Three Metrics for Design Evaluation
Three design metrics can assess whether we are creating things of value or simply leading us down the wrong path.
Research + Evaluation
Data Collection and Participation For Busy People
Among the greatest challenges of doing research and evaluation is ensuring you get participation from enough (and the right) people. Surveys are everywhere. It feels like everyone wants our feedback on just about everything. Yet, the more surveys out there the more we should be concerned about data quality, too. On top of that, we …
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Innovation Like An Epidemiologist
What if innovation was like epidemiology? What if we wanted to understand the source, scope, scale, and spread of an idea or product? That’s one way that we think about the innovation process. Innovation – like a virus — is similar to infectious disease epidemiology. Both of these areas look at the development of something, …
Multimedia Visualizations For Strategy and Impact
Multimedia visualizations are powerful ways to convey a lot of information in a small space and with little time. The use of a visual — a map, a drawing, a picture, sketch, or collage — provides layers of information beyond words. When dealing with complex situations, visualizations provide clear communication pathways. Unlike some of our …
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Using Timelines To Track Activities
Just as parents will use pencil notches in a wall to track the height of their children as a developmental marker, so too can innovators and evaluators use timelines to help gather and track the development of programs and projects over time. A timeline is a simple linear visual that gathers activities together that uses …