Resources
The Owl RE team writes and speaks regularly on evaluation and related areas. Our philosophy is to share as much as possible our know-how and beliefs on the exciting and topsy-turvy world of evaluation - as found on this page:
Read our latest blog post:
Conversation and thoughts on evaluation: Intelligent Measurement blog >>
Evaluation reports & guidelines (publicly available) :
Joint Standards Initiative Global Stakeholder Consultation Report (pdf)
Independent Evaluation of the Africa Climate Change Resilience Alliance Phase 1 - Executive Summary (pdf)
United Nations Office for the Coordination of Humanitarian Affairs - Review of the Central Register of Disaster Management Capacities (pdf)>>
World Health Organisation - Methodology for evaluation of neglected tropical disease control programmes at country level (pdf)>>
Evaluation report of the LIFT09 Conference (pdf)>>
Network mapping of the LIFT07 Conference (pdf)>>
Multimedia reports:
Video report of the Independent Evaluation of the Africa Climate Change Resilience Alliance Phase 1 (on Youtube)>>
Video report on LIFT09 France Conference (on Youtube) >>
Articles:
“Blogs, mash-ups and wikis – new tools for evaluating event objectives: A case study on the LIFT06 conference in Geneva” from PRism, peer reviewed online journal: Read the full article (pdf)>>
”A Visual Pathway: Approaches and challenges in evaluation of IO/NGO communication campaigns” from Communication Director, Volume 2, 2007. Read the full article (pdf)>>
To Monitor or Evaluate or Both?
“Measurement during the course of a project can guide your actions and make a final evaluation easier.”
Read the full article in the Measurement Standard newsletter >>
Training courses:
One day training workshop for communication professionals on evaluating communication programmes, products and campaigns (view presentation slides here>>)
Fact sheets:
11 hints for a successful evaluation (pdf)>>
Evaluating events and conferences (pdf)>>
Evaluating communication campaigns (pdf)>>
Evaluating communication products (pdf)>>
Evaluating networks (pdf)>>
Ten tips for better web surveys (pdf)>>
Hints for writing better survey questions (pdf) >>
“Fun” sheets:
Top ten excuses for not evaluating (pdf)>>
Top ten quotes on evaluation (pdf)>>
Presentations:
Presentation - Conference evaluation at a glance >>
(Presented at the Geneva Evaluation Network, March 2011 with Laetitia Lienart)
Evaluating Public Information and Advocacy Campaigns (pdf)>>
(presented at European Evaluation Society Biennial Conference, 1-3 October 2008)
LIFT07 Workshop: Do-It-Yourself Monitoring and Evaluation (pdf) >>
Presentation - Evaluation & luxury communications (pdf) >>
Presentation - Measuring communications (2008) (pdf)>>
