Theory of Change Series: What Does It Mean to Have a Strong Theory of Change?
By Monalisa Salib, Deputy Chief of Party for USAID Learns, a USAID/Vietnam support mechanism, implemented by Social Impact, Inc. This two-part blog summarizes key messages from recent [...]
Technical Management of Remote Evaluations Series: Opportunities (Yes, the Glass Is Also Half Full)
By Laura Ahearn, Social Impact Technical Director While undeniable challenges and even drawbacks exist to conducting monitoring, evaluation, research, and learning (MERL) remotely, there are also opportunities [...]
Technical Management of Remote Evaluations Series: An Evaluation… But Make it Remote
By Brooke Hill, Program Manager and Julie Younes, Senior Technical Specialist at Social Impact In February 2020, our team was preparing to conduct a multi-sectoral assessment of [...]
Technical Management of Remote Evaluations Series: Disrupting the Formality of the Remote Environment
By Paige Mason, Social Impact Technical Director Since March 2020, those of us in the global Monitoring, Evaluation, Research, and Learning (MERL) community have needed to adapt [...]
Technical Management of Remote Evaluations Series: Lessons and Reflections
By: Chris Thompson, Social Impact Technical Director When the COVID-19 pandemic began affecting aid programs in 2020, development practitioners globally went into overdrive preparing and sharing guides [...]
A New Study Explores Lessons from Two USAID Health-Focused Developmental Evaluations
By Dom Margiotta, Program Associate and Felipe Rangel, Program Assistant at Social Impact A new study by Social Impact and Social Solutions International seeks to better understand how [...]
Introducing the TOC Workbook: A Roadmap to Develop (or Strengthen) Your Theory of Change
By Monalisa Salib, Deputy Chief of Party for USAID Learns, a USAID/Vietnam support mechanism, implemented by Social Impact, Inc. We are excited to share our Theory of [...]
How Can We Use Performance Monitoring Information to Manage Adaptively? Six Good Practices for Better Results
By Monalisa Salib, Deputy Chief of Party for USAID Learns, a USAID/Vietnam support mechanism, implemented by Social Impact, Inc. This is the question we were recently asked [...]