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"Real-life Lessons Learned and Resources in Building Capacity for Advocacy and Policy Evaluation among KIDS COUNT Grantees" The Annie E. Casey Foundation and Organizational Research Services, Inc. recount ten lessons learned from an evaluation of five KIDS COUNT grantees that began in 2007. The evaluation was designed to test some of the ideas presented in "A Guide to Measuring Advocacy and Policy", a report produced by AECF and ORS in 2006. This handout, distributed at the American Evaluation Association 2008 conference, also contains a list of advocacy evaluation resources available on ORS's website. Author: Annie E. Casey Foundation; Organizational Research Services Type: Tipsheets & Paper Tools Date: Nov 6, 2008 Be the first to review this resource! Download (261.49 KB) -
#14ntcdataviz: DataViz! Tips, Tools, and How-tos for Visualizing Your Data [Resource Handout] This resource handout accompanied our presentation at the Nonprofit Technology Conference on March 13, 2014 in Washington, DC. Author: Johanna Morariu and Ann Emery, Innovation Network Type: Tipsheets & Paper Tools Date: Mar 13, 2014 Point K Pick Be the first to review this resource! Download (349.1 KB) -
#14ntcdataviz: DataViz! Tips, Tools, and How-tos for Visualizing Your Data [Slides] Presentation by Ann K. Emery, Johanna Morariu, and Andrew Means at the 2014 Nonprofit Technology Conference in Washington, DC. Author: Ann K. Emery and Johanna Morariu Type: Presentation Slides Date: Mar 13, 2014 Point K Pick Be the first to review this resource! Web Link -
#JAGUnity2014: DataViz for Philanthropists! Tips, Tools, and How-Tos for Communicating Better with Charts [Handout] This resource handout accompanied a presentation by Innovation Network's Johanna Morariu and Ann K. Emery for the Joint Affinity Group's Unity Conference on June 6, 2014 in Washington, DC. Author: Johanna Morariu and Ann K. Emery, Innovation Network Type: Tipsheets & Paper Tools Date: Jun 6, 2014 Be the first to review this resource! Download (255.28 KB) -
#JAGUnity2014: DataViz for Philanthropists! Tips, Tools, and How-Tos for Communicating Better with Charts [Slides] Presentation by Innovation Network's Johanna Morariu and Ann K. Emery at the Joint Affinity Groups Unity Conference, held June 6, 2014 in Washington, DC. Author: Johanna Morariu and Ann K. Emery, Innovation Network Type: Presentation Slides Date: Jun 6, 2014 Point K Pick Be the first to review this resource! Web Link -
#YNPNdc14: DataViz! Tips, Tools, and How-tos for Visualizing Your Data [Resource Handout] Johanna Morariu and Ann K. Emery presented at the Young Nonprofit Professionals Network 2014 Annual Leadership Conference, which was held on May 9, 2014 in Washington, DC. Author: Johanna Morariu and Ann K. Emery, Innovation Network Type: Tipsheets & Paper Tools Date: May 9, 2014 Point K Pick Be the first to review this resource! Download (253.7 KB) -
#YNPNdc14: DataViz! Tips, Tools, and How-tos for Visualizing Your Data [Slides] Johanna Morariu and Ann K. Emery presented at the Young Nonprofit Professionals Network 2014 Annual Leadership Conference, which was held on May 9, 2014 in Washington, DC. Author: Johanna Morariu and Ann K. Emery, Innovation Network Type: Presentation Slides Date: May 9, 2014 Point K Pick Be the first to review this resource! Web Link -
5 Evaluation Lessons From a Recovering Program Officer (Presentation slides) As a profession, evaluators must constantly demonstrate the value of their work to remain relevant. Each evaluation represents a significant investment in resources that many argue could be used to provide more programming. Author: Will Fenn Type: Presentation Slides Date: Oct 17, 2013 Point K Pick Be the first to review this resource! Download (4.05 MB) -
