--- title: The Latest | Evaluation (4) description: Evaluation | (4) --- [![20yrLogo-2_WhiteOrange](https://www.tamarackcommunity.ca/hs-fs/hubfs/Administration/Tamarack%20Logos/20yrLogo-2_WhiteOrange.png?width=200&height=47&name=20yrLogo-2_WhiteOrange.png "20yrLogo-2_WhiteOrange")](https://www.tamarackcommunity.ca/?hsLang=en-us) # The Latest Contribute. We love to hear your thoughts, your musings and your latest work. Please share with us! [![Write a post](https://no-cache.hubspot.com/cta/default/316071/33819a55-1164-4664-8ab0-c9fe2f42d6f1.png)](https://cta-redirect.hubspot.com/cta/redirect/316071/33819a55-1164-4664-8ab0-c9fe2f42d6f1) #### Subscribe. Be in the know. Get the latest updates about community change and building vibrant communities. 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They were among the first members to undertake the Vibrant Communities framework, establish a multi-sectoral collaboration, and work towards a set goal of poverty reduction.  [Read More](https://www.tamarackcommunity.ca/latest/sharing-successes-from-saint-john-nb?hsLang=en-us) [![](https://www.tamarackcommunity.ca/hubfs/Engage/Screen_Shot_2015-12-02_at_3.28.07_PM.png) ](https://www.tamarackcommunity.ca/latest/increasing-our-ability-to-evaluate-complexity?hsLang=en-us) ### [Increasing Our Ability to Evaluate Complexity](https://www.tamarackcommunity.ca/latest/increasing-our-ability-to-evaluate-complexity?hsLang=en-us) Posted by [Milton Friesen](https://www.tamarackcommunity.ca/latest/author/milton-friesen) on December 23, 2015 Evaluation can be a powerful force for change within organizations. As a result of how we assess our efforts, we pay attention to different areas and invest differently. [Read More](https://www.tamarackcommunity.ca/latest/increasing-our-ability-to-evaluate-complexity?hsLang=en-us) [![](https://www.tamarackcommunity.ca/hubfs/Photos/Image%20Library/measure%20impact%20evaluate%20understand.jpeg) ](https://www.tamarackcommunity.ca/latest/understanding-measures-moving-from-counting-to-accomplishing?hsLang=en-us) ### [Understanding Measures: Moving from Counting to Accomplishing](https://www.tamarackcommunity.ca/latest/understanding-measures-moving-from-counting-to-accomplishing?hsLang=en-us) Posted by [Jay Connor](https://www.tamarackcommunity.ca/latest/author/jay-connor) on August 29, 2014 A tsunami of measuring things has hit our community efforts over the past decade. For the most part, this "run it like a business" mantrahas done little harm, but it also has not gotten us to the promised land of transformative change. There have been critics on both sides of the exercise.  Some will talk about their belief that important things, by their very nature, do not lend themselves to be measured.  While others will identify the insufficiency of the measures chosen.  Still more have called it a distracting fad that takes providers away from the important work of good people doing good things. 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