For those who came in late, MER stands for Monitoring, Evaluation and Reporting. Many of you who receive this newsletter have worked with us in some way in the MER process – and hopefully found some tools and information through the newsletter and website to further develop your own MER capacity. We thought we would
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Posts Tagged monitoring
5 golden MER rules for 2012
Monitoring Uptake strategies
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 is a road map to success
When you go for a drive in unfamiliar territory you generally take a map (in my case Google maps on my iPhone – how did I ever survive without it!) and you check where you are using road signs and landmarks. It’s the same with monitoring. It provides the signs along the course of the
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Making monitoring and evaluation easy to implement at project level
by Gordon Stone I recently worked with two project teams (representing several grain projects and a horticulture project) supporting them in gaining skills for developing a Monitoring and Evaluation (M&E) Activity Plan. The aim was to give team members the personal skills and a common understanding at team level to manage this within their projects.
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The two big ones – clear Objectives and defined Stakeholders
I recently attended a training workshop with a strong focus on MER. Participants were set the task to think strategically about the fit of Monitoring, Evaluation and Reporting into everyday work. My job was to provide an overview to ensure that they were focused on undertaking cost effective project work.
5 Questions with Rich Bennett
Determining impacts through media evaluation Rich Bennett is an Account Director for the award-winning, global media analysis and evaluation company, Metrica. Its head office is based in London, however Rich has just moved to San Mateo (San Francisco) where he is looking after Metrica’s strong US client base. Many of these are headquartered in Silicon
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7 ways to ensure your data works for you
Continuous Improvement is important for anyone managing a project or program as it allows you to demonstrate the ability to ‘learn from mistakes’ as well as the use of some form of best practice (e.g. improved efficiency, effectiveness and engagement) to achieve objectives. Continuous Improvement is all about constantly reviewing the data coming from Monitoring
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Evaluation trends into 2009
As we come to the end of 2008, we are finding the discipline of Evaluation is becoming even more relevant to everyday work. Government departments and publicly funded organisations (e.g.NRM bodies and Research and Development organisations) are under increased scrutiny, which means that they are seeing an increased need to be to able monitor their
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