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Understanding Formative and Summative Evaluation: What Does Your Program Need?
Learn the key differences between formative and summative evaluation with practical examples. Discover which type your program needs and how to balance both approaches effectively.
Danielle Garcia
Jun 32 min read
What is a Landscape Analysis?
A landscape analysis is a systematic method that helps organizations understand the full context of a social issue. Read on to learn why to conduct a landscape analysis, when, the right questions to ask, and what goes into a landscape analysis.
Aftan Lynch
May 193 min read
Evaluating Change in Systems: Beyond Program Evaluation
As communities face increasingly complex challenges, traditional program evaluations may not provide a full picture of change.
SPS
Mar 62 min read
Celebrating DELTA: Two Decades of Transformation Work in Preventing Gender-Based Violence
Celebrating 20 years of DELTA: the first federal initiative to prevent gender-based violence by transforming communities through innovation
Janae Sargant
Dec 17, 20244 min read
4 Reasons Why Tableau Wasn't a Good Fit for Me And What to Use Instead
When I first heard about Tableau, I was excited to try it. Tableau is a data visualization tool that helps people visually analyze and...
Aftan Lynch
Apr 25, 20243 min read
Decolonizing Data for Missing and Murdered Indigenous People: Part 3
Decolonizing Our Relationship with Data Decolonizing our relationship with data is such an important practice that I wanted to share a...
Wendi Siebold
Mar 28, 20246 min read
Decolonizing Data for Missing and Murdered Indigenous People: Part 2
We know this is a problem, we just don’t have accurate numbers to show the problem.
Tiana Teter
Feb 26, 20244 min read
Decolonizing Data for Missing and Murdered Indigenous People: Part 1
Introduction from Wendi Siebold Welcome to our first blog series! At SPS we are committed to the work we do with communities, and to...
Tiana Teter
Feb 21, 20246 min read
What are the different types of evaluation?
Evaluating the effectiveness of your program, intervention, or policy is an important part of understanding its impact and ensuring its...
Emily Singerhouse
Sep 22, 20235 min read
What is the difference between research and evaluation?
When it comes to understanding the effectiveness of programs or initiatives, two terms that are often used interchangeably are “research”...
Emily Singerhouse
Apr 27, 20234 min read
Best Practices for Centering Accessibility in Survey Creation
Creating surveys that are accessible can be tough. In this blog post, we’ve included a list of some best practices on how to center...
Emily Singerhouse
Jan 24, 20233 min read
Equity As the Norm Instead of the Exception
One of the critical values within the evaluation work of Strategic Prevention Solutions (SPS) is social justice. Over the past few years,...
Ruby Hernandez
Nov 10, 20222 min read
Centering Accessibility in Survey Creation
If you are planning on sharing your survey with a variety of respondents, you will want to consider creating “accessible” surveys. This...
Emily Singerhouse
Jul 7, 20222 min read
Data Cleaning: How To
Data cleaning fixes and removes incorrect and incomplete data within a dataset to promote the quality of data. This process has many...
Emily Singerhouse
Jun 22, 20222 min read
Data Cleaning 101
The quality of your data – regardless of type of data – is incredibly important. Are you working with data to measure the implementation...
Emily Singerhouse
Jun 1, 20222 min read
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