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Reflections, opinions, explainers, related to evaluation.
You don’t have to know anything about evaluation to understand the content.
Have a cuppa, read an article, let me know what you think.
They spent two years finding out something ‘didn't work’. That’s great news.
A two-year study. Three universities. Randomised controlled trials. And the result?
The intervention didn't work. But that isn’t the end of the story.
![Creating a Theory of Change is like writing a pop banger [Crosspost > TASO]](https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/6931a5b6f7f3d30556d9d585/1ab3e8f4-eabb-4b99-b0df-0369a80b8d88/unsplash-image-jvvGd8rm_jo.jpg)
Creating a Theory of Change is like writing a pop banger [Crosspost > TASO]
Last month I wrote a guest article for TASO about how to write a Theory of Change using their Mapping Outcome and Activities Tools (MOATs).
In it, I described how writing a Theory of Change in some ways is like writing a pop song.
For me, evaluation is part art, part science.