It feels like we just submitted our presentation abstracts and suddenly the 2013 American Evaluation Association’s conference is upon us. We are excited to join our evaluation colleagues in Washington, D.C. to share our passion for evaluation. If you happen to be at the conference, we hope to connect with you! The Cathexis team is… More
Innovation Challenge moves ahead
Guest post by Dayna Albert We did it! EvalPartners and the International Organisation for Cooperation in Evaluation (IOCE) have awarded a consortium of five Voluntary Organizations for Professional Evaluation (VOPEs), led by Burt Perrin of the European Evaluation Society (EES) and Rochelle Zorzi of the Canadian Evaluation Society (CES), to explore the value of evaluation… More
Visualize this! A lesson in data visualization
Melissa attended a workshop at the 2013 Canadian Evaluation Society Conference that was so impressive that we commissioned the presenter, Stephanie Evergreen, to conduct a webinar for the Cathexis staff. Stephanie challenged us to move beyond the tried-and-true Excel graphs towards visuals that get the message across. Gone are the days of unsightly gridlines, repetitive… More
Project Upstream Highlights Report
Project Upstream. is a not-for-profit organization that provides individualized support services and affordable housing options to individuals with persistent mental illness. In 2008 Upstream launched a separate service stream targeted specifically towards offering mental health support services to youth in the community. Cathexis conducted an evaluation to identify the youth program’s successes, opportunities for improvement… More
Developing Performance Measures Through a Consultative Process
At the 2013 Canadian Evaluation Society Conference, Martha McGuire and Melissa McGuire of Cathexis, along with Charene Gillis, formerly of the Accessibility Directorate of Ontario (ADO), shared their experience developing quality of life performance measures in a consultative way. The ADO is interested in knowing whether the Accessibility for Ontarians with Disabilities Act is really… More
We’re up for the EvalPartners Innovation Challenge
Hot off the press! We’ve just learned that a submission to the EvalPartners Innovation Challenge, featuring a Cathexis contribution, was successfully short listed. So, you may be wondering what exactly is the Innovation Challenge? We’ll fill you in… EvalPartners, the global partnership to strengthen national evaluation capacities, recently put forth the Innovation Challenge for Voluntary… More