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I write about evaluation as a 'beautiful practice' - but a practice that has to change to meet the demands of this era. Below are my topics. Please keep on scrolling to see the most recent as well as popular posts, a theme cloud and how to subscribe to receive post updates.
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Evaluation's Journey towards the Future, Part 7. A Collective Navigation System for this time of Polycrisis
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In this second last post in this series I, like others, argue that it is not enough that the field evaluation simply keeps on evolving. ...
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Zenda Ofir </a>
* Why are we still evaluating yesterday's world to plan for tomorrow's challenges? Evaluation after evaluation that land on my desk for review describes ...
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My first 'Snippet and Titbit'-the first random reading or thought morsel I would like to share more widely! This one is fun but also ...
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Mention 'polycrisis', and people's eyes glaze over - intimidated by its complexity and a sense of powerlessness. What if, instead, we consider what it means ...
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Evaluation does not flow from a single source. Like a mighty river fed by countless tributaries, today's evaluation practice draws from streams that rise in ...
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In this age of intensifying complex and interwoven crises, evaluation professionals increasingly and inevitably have to work in spaces where evaluation and transformation meet - ...
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Zenda Ofir </a>
Despite Trump's bulldozing of the world, and the vulnerabilities, uncertainties and trauma affecting many societies, this time of polycrisis is also a time to celebrate. ...
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In our hyperconnected world it is hard to escape bad news. It is easy to get distressed or angry, yet we cannot turn away. ...
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