by: Jeff Coutts In the QualDATA Log Frame there is a level that is called “Uptake Strategies”. This is the link between research and development and achieving change on the ground. We don’t call it “extension” (as in the old technology transfer model which sees a linear transfer from research to farmer through extension) because
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Monitoring Uptake strategies
Determining KASA
The term KASA comes from Bennett’s Hierarchy – a table that maps out inputs to outcomes for extension programs. It stands for Knowledge, Attitudes, Skills & Aspiration. These are the changes that are seen to need to happen in people’s heads before they are equipped to make targeted practice changes. We have found that people have had difficulty in thinking through the
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Launching a new QualDATA Log Frame
Working in evaluation is a learning process. A couple of years ago we developed our QualDATA Monitoring, Evaluation and Reporting Log Frame which we have used in our work with clients and in training. We found this to be incredibly useful for developing an effective framework for planning and reporting on the monitoring and evaluation
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Key Result Areas (KRA) Table
For effective Monitoring and Evaluation, you need to be very clear about what impact your project or program is attempting to achieve through its activities – and more to the point, what is actually achievable within the time frame! Remember KRAs = What you have promised to deliver on in the time frame of your
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It’s not over til the paperwork is done
And this is certainly true with evaluation! Have a look at this flow diagram of the steps involved in developing and undertaking Monitoring and Evaluation for a project or program. Each of these steps are critical to fulfilling your MER needs.
Don’t forget to ask the Board!
In an evaluation, we sometimes ignore the information that is held by members of the Steering Group, Management Committee or Board of the program or organisation which we are evaluating. We often think of these groups as those who will read the evaluation report – rather than a source of data which will feed into
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Measuring the value of a conference
There are many ways to judge the value of a conference such as APEN. The conference organisers used a ‘Dart Board’ approach at the end of each session – where participants put sticky dots on a chart of centric circles depending on how close they felt the session went to hitting the bulls-eye. QualDATA has
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