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Jun

17

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Design Principles in Evaluation Design

Posted by on June 17th, 2016 0 comments

“Sometimes… it seems to me that… all the works of the human brain and hand are either design itself or a branch of that art.” Michelangelo Michelangelo is not the only one who thinks design is important in all human activities.  In his book A Whole New Mind, Dan Pink considers design to be one… Read More »

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Jun

10

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The Accidental Objective

Posted by on June 10th, 2016 0 comments

A couple of months ago, I accidentally set an objective for the NEO Shop Talk blog. First, let me give you my definition of an objective. I think of objectives as observable outcomes. An outcome defines the effect you want to make through a project or initiative. (You can read more about outcomes here.)  Then,… Read More »

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Jun

03

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What is a Need?

Posted by on June 3rd, 2016 0 comments

Requests for Proposals often have a “Needs” section that usually says something like “Describe the need for your project.”  For over a decade I read hundreds of proposals for funding in my last position, and it often seemed like there was a lack of understanding of what that question meant. As you probably know from… Read More »

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May

27

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Worksheets and Checklists to Help with Evaluation

Posted by on May 27th, 2016 0 comments

You may already know that the NEO offers some booklets that work through some basic evaluation processes, called Planning and Evaluating Health Information Outreach Projects. You can view them as a PDF, an HTML or you can order a print version (there are limited copies of these left, so no promises). But I think the… Read More »

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May

20

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Steering by Outcomes: Begin with the End in Mind

Posted by on May 20th, 2016 0 comments

If you don’t know where you’re going, you might not get there – Yogi Berra Next week, Karen and I will be facilitating an online version of one of NEO’s oldest workshops, Planning Outcomes-Based Outreach Projects for the Health Science Information Section of the North Dakota Library Association.The main tool we teach in this workshop… Read More »

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