Post originally published as a collection of 13 evaluation cartoons on March 25, 2014. Updated with way more context on May 27, 2020. When you search “What is Evaluation?” on Google, you get the kinds of responses you might expect. The Wikipedia page…if a topic is important enough it will have a Wikipedia page. And […]
Evaluation Blogs
So I decided to create what I hope will eventually become an ultimate list of evaluation blogs. Not just a boring bullet point list, but one that gives you a sense of the human being on the other side of the internet. This post is designed to grow. Meaning I plan to come back and […]
Evaluation and COVID-19
Social media is not a monologue. It’s a collection of voices seen (or unseen) based almost entirely on who you do or do not follow. But the world we see is based, as it always has been, on the people that surround us. Historically this has been primarily determined by where we live, and the […]
111 Evaluation Cartoons for Presentations and Blog Posts
Looking for an evaluation related cartoon for your next presentation or blog post? Well, over the last decade I’ve drawn hundreds. In this post, I’m sharing 111 of my evaluation cartoons, including a lot of community favorites. Please feel free to save to your computer, add to your presentations, and share them on the web. […]
Post or Perish
So I received a little constructive feedback after last week’s post. Just be mindful of the voices you aren’t hearing. For some with ill family members, homeschooling small children, navigating aging parents in place, on top of maintaining stable income — finding time to write is a bridge too far… and I speak from a […]
Dear evaluators, it’s time to blog!
This post is my plea to you. Please start blogging. As conferences cancel… It doesn’t take too many clicks to see that COVID-19 is impacting our field’s ability to communicate with one another. All you really have to do is visit Better Evaluation’s events page and start clicking to see all that is now postponed […]