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In honor of Blue Marble Evaluation's founder, Michael Quinn Patton's 75th Birthday on September 5, 2020, we invited some of his colleagues, friends and family to sing along to "Sweet MQP" to the tune of Sweet Caroline, by Neil Diamond, one of Michael's favorite songs.
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With lockdowns and stay home orders spanning the globe to prevent the spread of the novel coronavirus, we've all been spending an awful lot of time on Zoom these days. I know I have. Even my 2 and 6 year olds have. And now the language of "zoomed out" has become commonplace. I think we are all feeling a little "zoomed out," but not in the good way.
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Have you started reading Michael's new book, Blue Marble Evaluation: Premises and Principles yet?
If not, this is great motivation to read it alongside other fellow BME members!
If so, perhaps you have questions and thoughts you'd like to share with Michael and others?
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This week, we feature the words of evaluator Rodney Hopson, "The Revolution Will Not Be Evaluated." Written in 2017 as "an ode to Gil Scot-Heron, Michael Scriven, and the future of evaluation," this poem calls into question the role of evaluation in movements for social change. What can we, the Blue Marble Evaluation community, learn from this poem? We invite you to share your thoughts and perspectives here.
I had the pleasure of facilitating a "Solutions Salon" at the Minnesota International NGO Summit in Minneapolis last week. This was a space for evaluators to share their challenges and to workshop and crowd-source possible solutions. We explored challenges with regards to use, measurement, methods, technology and culure in the context of International development.
Do Blue Marble Evaluators working at the global level require a unique set of competencies that go beyond the existing competency frameworks? Here are some of the frameworks for evaluator competence:
