#EvalTuesdayTips, published every Tuesday, are quick, useful tips from Khulisa evaluators covering a range of topics related to monitoring, evaluation, research, and learning (MERL).
#EvalTuesdayTip: The Best Holiday Card for Data Nerds
The holidays are upon us and our final tip for 2024 is a simple one: Buy this fun holiday postcard for data nerds designed by our favorite data visualization expert, Stephanie Evergreen. Stephanie, whose blog is a constant source of...
#EvalTuesdayTip: Throwback Tips: How to Write a Great M&E CV
In April 2023, former Khulisa evaluator Leticia Taimo provided a great set of tips on how to write a great CV (resumé) when applying for jobs in the field of monitoring, evaluation, research, and learning (MERL). As the year winds...
#EvalTuesdayTip: A New AI Spreadsheet Tool for Evaluators
Following up on last week’s tip about generating interactive dashboards in Excel, this week’s tip features a fantastic new app that cleans and analyzes spreadsheet data using AI.https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Yp5mPK8Jc3UThe Bricks app allows users to enter data the same way they would...
#EvalTuesdayTip: Why and How to Create Interactive Qualitative Dashboards
The American Evaluation Association’s “AEA365” blog, which provides a tip a day for evaluators, recently published a useful post about interactive qualitative dashboards. “While many of us are familiar with visualizing quantitative data, open-ended survey responses often get overlooked and under-utilized,”...
#EvalTuesdayTip: Learn About Khulisa’s Projects
Last month, Khulisa launched a redesigned website with a host of new features to help visitors learn about and explore Khulisa’s monitoring, evaluation, research, and learning (MERL) work. One of the site’s most useful new features is the project filtering...
#EvalTuesdayTip: Local Understanding Is Essential to Effective Evaluation
This week we published a blog post about a recent visit that Khulisa evaluators Margie Roper and Tamar Boddé-Kakana made to Brazil. Tamar and Margie, who are based in South Africa, went to Brazil to conduct work on evaluations for...
#EvalTuesdayTip: Youth Inclusion Framework: How to Engage Youth in Evaluations
At the recent South African Monitoring and Evaluation Association biennial conference, Khulisa evaluator Sithenjisiwe Wendy Dube presented a talk about the importance of engaging youth in evaluations. Wendy’s talk focused on Khulisa’s Youth Inclusion Framework, laying out why youth voices are...
#EvalTuesdayTip: How to Make Graphs More Accessible
Data visualization specialist Stephanie Evergreen, whose brilliant posts we have shared many times before, recently shared a post with ten tips for making graphs more accessible. Stephanie’s tips are extremely useful for making graphs more accessible to people with disabilities,...
#EvalTuesdayTip: It’s Important to Attend In-Person Conferences
The 9th Biennial South African Monitoring and Evaluation Association (SAMEA) Conference, whose theme was “Vuca-Vuka! Catalyzing Change Through Monitoring and Evaluation,” took place at the Birchwood Hotel in Johannesburg from October 7-11, 2024. SAMEA had a whopping 600 attendees this...