Using news as an evalution source
For our work in CDC-RISE, we are using all sorts of unobtrusive measures and data sources to understand conditions in the communities we are working with. This post over at… Read More
Revisiting Elinor Ostrom
For ReSOLV, we’ve been discussing how this paper could be valuable in thinking through the different levels of readiness and readiness behaviors. The one thing that I really love is… Read More
The Purpose of a Community Assessment Tool: How We Use it In Various Projects
Community capacity building is hard. That is no secret. Oftentimes, community teams have a challenge just identifying both the strengths and their areas for growth. This is where a set… Read More
Just some pretty pictures
We just dialed up a pretty comprehensive evaluation with CDC and the RISE network. We plan on sharing a bunch of our learning as we go along, but until I… Read More
Community Psychology Topical Interest Group Business Meeting: Planning for the future
It’s been a busy year for the American Evaluation Association’s Community Psychology Topical Interest Group. Over the past few years, we have grown from just a small group of disconnected… Read More
A brief social services story with no ending.
Hello from Denver. Our team is focused on our sister project, PubTrawlr, at the American Public Health Association conference. It’s been a great time, and we’ve met some really great… Read More
Our black metal logo
Last year, we used an awesome Halloween logo designed by Neon_Cacti on Fiverr. With APHA coming up, along with some associated projects, I can’t be as silly this year. But, we… Read More
The Brief Readiness Thinking Tool
As we get closer to our official launch of the Readiness Learning System, we wanted to promote the Brief Readiness Thinking Tool. This easy-to-use document helps your team deeply consider… Read More
New Home!
Oh hey! As a lot of people know, we focus on getting good ideas into practice. That takes many forms, from evaluation, to research, to training, to technical assistance, to… Read More
Updates coming (soonish)
So, since the last time I dove into this site, we’ve have a bunch of projects start, a bunch of projects stop, and a lot of fun in between. I’ll… Read More
Slightly Changing Focus
Quick site update here. Many of the syntheses articles I’ve been putting together are going to be migrating over to PubTrawlr. They align better with PubTrawlr’s mission around use of… Read More
Recent Trends in Health Equity Research
Let’s start at the beginning. Health outcomes can vary for no other reason than where people are born. And this isn’t even a “developed” vs. “developing” country distinction. In the… Read More
