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This session will be part of the Canadian Evaluation Society Conference in Quebec City. Click here to register. Identifying essential competencies for evaluators has received significant attention in recent years yet practical examples of how to apply competencies to real-time learning in complex environments are lacking. In particular, the experience of those at the local level - ultimate beneficiary individuals (UBIs) - can get lost when evaluations take a systems perspective. Both global and local perspectives is needed, achieved through 'zooming in an out' (glocal thinking). Presenters…

This workshop is part of the Canadian Evaluation Society conference in Quebec City. Click here to register.   Blue Marble refers to the iconic image of the Earth from space without borders or boundaries, a whole Earth perspective. Blue Marble Evaluation consists of principles and criteria for evaluating transformational initiatives aimed at a more equitable and sustainable world. This means transforming evaluation to evaluate transformation. Evaluating transformation means moving from theory of change to theory of transformation. Incorporating the Blue Marble perspective means looking…

This full-day session will take place at the Canadian Evaluation Society Conference in Quebec City. Register for CES. Session Description: Glocally competent evaluator integrate evaluative thinking across levels to support a focus on the ultimate beneficiary individuals without losing sight of the complex and interdependent systems and the global context in which they live. Build your competencies to 'zoom in and out' with global and local perspectives as we walk you through how evaluators can support social innovators to make local to global connections, evaluate the extent to which the…

  Blue Marble refers to the iconic image of the Earth from space without borders or boundaries, a whole Earth perspective. Blue Marble Evaluation consists of principles and criteria for evaluating transformational initiatives aimed at a more equitable and sustainable world. We are using our planet’s resources, and polluting and warming it, in ways that are unsustainable. Many people, organizations, and networks are working to ensure the future is more sustainable and equitable. Blue Marble evaluators enter the fray by helping design, implement, and evaluate transformational initiatives…

Join us for our monthly BME community gathering.  This month, we will discuss the revised Principles for Evaluating Transformation from the International Evaluation Academy, pending their adoption. Here are some notes from the gathering. Note: We are taking a summer break from BME community gatherings, so if you are not able to join us in May, we hope to see you at the Canadian Evaluation Society conference in June, or back online in September.  

As part of Youth in Evaluation Week, this event will bring together perspectives, stories and lessons from our collaboration working on the Food Systems Summit to explore how intergenerational evaluation can be informed by, and inform, the principles of Blue Marble Evaluation. In particular, we will explore the following principles and questions:  Cross-silos Principle: Connect across sectors and issues. How can intergenerational evaluation contribute to an expanded definition of what working across silos means for Blue Marble evaluation?  Yin-yang Principle: Harmonize conceptual opposites…

For this month's community gathering, we will come together in advance of Youth in Evaluation week to discuss what intergenerational evaluation means to us and how the Blue Marble Evaluation community can foster intergenerational evaluation in alignment with our principles. Click here to register for this month's gathering. These conversations will help inform the panel discussion we are hosting on April 25th - Blue Marble Perspectives on Intergenerational Evaluation for Transformation. We hope you will join us for both of these important conversations! 

Join us for our monthly BME community gathering, where we will be hearing from Keiko Kuji-Shikatani about how she thinks about the Glocal Principle in the context of her work in Canada. We will then break into smaller groups to explore the concept of glocal competency and how we can all continue to build our own knowledge and skills to support zooming in and zooming out to support "learning as we go."  Click here to register.

Join us as we explore the new directions for Utilization-Focused Evaluation through Blue Marble Evaluation. This month, we will be providing a space for Q&A with Michael Quinn Patton, founder of Blue Marble Evaluation, as well as time for BME members to connect with one another. We will also talk about how the Blue Marble Evaluation community might collaborate to contribute to the upcoming American Evaluation Association conference call for proposals.  Gatherings will take place on the Third Thursday of the month at 9am CST / 3pm UTC. Click here to register.

Join us as we explore the new directions for Utilization-Focused Evaluation through Blue Marble Evaluation. These monthly gatherings will be less one-way webinars and more conversations, case examples, fishbowl-style consulting and opportunities to learn and connect. Gatherings will take place on the Third Thursday of the month at 9am CST / 3pm UTC. Click here to register.