Support to develop your expertise around PMEL with creative examples and practical tips for adding these to your existing processes. I use participatory, decolonial, intersectional, and inclusive approaches.
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Latest Posts
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Types of Evaluation
There are many types of evaluation and I wanted to write this as a summary of what they are and when you would use each. I have used the example of a girls’ education programme to explore how each would look and why you would choose it. You can refer to this when contracting an
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Resource: The Commitment Mural
This interesting project – and open access journal article – is an important step in opening up academic discussions around decolonising evaluation. It begins by asking MEL practitioners what their commitments to decolonising MEL is, and then shares these commitments back in a multimedia Mural board. Read the full article here, and you can submit
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Why we need PMEL Systems
This topic came up recently as I prepared for another client presentation on the value of a PMEL system. Why is it important, what should it have, and what should a good PMEL system support? Let’s start with the basics. A PMEL system can be a simple Word document or Excel sheet, where an organisation
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How to: Merit, Worth, and Significance Analysis during Implementation
During your project’s implementation, how often do we regularly take stock of whether we’re on track and what remains? Use this analysis to support you.
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Guide: Positionality Statements
Use this guide to help you create positionality statements, to add to your research and possibly share widely if you would like to start conversations around power and positionality. It can be a great tool to share your story with communities and be vulnerable. These are also critical conversations to have, and you may notice
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Resource: Decolonising Philanthropy
Another trending thinkpiece in the philanthropy space is around the role of knowledge, who owns it and why, a brief history, and why philanthropy needs to do better. It’s written by former clients at FRIDA, whose expertise I know is as sound as their commitment to practicing these values.
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Resource: Inclusive Design and Accessibility
This post came up on my LinkedIn feed recently and I found it so useful. As Helana says, there are so few resources around which are valuable, updated, and free to access. We should all read these to become better at our inclusion and accessibility efforts. There are resources on colourism, region-specific inclusive design, biases,
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101 PMEL Tips
Here are 101 practical and useful tips for planning, monitoring, evaluation, and learning (PMEL) that implementing organizations can start using immediately. Each tip is valuable enough to have its own blog post. Clearly define the purpose and goals of your program or project before starting the PMEL process. Involve stakeholders from the beginning to ensure
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Tool: Activist Self-Care
Before you start – no, sadly this is not a toolkit that will help activists to recharge or get their well-earned rest. It is however, the start of a conversation. This is purely for those moments of overwhelm that happen in our daily lives – conversations with colleagues, a news story, frustrating progress made in
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Panel: LGBTQIA+ Anti-Racism
Last week, I spoke at another panel event for We Create Space. We explored anti-racism through an intersectional lens, in a panel with Yassine Senghor, Xaav, and Andre Johnsen. It was a wonderful opportunity for us to be vulnerable and share our biases and failings, since as we all know, every human is capable of