Content tagged with “Evaluation Theory and Practice”
Time to Reflect This week marked another success for same-sex marriage advocates: Delaware Governor Jack Markell enthusiastically signed into law a same-sex marriage bill that only minutes earlier...
Tags: Advocacy Strategies, Evaluation Theory and Practice, gay rights, Media and Advocacy Close that Loop, PleaseCall us biased, but we think The Aspen Institute's Education and Society Program is doing significant work, especially on the (still) controversial issue of teacher evaluations...
Tags: Advocacy Strategies, Education, Evaluation Theory and Practice Movement & Momentum In One in Seven, the Disability Rights Fund (DRF) presents the ongoing evolution and progress of the global disability rights movement by highlighting the work of several...
Tags: Advocacy Strategies, Evaluation Theory and Practice, Disability Rights The Art of Influence In a recent paper, Kristen Grimm of Spitfire Strategies writes about a topic that goes to the heart of what all advocacy groups attempt to do—that is, influence the process by...
Tags: Advocacy Strategy, Evaluation Theory and Practice, Philanthropy Thinking Big—and Evaluating Along the Way Folks at the Atlantic Philanthropies are actively seeking ways to communicate the lessons they’ve picked up (sometimes the hard way) over the years about the...
Tags: Evaluation Theory and Practice, Philanthropy, Nonprofits Calling All Breakfast Aficionados: Join Us on February 28th, 8:15 – 9:45AM Craig Charney, Founder and President of Charney Research, will be on hand to chat with us about the potential role of public...
Tags: Advocacy Strategies, Education, APEP News, Evaluation Theory and Practice Come Have Breakfast with Us on February 28th, 8:15 – 9:45AM Ladies and gents, our second Advocacy Evaluation Breakfast of the year is fast approaching on February 28th. This time around, we’ve...
Tags: Evaluation Theory and Practice, Education, APEP News What's in an Ask?This week, we stumbled upon a blog post about networking and the power of the “ask.” Because we’re often hired to evaluate educational convenings or trips, this got us thinking...
Tags: Evaluation Theory and Practice, Advocacy Strategies So You Failed…Cue the sad music. And the rain clouds. But once you’ve gone through all those post-failure emotions, what's next? Sarika Bansal's "The Power of Failure" has a few apt suggestions:...
Tags: Advocacy Strategies, Evaluation Theory and Practice Measuring What "Makes Life Worthwhile"Well, let’s start with a pretty important question: so, how do you capture what makes life worthwhile… globally? The Legatum Institute’s Prosperity Index...
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