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Seeing the Forest
Beyond the Trees
Learning Across
the Experiences of
Seven Advocacy Evaluators
Jared Raynor, TCC Group
Anne Gienapp, ORS Impact
Claire Hutchings, Oxfam Great Britain
Johanna Morariu, Innovation Network

David Devlin-Foltz, The Aspen Institute
Tom Kelly, Hawai`i Community Foundation
Robin Kane, RK Evaluation & Strategies LLC
Chair: Jara Dean-Coffey, jdcPartnerships

Evaluation 2013 | American Evaluation Association | October 19, 2013 | Washington, D.C.
“Talk Show”
session
moderated by
Jara Dean-Coffey

With visual
Recording by
Katherine
Athanasiades

Photo credits: @InnoNet_Eval pic.twitter.com/fJJ3dHHF0k; @RefocusInstitut pic.twitter.com/xhRGEdjjhb
Being “ready” is something
needed for any evaluation.

Q:

What are the most
important things you
learned about purpose/
readiness for engaging
in advocacy evaluation?
There are a number of
unique methods that have
emerged to support
advocacy evaluation.

Q:

What has proven to be
the most effective
methodology in
your work?
Questions of rigor and level
of evidence are often asked
about advocacy evaluation.
A related concept is
contribution and attribution
of wins.

Q:

How did you handle this?
What has worked?
Completed Visual Recording

Photo credits: @InnoNet_Eval pic.twitter.com/x9y5mYvxAm
Completed Visual Recording

Photo credits: @rkaneDC pic.twitter.com/hpK7NLrqc7
Seeing the Forest
Beyond the Trees
Jared Raynor,TCC Group
jraynor@tccgrp.com

David Devlin-Foltz, The Aspen Institute
david.devlin-foltz@aspeninst.org

Anne Gienapp, ORS Impact
agienapp@orsimpact.com

Tom Kelly, Hawai`i Community Foundation
tkelly@hcf-hawaii.org

Claire Hutchings, Oxfam Great Britain Robin Kane, RK Evaluation & Strategies LLC
CHutchings@Oxfam.org.uk
Robin@rkevaluation.com
Johanna Morariu, Innovation Network Chair: Jara Dean-Coffey, jdcPartnerships
jmorariu@innonet.org
jara@jdcpartnerships.com
Visual Recorder: Kat Athanasiades, Innovation
Network, kathanasiades@innonet.org

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Seeing the Forest (Beyond the Trees): Learning Across the Experiences of Seven Advocacy Evaluators

  • 1. Seeing the Forest Beyond the Trees Learning Across the Experiences of Seven Advocacy Evaluators Jared Raynor, TCC Group Anne Gienapp, ORS Impact Claire Hutchings, Oxfam Great Britain Johanna Morariu, Innovation Network David Devlin-Foltz, The Aspen Institute Tom Kelly, Hawai`i Community Foundation Robin Kane, RK Evaluation & Strategies LLC Chair: Jara Dean-Coffey, jdcPartnerships Evaluation 2013 | American Evaluation Association | October 19, 2013 | Washington, D.C.
  • 2. “Talk Show” session moderated by Jara Dean-Coffey With visual Recording by Katherine Athanasiades Photo credits: @InnoNet_Eval pic.twitter.com/fJJ3dHHF0k; @RefocusInstitut pic.twitter.com/xhRGEdjjhb
  • 3. Being “ready” is something needed for any evaluation. Q: What are the most important things you learned about purpose/ readiness for engaging in advocacy evaluation?
  • 4. There are a number of unique methods that have emerged to support advocacy evaluation. Q: What has proven to be the most effective methodology in your work?
  • 5. Questions of rigor and level of evidence are often asked about advocacy evaluation. A related concept is contribution and attribution of wins. Q: How did you handle this? What has worked?
  • 6. Completed Visual Recording Photo credits: @InnoNet_Eval pic.twitter.com/x9y5mYvxAm
  • 7. Completed Visual Recording Photo credits: @rkaneDC pic.twitter.com/hpK7NLrqc7
  • 8. Seeing the Forest Beyond the Trees Jared Raynor,TCC Group jraynor@tccgrp.com David Devlin-Foltz, The Aspen Institute david.devlin-foltz@aspeninst.org Anne Gienapp, ORS Impact agienapp@orsimpact.com Tom Kelly, Hawai`i Community Foundation tkelly@hcf-hawaii.org Claire Hutchings, Oxfam Great Britain Robin Kane, RK Evaluation & Strategies LLC CHutchings@Oxfam.org.uk Robin@rkevaluation.com Johanna Morariu, Innovation Network Chair: Jara Dean-Coffey, jdcPartnerships jmorariu@innonet.org jara@jdcpartnerships.com Visual Recorder: Kat Athanasiades, Innovation Network, kathanasiades@innonet.org