fit - Marla Steinberg PART VI. GATHER CREDIBLE EVIDENCE Chapter 14. The Best Laid Plans of Mice and Evaluators: Dealing With Data Collection Surprises in the Field - Jan Noga Chapter 15. Are You My Amigo, or My Chero? The Importance of Cultural Competence in Data Collection and Evaluation - Isaac D. Castillo Chapter 16. OMG, Why Can't We Get the Data? A Lesson in Managing Evaluation Expectations - Jennifer Bisgard and Mary Pat Selvaggio Chapter 17. No, Actually, This Project Has to Stop Now: Learning When to Pull the Plug - Karen Snyder Chapter 18. Missing in Action: How Assumptions, Language, History, and Soft Skills Influenced a Cross-Cultural Participatory Evaluation - Susan Igras PART VII. JUSTIFY CONCLUSIONS Chapter 19. "This Is Highly Illogical": How a Spock Evaluator Learns That Context and Mixed Methods Are Everything - Benoît Gauthier Chapter 20. The Ripple That Became a Splash: The Importance of Context and Why I Now Do Data Parties - Diana Tindall Chapter 21. The Voldemort Evaluation: How I Learned to Survive Organizational Dysfunction, Confusion, and Distrust - Lisa O'Reilly PART VIII. REPORT AND ENSURE USE Chapter 22. The Only Way Out Is Through - Stephanie Evergreen Conclusion
Foreword - Michael Quinn Patton Acknowledgments Introduction PART I. MANAGE THE EVALUATION Chapter 1. It's Not Me, It's You: The Value of Addressing Conflict Head On - Corey Newhouse Chapter 2. The Scope Creep Train Wreck: How Responsive Evaluation Can Go Off the Rails - E. Jane Davidson Chapter 3. The Buffalo Jump: Lessons After the Fall - Gail Vallance Barrington Chapter 4. Evaluator Self-Evaluation: When Self-Flagellation Is Not Enough - Emma Williams PART II. ENGAGE STAKEHOLDERS Chapter 5. That Alien Feeling: Engaging All Stakeholders in the Universe - Hallie Preskill Chapter 6. Seeds of Failure: How the Evaluation of a West African Agricultural Scale Up Project Went Awry - Thomas Archibald Chapter 7. I Didn't Know I Would Be a Tightrope Walker Someday: Balancing Evaluator Responsiveness and Independence - Rakesh Mohan Chapter 8. When National Pride Is Beyond Facts: Navigating Conflicting Stakeholder Requirements - Felix Muramutsa PART III. BUILD EVALUATION CAPACITY Chapter 9. Stars in Our Eyes: What Happens When Things Are Too Good to Be True - Jara Dean-Coffey PART IV. DESCRIBE THE PROGRAM Chapter 10. A "Failed" Logic Model: How I Learned to Connect With All Stakeholders - Chris Lovato Chapter 11. Lost Without You: A Lesson in System Mapping and Engaging Stakeholders - Kylie Hutchinson PART V. FOCUS THE EVALUATION DESIGN Chapter 12. You Got to Know When to Hold 'Em: An Evaluation That Went From Bad to Worse - Robert P. Shepherd Chapter 13. The Evaluation From Hell: When Evaluators and Clients Don't Quite Fit - Marla Steinberg PART VI. GATHER CREDIBLE EVIDENCE Chapter 14. The Best Laid Plans of Mice and Evaluators: Dealing With Data Collection Surprises in the Field - Jan Noga Chapter 15. Are You My Amigo, or My Chero? The Importance of Cultural Competence in Data Collection and Evaluation - Isaac D. Castillo Chapter 16. OMG, Why Can't We Get the Data? A Lesson in Managing Evaluation Expectations - Jennifer Bisgard and Mary Pat Selvaggio Chapter 17. No, Actually, This Project Has to Stop Now: Learning When to Pull the Plug - Karen Snyder Chapter 18. Missing in Action: How Assumptions, Language, History, and Soft Skills Influenced a Cross-Cultural Participatory Evaluation - Susan Igras PART VII. JUSTIFY CONCLUSIONS Chapter 19. "This Is Highly Illogical": How a Spock Evaluator Learns That Context and Mixed Methods Are Everything - Benoît Gauthier Chapter 20. The Ripple That Became a Splash: The Importance of Context and Why I Now Do Data Parties - Diana Tindall Chapter 21. The Voldemort Evaluation: How I Learned to Survive Organizational Dysfunction, Confusion, and Distrust - Lisa O'Reilly PART VIII. REPORT AND ENSURE USE Chapter 22. The Only Way Out Is Through - Stephanie Evergreen Conclusion
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