This article first appeared in the edition of ‘Evaluator’ – the journal of the UK Evaluation Society in May 2019 When I was asked to write on capacity building for tendering and commissioning I thought briefly about making some high-brow comment on the ‘evaluation market place’, or how evaluators and Read more…
I’ve been thinking a lot about what it takes to be an independent consultant and an independent consultant who is also an evaluator. I’ve been thinking a lot about it because, well, business has been a little slow. Glacial. At first I thought it was ‘just me’. I knew I’d Read more…
We talk a lot about positive impact: the positive impact that a programme or project is having, a positive impact delivered into someone’s life, etc. But we all know that things don’t always go swimmingly. Sometimes, in fact, our interventions don’t have the anticipated results. Sometimes people are actually worse Read more…
I talk a lot about social impact don’t I? But what is it and how important is it in my life? Social impact could be described as: The effect of an activity on the social fabric of the community and well-being of individuals and families. Social Enterprise UK It is Read more…
A version of this blog first appeared on my website in November 2013. It has had a little tweaking but is still as relevant today as it was six years ago… I talk a lot about participation, stakeholder engagement, beneficiary engagement. Not only do I think it is essential to Read more…