Can an evaluation platform support the relationship building that is key to doing good evaluations? The fit between my job of helping to build a web-based evaluation platform and my preference for participatory evaluation techniques had been niggling at me for some time now.   This niggling recently became demanding in response to the discussions generated … Read the full post »

In response to some feedback I recently received on one of my blogs, I have begun to think about their purpose. I view them as a way for us to chronicle our journey as we develop CAPTURE, share some of the thinking that frames our work, and invite others to offer suggestions that would help … Read the full post »

As some of you know, the CAPTURE platform will provide data collection tools for many common outcomes in health promotion programming. I am pleased to let you know that we have started working on developing data collection tools for capturing process and outcome data in four areas: partnering; stakeholder engagement; knowledge transfer and exchange; and … Read the full post »

Can we build a web-platform to support the evaluation of chronic disease prevention programming? Will anyone want to use it or fund it? These were the questions I was thinking about as I was considering taking a job with The CAPTURE Project. But both David and Diane’s conviction that it can be done and that … Read the full post »