Guides & Tools: LBG Open Innovation in Science Center Impact Model and Instruments
by LBG Open Innovation in Science CenterDeveloped by the LBG Open Innovation in Science Center present a toolkit that can be used respectively to plan and to collect feedback around the effects of involvement and engagement initiatives in research projects.
GPP Strengths and Gaps is a facilitator’s guide for an exercise that is designed to help evaluate GPP implementation at a site level. It can be used with community and trial participants to garner honest feedback and constructive suggestions for improvements.
The AVAC Stakeholder Interview Questions is a tool that is designed for trial site staff. It guides members of the research team through the process of conducting a one-on-one interview with a stakeholder. The tool provides guidance for talking with many different types of stakeholders. It can be used to evaluate the impact of stakeholder engagement efforts.
Guide: AVAC Good Participatory Practice: Monitoring and Evaluation Tools
by AVAC, Mesh Editorial TeamAVAC has developed a large set of supplementary tools to help research teams and other stakeholders understand, implement, and monitor the GPP guidelines. The monitoring and evaluation tools consist of a set of data collection tools for community and stakeholder engagement activities.
Literature: Planning for the social and economic impacts emerging from school-university engagement with research
by Mesh Editorial TeamIn this article from the Journal of Science Communication (2015) the authors reflect on their work with teachers and students at a local school in Milton Keynes in the UK. They propose a flexible and adaptive metric to support all stakeholders with planning school engagement.
Literature: Developing a finer grained analysis of research impact: Can we assess the wider effects of public engagement?
by Marco HaenssgenThis article, published with a creative commons licence on the LSE Impact Blog, suggests a more comprehensive and balanced approach for the evaluation of public engagement, drawing on evaluation criteria commonly used in aid evaluation.
INTRAC has launched the M&E universe, a free, online resource for development practitioners involved in monitoring and evaluation (M&E).
Red Cross Red Crescent, Community Engagement and Accountability Resource
by Mesh Editorial TeamA resource from the International Federation of Red Cross and Red Crescent to support Community Engagement at the centre of humanitarian work.
Guide: Community Toolkit
by Mesh Editorial teamGuide: Coinquiry Toolkit
by Mesh Editorial teamGuide: Dilemmas cafés: A guide for facilitators
by Mesh Editorial teamGuide: Performing Ethics: Using Participatory Theatre to Explore Ethical Issues in Community Based Participatory Research
by Mesh Editorial teamRobin Vincent, Evaluation Consultant, UK gives an introduction to evaluating engagement with particular focus on the Theory of Change approach and how complexity in engagement can be navigated in evaluation.
Guide: Community Stakeholder Engagement (CSE) Monitoring Toolkit
by Engagement for ImpactThis user friendly set of quantitative and qualitative monitoring and evaluation tools allows users to capture, collate and analyze Community and Stakeholder Engagement (CSE) data at the clinical trial site-level. The database is designed to support engagement teams working on clinical trials on a daily, monthly, quarterly and biannual basis.
Guide: Outcome Mapping: Building Learnings and Reflection into Development Programmes
by International Development Research CentreThe original manual to Outcome Mapping produced by the International Development Research Centre (IDRC).
Guide: Resources, tools and information from Better Evaluation’s “Rainbow Framework”
by Better EvaluationThe ‘Rainbow’ framework guides the reader through a series of key questions to systematically look at all the issues involved when planning an evaluation.
Guide: Auditing Community Participation: an assessment Handbook
by Danny Burns and Marilyn TaylorDeveloped for engagement in community regeneration in the UK, Auditing Community Participation looks at ways of assessing levels of community involvement in area regeneration initiatives.
Guide: Ingenious Evaluation Toolkit
by Royal Academy of EngineeringA guide to evaluation of public engagement developed by the Royal Academy of Engineers, UK. Whilst not specific to health and community engagement it is a useful starting point to those looking to evaluate any engagement project.
Guide: Manchester Beacon Public Engagement Evaluation guide
by Manchester Beacon/Sally FortA guide to evaluating public engagement events, with a focus on events and research dissemination rather than more concerted community engagement.
