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Charmagne Campbell-Patton

Minneapolis

United States

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Utilization-Focused Evaluation Webinar

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 webinar will explore how we address the interconnection in the new book.

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2021 Reflections from the BME Advisory Council

When we set out to create the Blue Marble Evaluation network, it is safe to say that we did not really know what we were doing. We received a lot of great advice and tremendous support from the McKnight Foundation and from many of our members and friends.

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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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A Blue Marble Lens on Evaluating Education Policy: How global ideas can be adapted to local needs

Several members of the Blue Marble Evaluation network will be presenting at the K12 TIG Business Meeting at the American Evaluation Association Conference:

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The Revolution will not be Evaluated

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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.

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Solutions Salon

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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.

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