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Lost Causal: Debunking Myths About Causal Analysis in Philanthropypublication Jan 2022
Lost Causal: Debunking Myths About Causal Analysis in Philanthropy
Causal analysis is not just for controlled programmatic work, it is also for dynamic and emergent strategies that include network building, field building, advocacy, organizing, or movements.
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We need to articulate our assumptions so that we can test them. Here’s a guide to help.publication Nov 2021
We need to articulate our assumptions so that we can test them. Here’s a guide to help.
This four-page guidance defines assumptions, explains why it is critical to articulate them, and then offers a set of prompting questions to help elicit them. Examples are included.
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American Evaluation Association (2020)event Dec 2020
American Evaluation Association (2020)
CEI staff presented at the virtual American Evaluation Association conference in October 2020.
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It’s Time to Let Go of Tired Narratives about Talent in Evaluationinsight Jun 2020
It’s Time to Let Go of Tired Narratives about Talent in Evaluation
Social sector conversations about talent often focus on increasing diversity, building skillsets, and improving hiring and management. But to solve tough social problems, we need to let go of tired narratives about talent and work together to dismantle oppression in the evaluation field.
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Why is Evaluation So White?presentation May 2020
Why is Evaluation So White?
In this presentation, Vidhya Shanker, PhD, and Carolina De La Rosa Mateo, MPH, explore how the field of evaluation has approached race, the implications of that approach, and the promise of generative networks to amplify the work of evaluators who identify as Indigenous, Black, or People of Color (IBPOC), as illustrated by one such network recently formed in Minnesota.
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Performance Measurement for Emergent and Complex Strategies [Webinar]presentation Feb 2020
Performance Measurement for Emergent and Complex Strategies [Webinar]
Learn about four types of strategies—niche, integrated, emergent, and ecosystem—and the types of performance measurement and accountability systems best suited to each.
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The Realm of Possibility in Evaluationinsight Dec 2019
The Realm of Possibility in Evaluation
It is possible to get more from evaluation, and it starts by challenging our own habits.
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Addendum to On the Other Side of Complexity: The McKnight Foundation’s Collaborative Crop Research Programpublication Jan 2018
Addendum to On the Other Side of Complexity: The McKnight Foundation’s Collaborative Crop Research Program
This addendum makes clarifications to the teaching case of The McKnight Foundation's Collaborative Crop Research Program and its evaluation. It adds detail on the program's developmental evaluation.
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On the Other Side of Complexity: The McKnight Foundation’s Collaborative Crop Research Programpublication Sep 2017
On the Other Side of Complexity: The McKnight Foundation’s Collaborative Crop Research Program
Under the direction of a new president, The McKnight Foundation embarked on a process to imbue learning at every level of one of its signature international programs: the Collaborative Crop Research Program (CCRP). This teaching case explores the creation, implementation, and ongoing refinement of an evaluation and learning approach for CCRP from 2008 to 2017.
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Systems Change Evaluation Forumpublication May 2017
Systems Change Evaluation Forum
Complex systems change efforts create practical challenges for evaluation. The Gordon and Betty Moore Foundation convened their full staff and a group of external evaluators who work in philanthropy for a Systems Change Evaluation Forum. This report provides observations, tools, approaches, and advice for addressing systems evaluation challenges.
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Strategy Design Amid Complexity: Tools for Designing and Implementing Adaptive Funding Strategiespublication Jul 2015
Strategy Design Amid Complexity: Tools for Designing and Implementing Adaptive Funding Strategies
Foundations need processes and tools to create and implement adaptive strategies while also addressing the core dilemmas these strategies create. This Foundation Review article offers tools to help foundations design adaptive strategies, and ideas for balancing accountability with adaptability.
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The State of Network Evaluation: Framing Paperpublication Jul 2014
The State of Network Evaluation: Framing Paper
Many in the social-change sector are recognizing the potential power of networks for achieving social change. But how do you evaluate them? This paper examines the field’s thinking on network evaluation frameworks, approaches, and tools.
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