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  • #JAGUnity2014: Innovations in Evaluating Social Movements
    Today, social movement organizers are grappling with big questions: What is the long-term impact we are hoping to make? How can we measure the progress we've made thus far? How can we learn from past practice? On June 7, 2014, Innovation Netowrk's William Fenn spoke on a panel with with Deepak Pateriya and Sian O'Faolain of the Center for Community Change and Hillary Klein of Make the Road New York to try and answer some of these questions.
    Author: Will Fenn, Deepak Pateriya, Sian O'Faolain, Hillary Klein Type:
    Date: Jun 7, 2014  
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  • Advocacy Evaluation Update #9

    In This Issue:

    1. Feature: Framework of Factors that Affect Political Support

    Why do some issues receive priority attention from political leaders while others receive very little? Political scientist Jeremy Shiffman has developed a framework that offers a response to this question.

    2. Spotlight: Evaluating Community Organizing

    Catherine Crystal Foster and Justin Louie identify what to consider when evaluating community organizing efforts. They also offer example benchmarks and methods for capturing organizing outcomes.

    Author: Julia Coffman (ed.) Type:
    Date: May 1, 2010  
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  • 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:
    Date: Nov 1, 2008  
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  • 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:
    Date: Nov 5, 2008  
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  • Brief: "Pathways for Change: 6 Theories about How Policy Change Happens"
    ORS' Sarah Stachowiak discusses six theories on the process of policy change. This brief was published with the support of The California Endowment.
    Author: Organizational Research Services Type:
    Date: Jan 1, 2009  
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  • Evaluation A Beginners Guide

    This document aims to present a user-friendly approach to the process of evaluation. It is
    particularly targeted at those involved in programs working towards the introduction of human
    rights concepts and values in educational curricula and teaching practices, who are initiating an
    evaluation for the first time. It contains practical suggestions on how to effectively organize the
    evaluation of such programs in order to learn from the work implemented so far.

    Author: Amnesty International Type:
    Date: Jun 30, 1999  

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  • MEASURING SOCIAL CAPITAL: AN EXPLORATION IN COMMUNITY– RESEARCH PARTNERSHIP
    Large numbers of social policy initiatives and community organizations are currently engaged in “community building” efforts that seek, in part, to strengthen informal relationships and the organizational infrastructure of communities and to build the capacity of communities to manage and foster community change. One critical requirement for improving such practice is for communities to have greater access and capacity to use information for planning, advocacy, and assessment.
    Author: Robert J. Chaskin, Robert M. Goerge, Ada Skyles, and Shannon Guiltinan Type:
    Date: Oct 1, 2006  
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  • Participatory Asset Mapping Toolkit
    Healthy City supports communities in identifying, organizing, and sharing its collective voice with decision makers at the local and state levels. Through their Community Research Lab, Healthy City share best practices and methods for Community-Based Organizations (CBOs) interested in supporting their strategies with research that combines community knowledge with Healthy City technologies. Toward this aim, they have developed the Community Research Lab Toolbox. The toolbox presents research concepts, methods, and tools through topical guides and toolkits.
    Author: Healthy City Type:
    Date: Apr 8, 2012  

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