Evaluation to Support Strategic Learning: Principles and Practices

Evaluation that supports strategic learning is an area that the Center for Evaluation Innovation is helping to develop and grow. Working with organizations and groups to integrate evaluative thinking into their strategic decision making and bring timely data to the table for reflection and use has tremendous potential as an approach to evaluation, particularly for complex and dynamic social change strategies.

This brief defines the concept of evaluation for strategic learning and the principles that underlie it. Its aim is to increase awareness about, and use of, this approach. The Center is supporting the development of further resources and tools that evaluators, nonprofits, and funders can use to learn about and apply strategic learning.

 

Bibliographic Details
Author	Julia Coffman & Tanya Beer
Publisher	Center for Evaluation Innovation
Publication Date	June 1, 2011
Publication City	Washington, DC
Publication Work
Resource Type	Research & Reports
Resource Focus	Capacity Building Collaboration/Strategic Alliances Evaluation/Outcomes Measurement Organizational Assessment and Development Strategic Planning/Business Planning Program Evaluation Planning Data Collection Analysis and Reflection Action and Improvement
Audience	Practitioners Evaluators Funders
Region	International or N/A
Keywords	strategic learning evaluation strategy strategic planning
Submitted to Point K	January 22, 2013 - 2:04pm