Toolkit
  1. INTRODUCTION TO THE TOOLKIT

  2. INTRODUCTION TO EVALUATION

  3. PLAN YOUR EVALUATION

  4. IMPLEMENT YOUR EVALUATION

What

What you communicate will probably be different for each audience, because not everyone will be interested in the same thing. Tailor the information to each set of stakeholders and interested parties in terms of detail, technical complexity, and area of focus. Using your list of stakeholders and interested parties from worksheet 1, for each, ask yourself:

  • What general issues does this stakeholder care about?

  • What specific information will this group want to know?

  • What, if any, other information will resonate with them?

Some stakeholders will want to read a full report, some may need only an overview of the findings and final recommendations, and others may just be interested in lessons learned. Make sure you are only reporting what is interesting and/or useful to your audience.

Don't bias your reporting by eliminating negative results—report both negative and positive findings. And, be sure to include a discussion of the limitations of your evaluation so that audiences can decide for themselves how to interpret the findings. Lastly, make sure that you have conclusions that talk about why/how your recommendations address the results.