once upon a time evaluation reports that get attention cynthia olney nn/lm outreach evaluation...
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Once Upon a Time
Evaluation ReportsThat Get Attention
Cynthia OlneyNN/LM Outreach Evaluation
Research CenterFebruary 21, 2013
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Hoped-for response
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Typical response
• Written evaluation reports are nearly as varied as those who write them, but the great majority share a common characteristic: They make tedious and tiresome reading.
-- Fitzpatrick, Sanders, and Worthen, 2011, p. 43
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Most people get evaluation reports that look like this.
Most people get evaluation reports that look like this.
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People respond better to this
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The solution:
Don’t let data get in the way of a good story
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The solution: Don’t let data get in the way of
a good story.
Write your story, then weave the data into it.
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The Process:5 steps to report writing
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Step 1
Data analysis:graphs, charts, tables, statistics
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Q2: How often do you use MedlinePlus or MedlinePlus en español?
Key findings: Seventy-seven percent of ___ are using MedlinePlus, with more than one-third saying they use it monthly.
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20% 617% 537% 113% 123% 70% 0
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Answer Options
Almost never or never
1-2 times a month
answered question
1-2 times a year
Once a week or more
Don't know
3-4 times a year
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Step 2Collect all the important findings
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Step 3Organize and condense
You don’t have to tell everything you know-- my grandma
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Step 4Write a short narrative (a story)
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Descriptive words for amounts
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Step 5:Choose statistics, charts, pictures
to illustrate or reinforce key points
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Organizing your findings: Program reports using story book
structure
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Where is your data?
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The story book structure
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Example: Cinderella
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Weaving in data
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Nancy Duarte’s Sparkline:
Advocating for a great idea
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Duarte’s Sparkline: Comparing “What is” to “What could be”
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Lincoln’s Gettysburg Address
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Vision: Train health care providers to address patients’ health information needs
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MAKING YOUR STORY MEMORABLE
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Images
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Call outs
Report available at http://www.imls.gov/assets/1/AssetManager/2011_PAR.pdf
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Provocative Headers
• Report available at http://www.girlscouts.org/who_we_are/facts/annual_report.asp
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No publishing software needed!
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Have a memorable ending
Transformation: How the characters move forward
Call to action: What needs to be done to move toward the
vision
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Bottom line: Don‘t let data get in the way of a good story
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References
1. Developing Evaluation Reports that are Useful, User-friendly, and Used .Tamara Walser (AEA coffee break seminar CBD039, February 10, 2011) http://bit.ly/12dmVsT (available to members of AEA only)
2. Resonate. Nancy Duarte (2010, Wiley)
3. The Secret Structure of Great Talks. Nancy Duarte (TEDtalks, February 2012) http://www.ted.com/talks/nancy_duarte_the_secret_structure_of_great_talks.html
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NN/LM Outreach Evaluation Resource Center
Web Address: http://nnlm.gov/evaluation/
Contact Information
Susan Barnes, Assistant Director
206-221-7425
Cindy Olney, Evaluation Specialist
678-682-3864