by Elizabeth | May 4, 2021 | Data Visualization, Evaluation
How many times have you written a report and heard the client respond – This is amazing! I know exactly how to use this information! We changed our processes or policies because of the findings in the report! This is an evaluator’s dream. Yet, too often we... 
by Elizabeth | Apr 6, 2021 | Data Visualization, Evaluation, Social Justice
This post is the third in a series talking about adopting inclusive and non-violent language in our work. Click the links to read Part 1 (inclusive language) and Part 2 (non-violent language). The thing about awareness is that once we know more, it becomes hard to not... 
by Elizabeth | Mar 17, 2021 | Data Visualization, Evaluation, Social Justice
As data lovers and evaluators, we know that implicit and explicit biases influence our work. Data is not objective. Data are numbers that represent people. People make the decisions about how that information is collected, who it is collected from, how it is analyzed,... 
by Elizabeth | Mar 17, 2021 | Evaluation, Social Justice
In evaluation capacity building work, we talk about the importance of developing shared language around data and evaluation. While having an understanding of certain terms like “outcomes” is helpful, the importance of language goes beyond these... 
by Elizabeth Grim | Aug 11, 2020 | Evaluation
Long before we entered the pre-Covid/during-Covid realm, marked by daily monitoring of case counts, testing, hospitalizations, and death tolls, I had my own pre/during world. Twenty-two years ago the world as I knew it changed as I was rushed to the emergency room and... 
by Elizabeth Grim | Jun 3, 2020 | Evaluation, Social Justice
This blog post has been a long time coming. I have struggled with voicing my thoughts for a couple of years. I am embarrassed that it took a national crisis and more murders of people of color like Ahmaud Arbery, Breonna Taylor, and George Floyd for me to lean into... 