10 tips for delivering negative evaluation results
June 25, 2013 at 8:19 pm Leave a comment
From the Better Evaluation Blog, a very useful post on how to deliver negative evaluation results – that they have summarised in ten tips:
1. Use a participatory approach from the start
2. Discuss possible negative results in the early contracting and design stages
3. Inform clients immediately and often – a ‘no surprises’ approach
4. Build in time for course correction
5. Question the evaluation plan
6. Emphasize the positives
7. Tell the truth
8. Present results in terms of lessons learned
9. Provide suggestions for addressing deficiencies
10. Involve stakeholders in identifying obstacles and ways to overcome them
Read the full post and explanations here>>
Entry filed under: communicating evaluation results, Evaluation reporting, Evaluation use. Tags: evaluation findings, evaluation results.
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