Steps to

Advocacy
Evaluation
Innovation Network’s Pathfinder Series
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#AdvocacyEval

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Q &A
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Technical Issues?
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Presenters
Johanna Morariu
Director, Innovation Network
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@j_morariu

Will Fenn
Associate, Innovation Network
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@wtfenn

Lisa Ranghelli
Director of the Grantmaking for Community
Impact Project, NCRP
lranghelli@ncrp.org
@NCRP
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Webinar Agenda

1

Pathfinder: 9 Steps to Advocacy
Evaluation Innovation Network

2

Real Results Report

3

Resources

4

Q&A

NCRP

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Pathfinder Series

Funder’s
perspective
Advocacy
evaluation
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Steps to Advocacy Evaluation
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2
3
4
5
6
7
8
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Evaluation Purpose
Roles & Responsibilities
Theory of Change
What to Measure
Methodology & Data Collection
Analysis, Reflection, & Data Use
Communications & Reporting
Grantmaking Decisions
Checking the Big Picture
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1

Evaluation Purpose

Why are you conducting the
evaluation?
What will the evaluation look at?
Who is the audience?
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2

Roles & Responsibilities
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What is your role?

What is the grantee’s role?
Who will be the evaluator?
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3

Theory of Change
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What are your goals?

What are your grantee’s goals?
How do those goals align?
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What to Measure
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Which external changes will the
evaluation measure?
Which internal changes will the
evaluation measure?
What is the evaluation timeline?
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5

Methodology & Data Collection

Which evaluation
methodology is a fit?
Which data collection
approaches are a fit?
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6

Analysis, Reflection, & Data Use

How often should the
data be analyzed?

Who should look at the data?
How should data be shared?
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7

Communications & Reporting

Who should be kept in the loop?

How often should there be
communication or reporting?
How can learning be supported?

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8

Grantmaking Decisions

Should you offer multi-year grants?
Should you offer general operating support?
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9

Checking the Big Picture

Do the decisions for steps 1 – 8 fit together?

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Resources
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Pathfinder

advocacy evaluation

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The State of Evaluation Project
www.stateofevaluation.org

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Question

&
Answer
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Learn More and Connect
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ncrp.org
@Innonet_Eval
@NCRP
facebook.com/innovation.network
facebook.com/NCRPcommunity

youtube.com/InnoNetEval
youtube.com/NCRP620
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Philanthropy’s Promise

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