Planning and Design | Blog Post
2021
Increasing Evaluation Transparency through Positionality Statements
Values play an important role in evaluation. By values, I mean not just the value or merit of a project, but also...
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Data Collection & Analysis | Blog Post
2021
I Am: More Than a Checkbox
Race, ethnicity, sex, gender identity, sexual orientation, disability, nationality, religion, class, language, mental health – these characteristics and others make for complex...
Management, Quality Review | Blog Post
2021
Building Trust in Evaluations
Trust is integral to valuing evaluation results and findings. If stakeholders don’t trust your evaluation work, they will neither value it nor...
Planning and Design | Blog Post
2021
Three Mistakes to Avoid for Your Next Grant Proposal
During my twenty-plus-year professional career, I have participated in many grant applications. I have experienced the grant-seeking process from three perspectives: applying...
Management | Blog Post
2021
Project Management for Evaluation*
At Three Hive, we work on multiple evaluation projects, some with firm deadlines, some without; we share staff between evaluations based on...
Data Collection & Analysis | Blog Post
2021
Adapting Monitoring Surveys to Respond to and Engage a Community*
Hi! We are Val Marshall, Megan Zelinsky, and Lyssa Wilson Becho from EvaluATE, the evaluation hub for the National Science Foundation’s (NSF) Advanced Technological Education (ATE) program. For over...
Data Collection & Analysis, Planning and Design | Blog Post
2021
Checking our bias in “unbiased” research instruments: applying a diversity, equity and inclusion lens to instrument design*
We think of a diversity, equity, and inclusion (DEI) lens as the commitment to incorporate DEI principles and practices into the environments...
Communication, Dissemination, & Use of Results, Management | Blog Post
2021
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...
Communication, Dissemination, & Use of Results, Management, Planning and Design | Blog Post
2021
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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