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Evaluations that Work: Your Questions Answered

On June 22nd, Vibrant Communities Canada and the Ontario Nonprofit Network hosted a webinar ' Evaluations That Work: What the Non-Profit Sector Can Learn from the Ontario Nonprofit Network and Vibrant Communities'. The webinar unpacked real-life stories from three Vibrant Communities panelists, who showcased times where evaluation worked really well for them, and highlighted factors which contributed to their success. A successful evaluation was defined as one that led to insight and action.
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Capitalizing on non-technical factors to improve the success of evaluations

While non-profit organizations sometimes struggle with technical aspects of evaluation, their strengths often lie in non-technical areas, such as relationship building and communication.

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Reflections on Making Complexity Simple

Inquiring Minds

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Treating the Cause, Rather than the Symptoms

Building an evaluation agenda for the Nonprofit Sector

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Weather the Storm of Collective Impact

"Community change efforts are akin to a snowstorm. There are many individual flakes of activity but they are difficult to distinguish once the snowstorm has finished." - Liz Weaver 

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Creating a Collective Impact on Childhood Obesity | Evaluating Community Impact

"Childhood obesity is a complex large-scale social problem caused by a multitude of interdependent factors. Children and families do not live and function in isolation but rather in the context of their family environments, neighbourhoods and communities." - Creating a collective impact on childhood obesity: Lessons from the SCOPE initiative 

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