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An Evolution of Evaluation in Grantmaking With a Participatory Lens

sgEngage

All too frequently, the grantmaker alone is determining, leading, and benefiting from MEL processes with no input or collaboration from the people, organizations or community impacted. The practice of participatory evaluation aims to disrupt power dynamics, and to generate knowledge as a result of collaboration.

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NPTECH Punk

Zen and the Art of Nonprofit Technology

From their website: Some of the features that distinguish Hampshire from more traditional liberal arts colleges include student-designed academic concentrations; an active, collaborative, inquiry-based pedagogy; an interdisciplinary curriculum; and a narrative evaluation system. Sounds a lot like Edupunk, doesn’t it? I learned a lot.

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Making Smarter Decisions: Five Business Intelligence Myths

NTEN

I love this stuff because, to me, data done right is empowerment. A good BI strategy would also tell you what sources prompted those downloads (direct emails from you, advertising in online journals, etc.) Collaboration. You need IT folks who understand how data is structured, what queries are possible, how data modeling works.