“Oh yeah, we have someone like you.” I remember when I first heard that. I thought to myself, “really, you have a cartooning sociologist techie and blogger who also happens to have a decade of experience in research and evaluation?” That’s not what they meant of course. What they really meant was that they had a creative. […]
Understand. Reach. Engage. A 3-part digital dissemination strategy
Far too many research and evaluation teams prioritize high quality dissemination like I prioritize learning a second language. It’s definitely on my list of things to do one day, but it’s so far down in priority that unless something changes it will likely never happen. So instead, we keep with the status quo. We write […]
In defense of the 200 page report
So I’ve heard a lot of disdain for long reports over the years. They’re easy targets and get picked on often (even I take a shot every now and again). But here’s a secret. I actually kind of like them (shhhhh, don’t tell anyone). It’s not for the reading, I can barely even make it through a […]
A PDF Interactive Logic Model
So the interactive logic model post was a big hit. I kept getting a similar question, so I decided to create a short follow-up. Here goes…I used icons from thenounproject, sketched it all out in Adobe Illustrator, and created the interactive prototype using Invision. But… Interactivity can be accomplished a bajillion and one ways. Some of […]
Creating a Visual Interactive Logic Model
A logic model, or theory of change, is one of the most common forms of visualization you’ll find in any evaluation report. They can be critical in helping a program or project think through the underlying logic of how it’s supposed to work. But when it comes time to share or disseminate the diagram, that’s where […]
The Pragmatic Dreamer
Thank you for all the lovely comments/emails. So many of you said you wanted to hang it up on the wall I decided to make something a little more wall friendly. You can now get the poem/cartoon as a poster, print, or journal. On the plane ride home from Evaluation 2015 I got inspired to […]