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## Andrew Taylor

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I'm a researcher and facilitator based in Guelph Ontario. I co-own Taylor Newberry Consulting, and our focus is helping public sector organizations make more strategic use of research evidence.

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### [Matching Evaluation Strategies to Community Rhythms](https://www.tamarackcommunity.ca/latest/matching-evaluation-strategies-to-community-rhythms?hsLang=en-us)

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Communities change when people work together, but working together means pulling people out of their comfort zones.  That is never easy.  Good community animators know that their approach has to be carefully calibrated to their context.  Strategies that are helpful in one circumstance may not work in another. That is one of the main insights I took away from the Harwood Institute Public Innovators Lab I attended last year.  

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