EVIDENCE employs an inclusive and participatory consultation approach, which ensures that every engagement is highly customized, focusing on the unique challenges and opportunities of each organization we serve.

Participatory Evaluations
EVIDENCE engages organizations in a process that generates compelling evidence for management decision-making… more.

Management Support Services
EVIDENCE offers a variety of services that provide your organization with the building blocks it needs to succeed... more.

Participatory Evaluations

EVIDENCE engages agency stakeholders in a process that generates compelling evidence for decision-making. The process can be tailored to meet needs that are specific to each organization. The process consists of 3 Stages, that include 7 Steps. Our consultants guide the process to completion, to ensure that organizations and their funders get the results they need.

EVIDENCE recognizes that most organizations have very little time to devote to program evaluation. Although participants are involved in every stage of the evaluation, the time needed is minimal. Our experience and highly developed procedures ensure that time is used effectively and projects completed on schedule.

EVIDENCE consultants act as facilitators, collaborators, learning resources, and project managers for the evaluation. EVIDENCE facilitates each stakeholder meeting, prepares all of the materials for the evaluation, leads all data collection and collation, facilitates the interpretation and recommendation discussions, and produces the final report. Participants do not need to prepare for meetings in advance, nor are they required to perform data collection. In most cases, participants are required only to attend the meetings.

Stage 1: Preparing for the Evaluation

	EVIDENCE meets with the agencies’ contact person to exchange information and conduct an initial scoping of the evaluation.
	EVIDENCE works with agencies to identify interested people (e.g. members of the agency, funders, clients, community members) to sit on a Stakeholders’ Committee. This committee guides the evaluation.

Stage 2: Conducting the Evaluation

	EVIDENCE and the Stakeholders’ Committee meet to focus the goals and objectives of the evaluation. From this information, EVIDENCE will develop evaluation questions.
	EVIDENCE and the Stakeholders’ Committee review, critique and validate EVIDENCE’s evaluation design. The Stakeholders’ Committee approves the research methods to be employed.
	EVIDENCE implements and/or facilitates the research methods approved by the Stakeholders’ Committee. EVIDENCE collates the data collected, and analyzes the information.
	EVIDENCE works with the Stakeholders’ Committee to interpret data and facilitate the development and implementation of recommendations.

Stage 3: Utilizing the Evaluation Findings

	After the evaluation is complete, EVIDENCE works with agencies to identify strategies and develop action plans that incorporate the evaluation findings into service delivery.

Management Support Services

EVIDENCE offers a variety of services to enable you to improve your programs, enhance service outcomes and set strategic direction. EVIDENCE consultants use a variety of facilitation skills and techniques to meet the specific needs, opportunities and challenges facing your organization.