It was 2 AM and I was sitting upright, head leaned off to the right on the makeshift pillow that usually serves as my jacket. The crying of a small child carried through the dark cabin as my fellow passengers and I attempted to get a little rest on the three hour flight. I felt […]
Cartooning Evaluation 2014
From Wednesday through Friday, I'll be attending the American Evaluation Association conference in Denver. As in past years, I'll be cartooning the event. This year instead of writing a string of posts, I'll be building up just one (this one). When I have a new cartoon I'll update, so feel free to share this link […]
Evaluation conference memory lane
Next week I’ll be heading out to Denver for Evaluation 2014. This will be my fourth evaluation conference. I’ve cartooned each one and this year will be no exception. For today’s post I decided to take a little walk down memory lane. Here are a few of my favorite cartoons from past conferences. To see […]
How to design your research or evaluation business website
Web design, for most researchers and evaluators I know, includes a good bit of DIY. I recently had the opportunity to work with my friend and fellow RTP evaluator Karen Peterman on an update to her business’ website design. I helped with the overall design, provided some input on the text and added a set of illustrations. Karen wrote the […]
Build a Qualitative Dashboard
Why is it that so many attempts to visualize qualitative data start by quantifying the data? Qualitative data is special because it’s deep and rich. There is huge value in learning lots about a little. But when we present that data, we often remove the richness that makes qualitative data special. Anyone who has ever […]
Easy Stackable Infographic
Here is an easy way to create an infographic using power point. This time for web publication. If you publish a set of images stacked on top of one another they appear as a single image. So to create an infographic, just create a series of slides with alternating background colors and export as images. This […]