Content tagged with “Evaluation Theory and Methods”
Understanding Fear Most of us are familiar with the use of scare tactics in American politics. Take a close look at some of the campaign ads airing right now and you’ll know what we mean. The Center...
Tags: Evaluation Theory and Methods, Advocacy Strategies A Question of Trust WAND offered a webinar with the Demos Institute on “Making the case for government”—a timely topic. As pollster Stanley Greenberg argued in the New York Times, the debt ceiling...
Tags: Evaluation Theory and Methods, Advocacy and Social Media, US Politics Lessons from Education While many of us are worried about the debt ceiling crisis and the flailing economy, recent headlines in several major newspapers including The Washington Post and The New York...
Tags: Education, Evaluation Theory and Methods Grassroots Advocacy We know from experience that InterAction's Advocacy Evaluation series, sponsored by their Evaluation and Program Effectiveness Working Group and the International Advocacy...
Tags: Evaluation Theory and Methods, Women's Rights, Grassroots Advocacy What's Your Impact? A Deceptively Simple Question The Hewlett Foundation's "Charting Impact" project is a collaborative effort between three leading organizations to help nonprofits reflect on their...
Tags: Philanthropy, Evaluation Theory and Methods, Advocacy Strategies The Elusive Craft of Evaluating AdvocacyWe were intrigued that the Stanford Social Innovation Review’s summer edition featured a cover story on advocacy evaluation. Steven Teles & Mark...
Tags: Evaluation Theory and Methods, US Politics Budget Wars, Yes, But it Could be WorseWisconsin’s budget battle has become a flashpoint in the broader partisan and philosophical conflict over U.S. government priorities. Despite general agreement...
Tags: Foreign Aid, Evaluation Theory and Methods, Advocacy Strategies, US Politics No One Likes Bed Nets Anyway With all the deficit talk in Washington lately, it’s no surprise that Ron Paul is going after an easy target: US Foreign Aid. It was the least popular spending measure...
Tags: Foreign Aid, Nonprofit sector, Evaluation Theory and Methods, Advocacy Strategies United Citizens against Citizens UnitedHow about a “Democracy Super-PAC” to combat corporate campaign finance? Might sound crazy, might sound hypocritical, but to Gideon Rosenblatt, it...
Tags: Evaluation Theory and Methods, APEP News, Advocacy Strategies, US Politics ATEST Promotes Human Trafficking AwarenessWhen an issue needs a boost in salience, carefully timed and placed paid media is an appealing option—resources permitting. Case in point: this week Humanity...
Tags: Human Trafficking, HIV/AIDS, Evaluation Theory and Methods, APEP News, US Politics 
