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[Read More](https://www.tamarackcommunity.ca/latest/learning-indigenous-ways-of-knowing-and-being?hsLang=en-us) [![](https://www.tamarackcommunity.ca/hubfs/Photos/Image%20Library/two%20young%20people%20at%20a%20whiteboard.jpeg) ](https://www.tamarackcommunity.ca/latest/why-do-we-still-think-youth-arent-interested-in-program-evaluation?hsLang=en-us) ### [Why do we still think youth aren’t interested in program evaluation?](https://www.tamarackcommunity.ca/latest/why-do-we-still-think-youth-arent-interested-in-program-evaluation?hsLang=en-us) Posted by [Kathleen Slemon](https://www.tamarackcommunity.ca/latest/author/kathleen-slemon) on September 2, 2020 As part of Communities Building Youth Future’s commitment to  youth engagement, we aim to build meaningful opportunities to engage young people - we believe that we can learn a lot from youth. We believe that youth perspectives, beliefs, and visions for the future should shape our work and we want to share these with changemakers across the country. The following blog showcases the voice of youth with lived/living experience. [Read More](https://www.tamarackcommunity.ca/latest/why-do-we-still-think-youth-arent-interested-in-program-evaluation?hsLang=en-us) [![](https://www.tamarackcommunity.ca/hubfs/outcome%20mapping-1.jpg) ](https://www.tamarackcommunity.ca/latest/outcome-mapping-practices-systems-change?hsLang=en-us) ### [Outcome Mapping Thinking and Practices for Systems Change](https://www.tamarackcommunity.ca/latest/outcome-mapping-practices-systems-change?hsLang=en-us) Posted by [Heidi Schaeffer](https://www.tamarackcommunity.ca/latest/author/heidi-schaeffer) on March 5, 2020 Outcome Mapping (OM) is an approach to evaluative thinking and practice, arising from a holistic and interconnected understanding about development and social change. [Read More](https://www.tamarackcommunity.ca/latest/outcome-mapping-practices-systems-change?hsLang=en-us) [![](https://www.tamarackcommunity.ca/hubfs/VC/Images/GTI1.jpg) ](https://www.tamarackcommunity.ca/latest/shifting-your-evaluation-from-activity-to-impact-reporting?hsLang=en-us) ### [Shift Your Evaluation from Activity to Impact Reporting](https://www.tamarackcommunity.ca/latest/shifting-your-evaluation-from-activity-to-impact-reporting?hsLang=en-us) Posted by [Natasha Pei](https://www.tamarackcommunity.ca/latest/author/natasha-pei) on February 17, 2020 Cities Reducing Poverty members are showing increasing interest in making the shift from evaluating and reporting on their activities – such as the number of volunteer hours worked or the amount of people who registered for a program – to measuring and talking about their *impact*. [Read More](https://www.tamarackcommunity.ca/latest/shifting-your-evaluation-from-activity-to-impact-reporting?hsLang=en-us) [![](https://www.tamarackcommunity.ca/hubfs/Community%20Engagement%20Engage%20November.jpg) ](https://www.tamarackcommunity.ca/latest/three-strategies-navigating-language-evaluation?hsLang=en-us) ### [Three Strategies for Navigating the Language of Evaluation](https://www.tamarackcommunity.ca/latest/three-strategies-navigating-language-evaluation?hsLang=en-us) Posted by [Pamela Teitelbaum](https://www.tamarackcommunity.ca/latest/author/pamela-teitelbaum) on January 9, 2020 What’s so stimulating about the language of evaluation? On several recent occasions in meetings about designing evaluation plans for community interventions the terminology about evaluation has almost derailed constructive, creative and innovative conversations about an intervention, and all I keep thinking is *“WOW! I am finding this really overwhelming, I can’t imagine how people without a background in evaluation must be feeling when having to make decisions about these things!?”* [Read More](https://www.tamarackcommunity.ca/latest/three-strategies-navigating-language-evaluation?hsLang=en-us) [![](https://www.tamarackcommunity.ca/hubfs/Photos/Headshots/Pamela%20Headshot.jpeg) ](https://www.tamarackcommunity.ca/latest/evaluation-moments-positive-change-mindful-evaluation-practice?hsLang=en-us) ### [Evaluation Moments: Sparking a Legacy of Supporting Positive Change Through a Mindful Evaluation Practice](https://www.tamarackcommunity.ca/latest/evaluation-moments-positive-change-mindful-evaluation-practice?hsLang=en-us) Posted by [Pamela Teitelbaum](https://www.tamarackcommunity.ca/latest/author/pamela-teitelbaum) on June 20, 2019 We all have moments when we ask ourselves a lot questions about what we're achieving. We wonder how and if the contributions we make individually and collectively are being valued or if they're considered insignificant. Are the resources we committed to produce some sort of change are the right resources? Are we really producing evidence and results that will establish a legacy of positive change? 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