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Competencies

What capabilities do evaluators need for this polycrisis era? Posts here explore evaluation competencies, professional development, and the skills and dispositions required to span multiple boundaries — geographic, sector, disciplinary, generational, stakeholder, ideological — while working across complexity, culture and transformation.
18
Jul
Guest Post: How can evaluation step up to the transformational challenge?

Guest Post: How can evaluation step up to the transformational challenge?

Sam Buckton distils insights from his pioneering PhD research on transformation-focused evaluation. Based on a systematic review of the literature, he maps 12 principles that show how the evaluation field is advancing with the demands of transformative change in complex systems.
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08
Feb
Guest post: The evaluation governance implications of transformative evaluation

Guest post: The evaluation governance implications of transformative evaluation

I hope you will appreciate this interesting and pertinent blog post. I was in Beijing in 2003 at the inaugural
4 min read
20
Apr
COVID-19, Part 4. Accelerating

COVID-19, Part 4. Accelerating

Do you agree with the following five observations? If so, the time is right for evaluation professionals to align. By
8 min read
14
Sep
Competencies for post-normal evaluation, Part 3

Competencies for post-normal evaluation, Part 3

One thing is certain: the proficiencies and abilities that will help us deal with the world in an era defined
4 min read
12
Sep
Competencies for post-normal evaluation, Part 2

Competencies for post-normal evaluation, Part 2

Skill 6. Deep Generalists In order to be a good evaluation professional, it is essential to see connections. We have
4 min read
03
Sep
Competencies for post-normal evaluation, Part 1

Competencies for post-normal evaluation, Part 1

"Are modernity's blueprints for evaluation theory and practice exhausted?" Only now and again one finds provocative
6 min read
08
Apr
Leslie Goodyear's Top YEE Tips

Leslie Goodyear's Top YEE Tips

I'm Leslie Goodyear, and I have recently finished my year as president of the American Evaluation Association. In
3 min read
28
Mar
Jo Puri's Top YEE Tips: So, you want to be an evaluator?

Jo Puri's Top YEE Tips: So, you want to be an evaluator?

I head the Independent Evaluation Unit (IEU) of the Green Climate Fund, an office that was founded only two years
3 min read
26
Mar
Fabiola Amariles' Top YEE Tips: Reflections on attitudes

Fabiola Amariles' Top YEE Tips: Reflections on attitudes

Zenda's invitation to contribute to her blog with some tips "from the Global South" for Young
3 min read
14
Dec
Donna Mertens

Donna Mertens’ Top Tips for YEEs. Youthful Energy Contribution to the Pursuit of Transformative Evaluation

The final session of the 2018 American Evaluation Association meeting was devoted to engaging with youth in evaluation; the wonderful
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