Looking for an Evaluation-related podcast? Give a listen to The It Depends Podcast!

Eval Academy is offering 50% off Professional Development courses! Ends Wednesday, December 3rd. Happy Cyber Monday!

Local videographer Shelley Schlender joined Tim Seastedt for a walk through the new Spruce Gulch Wildlife and Research Reserve recently. Spruce Gulch was gifted to CU earlier this year by a private donor. Tim is spearheading research and education on the property. www.youtube.com/watch?v=Zfli...

"Cognitive biases are part of being human—and they show up in evaluation too." But don't worry! There are strategies for addressing our biases. The top 5 biases in evaluation are detailed in this article by the Eval Academy.

Evaluation 2025 Theme: Engaging Community, Sharing Leadership They are promoting the in-person option, but there IS a (limited) virtual component for those unable to attend in person!

Are all the competency domains covered across your evaluation roles? Here's a great presentation from GEI outlining an evaluation competency framework.

This is the first post in a two-part series on data triangulation. A good refresher!

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Are you getting the most out of your evaluation questions? Eval Academy has created a 4-minute video summarizing their "Top 10 Tips for crafting evaluation questions that are meaningful, strategic, and actionable." (Full transcript below video.)

In a world flooded with information where people are struggling to trust each other, GEI proposes 7 great strategies for building trust in evaluation findings: