EVALUATION, DATA, AND LEARNING —

We manage evaluation projects from start to finish or manage a specific piece of a larger project.

• Program, organization, or collaborative evaluation strategy and design

• Development of data collection tools or measures, including surveys, interviews, and focus groups

• Data collection

• Analysis of existing data

• Data visualization and report development (including infographics)

• Processes and practices for utilizing data to learn and make better decisions

See an example of this service at work with The Healing Trust and Crossroads Campus.

EVALUATION CAPACITY BUILDING, CONSULTATION, AND TRAINING —

We provide tailored learning opportunities for individuals, teams, or organizations to increase their ability to use data to learn. 

• Workshops

• Webinars

• Consultation

See an example of this service at work with the Center for Nonprofit Management.

COMMUNITY-DRIVEN RESEARCH AND EVALUATION —

We utilize participatory and community-based approaches to involve communities and stakeholders in the research and evaluation process. 

• Needs assessments

• Asset, resource, and stakeholder mapping

• Participatory Action Research/Evaluation and Youth Participatory Action Research/Evaluation

• Community-Based Participatory Research/Evaluation

• Large group participatory data collection methods (e.g., World Cafe, Dotmocracy, etc.)

See an example of this service at work with Opportunity Youth Collaborative.

PROGRAM DESIGN AND IMPLEMENTATION —

We work with organizations to conceptualize, design, and stand up or re-vamp programs with learning processes baked in.

• Theory of change development and logic modeling

• Identification of outcomes

• Workflow design

• Evaluation planning

See an example of this service at work with The Family Collective.

COLLABORATION AND SYSTEMS CHANGE —

We work with collaborative initiatives to design and implement governance infrastructures, facilitate and support groups doing the work, and evaluate impacts.

• Collective Impact consultation

• Meeting and process facilitation

• Infrastructure planning and design

• Identification of metrics and data use 

• Evaluation and learning for systems change

See an example of this service at work with United Way of Greater Nashville: Blueprint for Early Childhood Success.