Describing how a process works is valuable for two reasons. It forces you to make sure you know how it works. Then it forces you to take the reader through the same sequence of ideas and deductions that made the process clear to you. William Zinsser The whole point of having an evaluation mindset is […]
The Evaluation Mindset: Actions and Consequences
When I started getting into data visualization design, human centered design, and user experience design I had this hope that a better understanding of design methodologies would ultimately help me to become a better evaluator. But I had the causal direction flipped. What I have learned over a decade of being both an evaluator and […]
A 2018 Evaluation Cartoon Christmas (5 new cartoons)
Just in time to spread Christmas cheer, a new set of holiday cartoons. We all know why the grinch really hated Christmas. Did you know that It’s a Wonderful Life is an evaluation story? What is the true impact of Christmas? Alexa at Christmas If Charlie Brown were an Evaluator
Why the world needs you to become a catalyst.
Years ago I launched a digital workshop. My goal was to teach evaluators and researchers how to design, based on the challenges that evaluators who design would face. It was exactly how I found success, and built a following, during my own research and evaluation career. The workshop was filled with short courses, activities, and […]
Evaluating Christmas
Anyone else having a Christmas problem? I think there must be something wrong with me. I just don’t understand Christmas, I guess. I might be getting presents and sending Christmas cards and decorating trees and all that, but I’m still not happy. I don’t feel the way I’m supposed to feel. Charlie Brown, you are […]
Touching the Brain, Welcome to the Age of Engagement
So back in 2016 I was provided the opportunity by the awesome Visitor Studies Association to deliver my first ever keynote. If you ever get the chance to hang out with a bunch of Museum evaluators, you should. They are cool people. Out of all of my presentations, I think it was one of my best. In […]