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Welcome to Project Evident's Evidence Toolkit

Terita Murphy
Nov 25, 2019 • 3 min read
Use this page to start your journey to using data and evidence building to improve decision making, programs and ultimately outcomes for the communities you serve.

Data

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Data

Solving the "Last Mile" Problem of Technology, Tools and Talent in the Social Sector

Ben Berres
Oct 25, 2019 • 1 min read
Data

Using Data Visualization to Meet Your Organization’s Goals

Farhana Hossain
Aug 26, 2019 • 3 min read
This worksheet and instructions can help you identify ways in which visualizing data can optimize your organization’s strategic objectives and engage internal and external stakeholders. Set and prioritize short- and long-term goals for what you want to communicate with data and to whom.
Data

Chart Do’s and Don'ts: The Ultimate Data Visualization Guide

Infogram
Aug 26, 2019 • 1 min read
The Infogram team collected information on various chart types and combined the knowledge into a comprehensive guide of what to do and what not to do when creating charts.

Diversity Equity Inclusion

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Diversity Equity Inclusion

How to Apply a Diversity, Equity, & Inclusion Lens to Strengthen Evidence Building in the Social Sector

Charles E. Carter, Jr. PhD, LICSW, Farhana Hossain
Jan 8, 2020 • 1 min read
This framework should serve as a starting point as practitioners work toward including DEI in their evidence building goals.
Diversity Equity Inclusion

The 3 Types of Diversity That Shape Our Identities

Harvard Business Review
May 23, 2019 • 1 min read
Diversity means different things to different people – and can be dynamic based on the circumstances. This Harvard Business Review article offers an expansive picture of diversity and inclusion and provides an interesting framework to consider when defining a diversity strategy.
Diversity Equity Inclusion

Empathy and Social Justice: The Power of Proximity in Improvement Science

Carnegie Commons
May 23, 2019 • 1 min read
Reflections on Bryan Stevenson’s keynote address from the Carnegie Foundation Summit on Improvement in Education, offering insights on working towards equity.

Evaluation

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Evaluation

Performance Practice Self Assessments

Leap Ambassadors
May 17, 2019 • 1 min read
Leap of Reason Ambassadors Community offers tools for self assessment of performance practice to help nonprofits and their funders drive organizational performance improvement.

Evidence Based Policy

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Evidence Based Policy

Bridging the Gap Between Public Policy and Evidence to Improve Social Outcomes

Sara Peters, Farhana Hossain, Mary Bissell
Oct 25, 2019 • 1 min read
The notion that decisions about design, implementation, and funding of policies and social programs should be based on scientific evidence of effectiveness – continues to garner support among policymakers from both sides of the aisle.
Evidence Based Policy

Advocacy Capacity Tool (ACT!)

Bolder Advocacy
May 23, 2019 • 1 min read
With the Advocacy Capacity Tool (ACT!), from Bolder Advocacy, nonprofits can benchmark their advocacy skills, identify specific gaps and opportunities in their advocacy strategies, determine how they want to strengthen their advocacy, and efficiently focus resources to get the best results.
Evidence Based Policy

Guide to Collaborative Communication with Human Services Providers

Nonprofit Resiliency Committee
May 23, 2019 • 1 min read
Nonprofit Resiliency Committee (NRC) offers recommendations on how government and the nonprofit sector can work together to design City services and achieve maximum impact.

Improving Programs

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Improving Programs

The Experimenter's Inventory

Jonathan Breckon, Anna Hopkins, James Lawrence
Feb 14, 2020 • 2 min read
This inventory provides a framework for thinking about the choices available to an agency, ministry or organisation that wants to experiment.
Improving Programs

Continuous Improvement and Evidence Building

Sherra Lawrence
Jan 2, 2020 • 8 min read
By approaching evidence building as an ongoing process instead of the all-too-common "one study at a time" approach, practitioners avoid delayed findings and constrained adaptations.
Improving Programs

Solving the Problem with Problem Solving Meetings

Jonathan Levene
Dec 2, 2019 • 2 min read
This insightful post by Jonathan Levene gives practitioners the tools they need to cut through the clutter and get down to business.

Strategic Evidence Planning

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Strategic Evidence Planning

Strategic Evidence Planning: A Practitioner's Perspective

Brad Dudding
Oct 25, 2019 • 1 min read
Strategic Evidence Planning

Empowering Practitioners to Drive the Evidence Train: Building the Next Generation of Evidence

Jennifer L. Brooks, Beth A. Boulay, Rebecca A. Maynard
Jun 6, 2019 • 2 min read
Evaluation should serve as the research and development component of nonprofit organizations, continually testing and improving services delivered to achieve greater benefit for the clients served.

Technology

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Technology

Assessing the Data Maturity of your Organization with The Data Orchard

Ben Berres
Feb 4, 2020 • 1 min read
Data Orchard's online tool is designed for social service organizations to provide program design, data analysis and implement measurement and monitoring systems to improve processes.
Technology

Transitioning Smoothly from External to In House Tech Maintenance

Ben Berres
Jan 3, 2020 • 4 min read
While the upside is clear, externally led/managed projects can present challenges. Learn how to transition smoothly and avoid pitfalls.

Theory of Change

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Theory of Change

How Can Driver Diagrams Help You Build Your Theory of Change?

East London NHS Foundation Trust
Jun 10, 2019 • 1 min read
A driver diagram illustrates a Theory of Change and can be used to plan improvement project activities. This technique provides a way of systematically laying out aspects of an improvement project so they can be discussed and agreed on collaboratively by the project team.
Theory of Change

Theory of Change Impact on Bright Futures

Building Bright Futures
May 23, 2019 • 1 min read
A case study of collective impact using a Theory of Change, created by Building Bright Futures, a child services organization in Vermont.
Theory of Change

What is a Theory of Change?

Center for Theory of Change
May 23, 2019 • 1 min read
The Center for Theory of Change provides a solid definition of the Theory of Change and its critical importance to evidence gathering.
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