Planning and Evaluation

We are ardent advocates of self-regulating systems. To that end, we help organizations design integrated methods of planning and evaluation. We can start by providing independent evaluations of your systems, by doing program evaluation and analysis of communication systems. In the end, we can help move your organization toward effective and sustainable business plans for your communication and management infrastructure initiatives.

We have a well established reputation for independence in our evaluation, analysis and commentary. We use a wide range of contemporary evaluation methodologies, but in all cases we lean toward the same kind of rigor that we bring to our research. For example, we shy away from the self reporting that is typical of the majority of nonprofit evaluation projects.

Our planning processes are equally rigorous and highly participatory. Our goal is to synthesize stakeholder perspectives with meaningful measurements to produce plans that are inspiring, manageable, and to complete the cycle, easy to evaluate.

Working with us will help you:

1. Build Evaluation Frameworks into your projects, to reduce the cost and increase the reliability of your feedback systems.
2. Perform Usability Tests on your web site, intranet, and other communication systems and prototypes, in order to dramatically increase their success.
3. Conduct Sustainability Assessments, examining the underlying business model and management systems of your current or proposed projects, in order to learn how to make them last.
4. Evaluate the Funding Viability of your technology and infrastructure proposals, with an eye to criteria of interest to institutional funders.
5. Develop Infrastructure Plans that allow you to both “think big” and “start small”, generate early and sustainable returns on your investments, and provide you with a clear process for continued improvement.
    

Please contact us if you would like to discuss hiring us to help you with Planning and Evaluation.