PathFinder

This webinar features a panel discussion that lays bare the limitations of Western data, science, and knowledge systems that perpetuate deficit narratives and inequities and harm indigenous communities. The webinar underscores the wholeness of Indigenous knowledge systems and the critical necessity of evaluations being led by and for Indigenous people.

This article focuses on using data placemats within the context of emergent learning as a vehicle to meaningfully involve stakeholders in the sensemaking process.

This report is a guide that outlines the process for how charities turn their raw data into wisdom and informed action. 

This workbook includes worksheets designed to draw out and clarify the learning goals associated with a proposed project after funding has been awarded, but before turning to the measurement and implementation plans.

This data source is the largest online resource for USAID-funded technical and project materials, makes nearly 200,000 items available for review or download

This book shows readers how to create Excel charts and graphs that best communicate data findings. It covers the spectrum of graph types available beyond the default options, how to determine which one most appropriately fits specific data stories, and easy steps for making the chosen graph in Excel.

This report examines five scenarios around equity and how it impacts evaluation. (The link will download a PDF file of the report.)

This tool is designed to help organizations assess their readiness to take on many types of evaluation activities. It captures information on organizational context and the evaluation experience of staff and can be used in various ways.

This article provides some ideas on how to record comments in non-formal circumstances in order to aid evaluation.

This tool is a framework for evaluators, those who commission evaluation services, and those who participate in or are otherwise stakeholders in evaluations conducted in Native Hawaiian contexts. The aim is to influence the practice of evaluation and assessment in Native Hawaiian contexts to be more culturally-responsive and sustaining.