Evaluation For Normal People (audio/podcast)
Summary By: Faunalytics | Published: June 19, 2008
Estimated Reading Time: < 1 minute
Alana Conner illustrates how half-hearted evaluation can do more harm than good. Rick Aubry and Victor Kuo join her to give nonprofit and foundation perspectives.
In the frenzy over accountability, funders, donors, and the general public are calling for more program evaluation. Yet few understand how expensive and complex good evaluation is. Speaking at the 2006 Nonprofit Management Institute at Stanford, Alana Conner, senior editor of the Stanford Social Innovation Review, illustrates how half-hearted evaluation can do more harm than good. Rick Aubry and Victor Kuo join her to give nonprofit and foundation perspectives.
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Citations:
Conner, A., & Aubry, R. (2008, June 14). Evaluation for Normal People [Audio blog post]. Retrieved May 9, 2018, from https://ssir.org/podcasts/entry/alana_conner_-_evaluation_for_normal_people