| Today's
pressures:
- Focus
on achieving outcomes
- Demands
for accountability and transparency
- Recognition
of how evaluation contributes to knowledge generation
Our
techniques:
We
work with clients to:
- clarify
and describe evaluation objectives and questions
- consult
with and seek participation from stakeholders
- design
an appropriate and effective evaluation methodology
- develop
and implement suitable data collection methods
- develop
and implement qualitative research methods, including case studies,
focus groups, structured interviews, observations and quasi-experiments
- undertake
analysis and compilation of research reports
- apply
findings from research to evaluation objectives
- consult
with stakeholders and commissioning agents on evaluation findings
- establish
ongoing monitoring frameworks and performance information systems
- prepare
and write reports and recommendations
- advise
on implementation strategies on recommendations from an evaluation
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our news article:
Australasian
Evaluation Society (AES) Conference
We
work with clients to:
- identify
stakeholders and key contacts at the inception of an evaluation
- consult
with stakeholders and obtain input to evaluation design and conduct
- develop
and implement consultation activities and techniques to effectively
seek participation of people and organizations
- prepare
communication materials to assist consultation
- advise
on participation techniques using standards, eg: IAP2
- develop
and implement action research projects
- establish
mechanisms for collaborative implementation
o
f evaluation recommendations,
eg: reference groups, steering committees project teams
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our news articles:
Business,
Government and Community Partnerships
Facilitation
Surveys
Regional
Communities - A Better Life
"People
Solutions" to Complex Problems
We
work with clients to:
- review
service performance measures and reporting systems
- assess
organisation performance against service standards and targets
- map
service models and activities and explore the ?logic? of particular
models in achieving program and policy outcomes
- review currency
of service models and techniques through examination of assumptions,
current theory and practice norms
- assess
application of service reforms and innovations
- map
services provided across a community or industry sector, including
the identification of service gaps and unmet need
- establish
linkages and relationships between services
- identify
opportunities for service coordination across agencies, organizations
and professional disciplines
- develop
community building opportunities and community development strategies
for improved service outcomes
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our news articles
Rural
Youth Information Services Evaluation
Reviewing
and Evaluating Projects and Programs
"People
Solutions" to Complex Problems
We
work with clients to:
- review
organisational strategy against current environment and key success
factors
- review
the legislation and policy issues affecting organisational strategy
- consider
the appropriate role and scope of organisations and divisions/units
- assess
organisation performance against stated targets and objectives
- examine
the effectiveness and efficiency of organisation structures
- assess
efficiency of operational systems
- examine
financial and human resource management practices
- assess
service provision functions for their responsiveness, effectiveness
and efficiency
- examine
management accountability systems
- prepare
strategies for organisational improvement and reform
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