5 Evaluation Lessons from a Recovering Program Officer (recording) As a profession, evaluators must constantly demonstrate the value of their work to remain relevant. Each evaluation represents a significant investment in resources that many argue could be used to provide more programming. A primary concern of maintaining the value proposition of the evaluation field is ensuring that evaluations remain manageable and useful to all participants. The Ignite session offered five succinct lessons from a former foundation Program Officer that can be applied across program types to help nonprofits and foundations improve evaluation coordination and use. Author: Will Fenn Type: Websites & Online Tools Date: Oct 17, 2013 Be the first to review this resource! Web Link -
Achieving a Policy Change: Key Strategies and Factors for Success The authors, from the Philip R. Lee Institute for Health Policy Studies at the University of California, San Francisco, presented the following issue brief at the American Evaluation Association 2008 conference. The document includes two case studies from an evaluation of The California Endowment's Clinic Consortia Policy and Advocacy Program between 2001 and 2006. Author: Gardner, Annette; Marshall, Nell; Geierstanger, Sara; Quinn, Holly Type: Research & Reports Date: Oct 1, 2008
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Advocacy Evaluation Update (Issue #3, March 2008) The third issue of Innovation Network's Advocacy Evaluation Update includes the following:
1) updates about advocacy evaluation resources available online;
2) highlights from the Advocacy and Policy Change TIG (Topical Interest Group) conference sessions (including research summaries and links to additional resources) presented at the American Evaluation Association's 2007 annual conference; and
3) interviews with three of the leaders of AEA's Advocacy and Policy Change TIG.
Author: Innovation Network Type: Newsletters & Periodicals Date: Mar 12, 2008 Be the first to review this resource! Download (584.99 KB) -
Advocacy Evaluation Update (Issue #6, June 2009) The sixth issue of Innovation Network's Advocacy Evaluation Update (AEU) newsletter includes the following:
1. Four new resources on advocacy evaluation;
2. Highlights from Impact Evaluation Conference in Cairo;
3. Blogs about advocacy evaluation; and
4. Upcoming advocacy evaluation events.
Author: Innovation Network Type: Newsletters & Periodicals Date: Jun 30, 2009 Be the first to review this resource! Download (198.2 KB) -
AEA Handout on Point K Learning Center Johanna Gladfelter Morariu of Innovation Network distributed the following handout at the 2008 American Evaluation Association conference. It provides a brief overview of the tools and resources available in Point K.
Please also see the resource titled "AEA Presentation on Point K Learning Center".
The following resources were also presented during the same session at AEA:
Author: Innovation Network Type: Tipsheets & Paper Tools Date: Nov 5, 2008 Be the first to review this resource! Download (661.5 KB) -
AEA Paper: "Accountability and the No Child Left Behind Act: Implications for Public Policy" Cindy Roper of Clemson University delivered this paper (and a presentation of the same title) at the 2008 American Evaluation Association conference. Roper examined accountability measures for a policy initiative (in this case, the No Child Left Behind act) through the lens of organizational theory. Author: Roper, Cindy Type: Research & Reports Date: Nov 8, 2008 Be the first to review this resource! Download (54.08 KB) -
AEA Presentation on Advocacy Progress Planner The following slides were presented on behalf of David Devlin-Foltz at the American Evaluation Association 2008 conference by Johanna Morariu of Innovation Network. This presentation provides a brief overview of Continuous Progress' Advocacy Progress Planner, which is available at www.continuousprogess.org.
The following resources were also presented during the same session at AEA:
Author: Devlin-Foltz, David; Weissburg, Josh Type: Presentation Slides Date: Jan 15, 2009 Be the first to review this resource! Download (782.5 KB) -
AEA Presentation on Point K Learning Center Johanna Gladfelter Morariu of Innovation Network presented the following slides at the 2008 American Evaluation Association conference. Her presentation provided a brief overview of the tools and resources available in Point K.
Please also see the resource titled "AEA Handout on Point K Learning Center".
