"We can put credible evidence behind our story without overstating our own part in it and without flattening the people we serve into numbers."
For leaders who have data and a story to tell: making sense of what you already have, turning it into reports people read, and communicating results to boards, funders, and communities.
Most organizations already hold enough to show whether a program is working, and the first task is telling outputs and outcomes apart.
Explore this Topic →A report gets read when it answers the question the reader arrived with, and a credible impact story carries evidence and context alongside the human account.
Explore this Topic →Boards, communities, and accreditors each need something different from the same results, and sharing results with a community carries obligations a board briefing doesn't.
Explore this Topic →For any organization that employs people: why good employees leave, what keeps them, what helps people grow and thrive at work, and what to know before a big workforce decision.
For anyone holding or writing a grant: the evaluation section of the proposal, running the evaluation across the award, ethics and IRB, and what to do when findings are hard.
For anyone deciding whether to bring in an evaluator: outside help or in-house, how to find and vet one, what evaluation costs, and what working together is really like.