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No Royal Road: Finding and Following the Natural Pathways in Advocacy Evaluation
As efforts at driving change become more diffuse, involve more actors, and have more transformational goals, we need a radically different approach to thinking about and assessing what effective advocacy looks like.
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We believe in the transformative power of evaluation and learning.
The Evaluation Roundtable is a network of foundation leaders that aims to improve evaluation and learning practice in philanthropy.
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publication Apr 2019
Transitions and Transformations for Evaluation’s Role in Philanthropy
Building from an exploration of the transitions that have shaped evaluation and learning in philanthropy over the last 30 years,…
publication Mar 2019
No Royal Road: Finding and Following the Natural Pathways in Advocacy Evaluation
As efforts at driving change become more diffuse, involve more actors, and have more transformational goals, we need a radically…
insight Apr 2016
Oh for the Love of Sticky Notes! The Changing Role of Evaluators Who Work with Foundations
Julia Coffman, founder of the Center for Evaluation Innovation, illustrates evaluators’ changing roles in the context of her own experiences…