Training & Conferences

Evaluation Services current trainings, conferences and projects.  Resources for download listed by project.  

Current Projects:

Resources & Tools

• For Nonprofit Organizations
• For Philanthropic Organization

Clients & References

• Nonprofit Organization Referrals
• Philanthropic Organization Referrals
• Former Trainees / Staff

Project Clearinghouse

An interactive online Project Clearinghouse is one of our newest developments. The clearinghouse is intended to be a rich online resource for nonprofit and funding organizations exploring ways to build evaluative capacity​. Extensive data available to review from a variety of our successful projects.

Anita M. Baker, Ed.D.     Making program evaluation accessible to all.

Resources and Tools for Download

Inspired by years of working with nonprofit and philanthropic organization professionals, and careful scrutiny of the evaluation literature, I've developed multiple resources and tools to help address many of your basic evaluation inquiries. If you need straightforward information about evaluation and evaluative thinking, download my no-cost guides, customized for the nonprofit and philanthropic communities. You can also obtain information about evaluation funding, indicators of evaluative thinking and sample sizes. Included below are Microsoft Excel-based survey analysis and budget development tools, and more tools and resources are being added to this section on a regular basis.

Of course, no charge to download!

• Applied Evaluative Thinking Bulletin 1 - Surveys
  
• Applied Evaluative Thinking Bulletin 2 - Interviews
  
• Applied Evaluative Thinking Bulletin 3 - Observations
  
• Applied Evaluative Thinking Bulletin 4 - Record Reviews
• Integrating Evaluation Capacity into Organizational Practice:  A Comprehensive Guide for Nonprofit and Philanthropic Organizations and Their Stakeholders
  
• Building Evaluation Capacity Slides--Sessions 1 - 6 (pptm)
  
• Participatory Evaluation Essentials

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For Nonprofit Organizations
  

• Excel Master File – Automatic Calculators/Templates for Budgets, Survey Analysis, Administrative Data
• Evaluation Funding – Clarifications on where and how to obtain funding, with sample budget
  
• Determining Sample Size – handy chart to help determine sample sizes for varying population sizes from 100 – 1,000,000
  

      More Tools and Resources for Nonprofit Organizations:

• Analyzing Quantitative Data:  A Few Important Terms
• Commissioning Evaluation -- Tips
  
• Different Evaluation Purposes Require Different Evaluation Questions
  
• Getting Funding for Evaluation
  
• History of Evaluation
  
• Making Data Collection Decisions
  
• Observation Protocols -- Checklists
  
• Outcomes and Indicators -- Definitions
  
• Outcomes, Indicators and Targets
  
• Suggestions for Effective Interviewing
  
• Survey Questionnaire Development and Assessment
  
• Useful Evaluation Terms
  

For Philanthropic Organizations

• Basic Evaluation Concepts for Grantmakers
• Using Logic Models for Evaluation
  
• Evaluation Data Collection
  
• Evaluative Thinking for Grantmakers
  
  • Indicators of Evaluative Thinking
    
  • Evaluative Thinking Assessment Tool (Automated)
    
• Supporting Good Evaluation