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Communication, Dissemination, & Use of Results

Dissemination Matrix

This 2022 template assists project staff and evaluators in strategizing ways to disseminate findings from their project or evaluation to target specific audiences.

January 11, 2022 | Sharon Gusky

Reporting Insights from an ATE PI

As a new ATE PI, I never made the connection between the ATE Survey, the project evaluations, and my annual report. They...

Strategies for Reporting Qualitative Evaluations

Using qualitative data in an evaluation can lead to a deeper understanding of why and how a project works. Quotations and stories...

Student Participation And Completion of Marketable Credentials Report

June 30, 2021 | Lori Wingate

How is an NSF project outcomes report different from a final annual report?

All NSF projects are required to submit a project outcomes report within 90 days of the grant’s expiration, along with a final...

June 16, 2021 | Jane Davidson

Evaluation That Seriously Gets to the Point and Conveys It Brilliantly

Evaluation, much as we love it, has a reputation among non-evaluators for being overly technical and academic, lost in the details, hard...

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