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Principle 10: Bricolage Methods

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Conduct utilization-focused evaluations incorporating Blue Marble principles to match methods to the evaluation situation.

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Blue Marble Evaluation: Premises & Principles

This book introduces Blue Marble evaluation, which provides a framework for developing, adapting, and evaluating major systems change initiatives involving complex networks of stakeholders.
Author
Michael Quinn Patton
Year
2019

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Monthly U-FE Webinar - Principle 5: Prioritize

This webinar is part of a monthly series offered by Utilization-Focused Evaluation in partnership with Blue Marble Evaluation. The publication of the new 5th edition of Utilization-Focused Evaluation provides an opportunity to revisit the interconnection between Blue Marble Evaluation and Utilization-Focused Evaluation. In essence, Blue Marble evaluations should be utilization-focused so Utilization-Focused Evaluation provides the overarching framework for Blue Marble Evaluation.

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Evidence for Impact Webinar: Developmental Evaluation

This webinar explores the essential principles of developmental evaluation (DE) and how funders adapt them to in a variety of scenarios and contexts. As DE gains traction, people are implementing them in different ways and taking full advantage of DE’s commitment to flexibility. But how much flexibility it too much? What is fundamental? Speakers from three unique DEs will discuss their experiences, which varied significantly while successfully fulfilling core DE purposes. The session will also share resources for those interested in DE implementation.

Year
2022

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Monthly U-FE Webinar - Principle 4: Align

This webinar is part of a monthly series offered by Utilization-Focused Evaluation in partnership with Blue Marble Evaluation. The publication of the new 5th edition of Utilization-Focused Evaluation provides an opportunity to revisit the interconnection between Blue Marble Evaluation and Utilization-Focused Evaluation. In essence, Blue Marble evaluations should be utilization-focused so Utilization-Focused Evaluation provides the overarching framework for Blue Marble Evaluation.

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Monthly U-FE Webinar - Principle 3: Customize

This webinar is part of a monthly series offered by Utilization-Focused Evaluation in partnership with Blue Marble Evaluation. The publication of the new 5th edition of Utilization-Focused Evaluation provides an opportunity to revisit the interconnection between Blue Marble Evaluation and Utilization-Focused Evaluation. In essence, Blue Marble evaluations should be utilization-focused so Utilization-Focused Evaluation provides the overarching framework for Blue Marble Evaluation.

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Monthly U-FE Webinar - Principle 2 - Personalize

This webinar is part of a monthly series offered by Utilization-Focused Evaluation in partnership with Blue Marble Evaluation. The publication of the new 5th edition of Utilization-Focused Evaluation provides an opportunity to revisit the interconnection between Blue Marble Evaluation and Utilization-Focused Evaluation. In essence, Blue Marble evaluations should be utilization-focused so Utilization-Focused Evaluation provides the overarching framework for Blue Marble Evaluation.

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Virtual Book Launch: 5th Edition of Utilization-Focused Evaluation

Join us to celebrate the release of the 5th edition of Utilization-Focused Evaluation (Sage).

This is the first intergenerational edition of U-FE, co-authored by Michael Quinn Patton and Charmagne E. Campbell-Patton. Hear from the authors and special guests about the book and how it seeks to contribute to a more sustainable, equitable society.

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Utilization-Focused Evaluation as the Overarching Framework for Blue Marble Evaluation

The publication of the new 5th edition of Utilization-Focused Evaluation provides an opportunity to revisit the interconnection between Blue Marble Evaluation and Utilization-Focused Evaluation. In essence, Blue Marble evaluations should be utilization-focused so Utilization-Focused Evaluation provides the overarching framework for Blue Marble Evaluation. This blog summarizes how we address the interconnection in the new book.

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Developmental Evaluation: Systems and Complexity

Developmental Evaluation involves real time feedback about what is emerging in complex dynamic systems as innovators seek to bring about systems change. Participants in this course will learn the unique niche of developmental evaluation and what perspectives such as Systems Thinking and Complex Nonlinear Dynamics can offer for alternative evaluation approaches

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10 Years of USAID Developmental Evaluation

Did you know that while USAID conducted just two developmental evaluations (DEs) between 2010 and

2015, it conducted 12 between 2016 and 2020? To find out more, check out Social Impact (SI) and its

USAID/Indonesia DE Jalin’s new study 10 Years of USAID Developmental Evaluation.

 

This comes 10 years after Dr. Patton published his landmark book Developmental Evaluation and shows

that DE has come a long way since with one of the world’s premier international development agencies.

Year
2021

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