A comprehensive guide to theory of change which can be used as a valuable tool for evaluating community engagement projects.
Guide: Developmental Evaluation - A Practitioners' Guide
by Elizabeth Dozois, Marc Langlois, Natasha Blanchet-CohenA guide to developmental evaluation.
Guide: Developmental Evaluation - A Mesh Introduction
by Mesh Editorial TeamA Mesh introduction to developmental evaluation. An evaluation approach used when it isn’t clear at the start of a project which intervention is the most appropriate and what aspects of the context are most important to address.
Guide: Evaluating your Social Media Presence (community radio toolkit)
by Community Radio ToolkitA clear and accessible introduction to evaluation of social media linked to community radio initiatives but with wider application.
A blog post from Kissmetrics describing how best to get started with social media measurement. Whilst primarily business and Northern focused this post nevertheless clearly explains the general steps of how to evaluate social media and incudes links to social media tracking tools that are useful for CE activities using social media.
Evaluating Social Media - A Mesh Introduction
by Mesh Editorial TeamA Mesh introduction to evaluating projects that engage communities through social media.
Guide: Netmap Toolbox for Participatory Networking Mapping
by Eva SchifferA tookit and guide to participatory methods for collectively visualising and analysing networks for planning and evaluation purposes.
Network Based Approaches to Evaluation - A Mesh introduction
by Mesh Editorial TeamA Mesh introduction to network based approaches to evaluation which focus on changes in relationships and networks as a key outcome of interest.
A practical guide including clear step by step explanations of how to develop a theory of change for an organisation or project
Participatory System Inquiry and Systemic Action Research - A Mesh Introduction
by Mesh Editorial TeamAn introduction to Participatory System Inquiry and Systemic Action Research and their use in evaluating community engagement.
Guide: Evaluation Toolbox: Community sustainability engagement
by The Evaluation ToolboxIntroduction to one-stop site for evaluation of community sustainability engagement projects.
Guide: Evaluating your Engagement Activities: Developing an evaluation plan
by Manchester University/Suzanne SpicerAn introduction to the Manchester University (UK) Guide to evaluating engagement.
Guide: Evaluation Practical Guidelines: A guide for evaluating public engagement activities
by Research Councils UKIntroduction to RCUK's Evaluation of Engagement guide.
Participatory Statistics - A Mesh Introduction
by Mesh Editorial TeamAn introduction to the use of Participatory Statistics for evaluating engagement.
Theory of Change - A Mesh Introduction
by Mesh Editorial TeamAn introduction to what is meant by a Theory of Change in evaluation.
Realist Evaluation - A Mesh Introduction
by Mesh Editorial TeamAn Introduction to Realist Evaluation, a valuable method for addressing the complexity of social programmes.
Most Significant Change (Stories of Impact) - A Mesh Introduction
by Mesh Editorial TeamAn introduction to Most Significant Change, a qualitative and participatory monitoring and evaluation approach that uses stories of change to assess the impact of projects and programmes.
Outcome Mapping - A Mesh Introduction
by Mesh Editorial TeamOutcome Mapping is a planning, monitoring and evaluation approach that is particularly helpful for evaluating multi-stakeholder projects. It seeks to assess the contribution of a project to changes in the relationships and behaviour of those it comes into direct contact with and has influence over. This page gives a brief introduction to the 'Outcome Mapping' evaluation approach, with links to the Outcome Mapping manual, the Outcome Mapping Learning community, some introductory presentations and videos, and case studies.
Complexity Theory - A Mesh Introduction
by Mesh Editorial TeamAn introduction to Complexity Theory, a theory from which a number of evaluation methods draw.
Qualitative Comparative Analysis - A Mesh Introduction
by Mesh Editorial TeamAn introduction to Qualitative Comparative Analysis, an approach for systematic comparison of cases.
Evaluation Case Studies - A Mesh Introduction
by Mesh Editorial TeamAn Introduction to Evalutaion Case Studies.
Case studies and tools for evaluating community engagement activities that engage through the arts.