The following resources were also presented during the same session at AEA:
Author: Innovation Network Type: Presentation Slides Date: Nov 5, 2008 Be the first to review this resource! Download (2.08 MB) -
AEA Presentation: "Accountability and the No Child Left Behind Act: Implications for Public Policy" Cindy Roper of Clemson University delivered the following slides (and a paper of the same title) at the 2008 American Evaluation Association conference. Roper examined accountability measures for a policy initiative (in this case, the No Child Left Behind act) through the lens of organizational theory. Author: Roper, Cindy Type: Presentation Slides Date: Nov 8, 2008 Be the first to review this resource! Download (44.7 KB) -
AEA Presentation: "Community Organizing Evaluation: Crossing the Next Frontier" Sue Hoechstetter of Alliance for Justice presented the following slides at the American Evaluation Association 2008 conference. The presentation provides a brief overview of "community organizing evaluation" and recent efforts to produce a collection of resources ("RECO") on the topic. Author: Hoechstetter, Sue Type: Presentation Slides Date: Nov 1, 2008 Be the first to review this resource! Download (1.05 MB) -
AEA Presentation: "Key Questions in Evaluation of Governance Issues in Advocacy Coalitions" Bonnie L. Shepard of Social Sectors Development Strategies presented the following slides at the American Evaluation Association 2008 conference.
Author: Shepard, Bonnie L. Type: Presentation Slides Date: Nov 1, 2008 Be the first to review this resource! Download (176 KB) -
AEA Presentation: "Online Evaluation Resources: Knowledge Sharing for the Field" Sue Hoechstetter of Alliance for Justice presented the following slides at the American Evaluation Association 2008 conference. The presentation provides a brief overviews of AFJ's online tools for advocacy evaluation.
The following resources were also presented during the same session at AEA:
Author: Hoechstetter, Sue Type: Presentation Slides Date: Nov 5, 2008 Be the first to review this resource! Download (8.09 MB) -
AEA Presentation: "Striving for Alignment: One Funder's Lessons in Supporting Advocacy" The following slides were presented at the American Evaluation Association 2008 conference by Ehren Reed of Innovation Network and Tanya Beer of The Colorado Trust. The authors discussed lessons from an advocacy evaluation capacity building project. Author: Innovation Network; The Colorado Trust Type: Presentation Slides Date: Nov 1, 2008 Be the first to review this resource! Download (575 KB) -
AEA Workshop Presentation: "Expanding Advocacy Capacity" The authors, from the Philip R. Lee Institute for Health Policy Studies at the University of California, San Francisco, presented the following slides during a workshop at the American Evaluation Association 2008 conference. Their session covered the findings (and methods) from their evaluation of The California Endowment's Clinic Consortia Policy and Advocacy Program. Author: Gardner, Annette; Geierstanger, Sara; Brindis, Claire Type: Presentation Slides Date: Oct 28, 2008 Be the first to review this resource! Download (850 KB) -
Assessing Capacity for Community Change Efforts: Learnings From an Adaptive Initiative (Presentation slides) Should community change efforts be focused on funding coalitions or funding a flexible group of community leaders? The Kansas Health Foundation has embraced a four-pronged community change model that targets community leaders as key agents of change within each of their funded communities. Author: Kat Athanasiades, Veena Pankaj, Deanna Van Hersh Type: Presentation Slides Date: Oct 17, 2013 Point K Pick Be the first to review this resource! Download (682.32 KB) -
Beyond Boring Bar Charts [Slides] Tired of using the same old pie charts, bar charts, and line charts to tell your nonprofit’s story? Don’t have expensive data visualization software? Can’t afford to hire a graphic designer to transform your default Excel charts into polished masterpieces? In this 5-minute Ignite presentation at the Nonprofit Technology Conference, Ann Emery showed nonprofit leaders how to transform their default Excel charts by simply leveraging a little Excel elbow grease. Author: Ann K. Emery Type: Presentation Slides Date: Apr 22, 2013 Be the first to review this resource! Web Link -
Data and Information Visualization Throughout the Evaluation Life Cycle for Participatory Evaluation and Evaluation Capacity Innovation Network shared approaches and examples of how to incorporate innovative data and information visualization techniques throughout each stage of the evaluation life cycle to support participatory evaluation and build evaluation capacity. In the planning and design phase mind mapping can be used to promote brainstorming and idea generation. In the data collection stage, evaluators can use creative visuals to improve stakeholder understanding of and participation in data collection, and evaluators can adhere to good design principles to create effective data collection instruments. Author: Johanna Morariu, Myia Welsh, Veena Pankaj, Melissa March Type: Presentation Slides Date: Nov 3, 2011 Be the first to review this resource! Web Link