Zenda Ofir, Author at EVALUATION FOR DEVELOPMENT

Transforming Evaluations, Part 5. COVID-Safe, COVID-Ready and COVID-Informed Evaluation

May 20, 2020 Zenda Ofir 2

**6 min read** Evaluative practice needs to focus on three interconnected, overlapping priorities if we want to help lead action towards a transformed world. I like to call them ‘COVID-Safe’, ‘COVID-Ready’ and ‘COVID-Informed’ Evaluation. COVID-Safe Evaluation: Coping in this emergency ... Read more »

Transforming Evaluations and COVID-19, Part 3. Advice for this time

April 13, 2020 Zenda Ofir 6

**4 min read** “We won’t get back to normal because normal was the problem.” – Graffiti in Santiago, Chile It is great to see evaluators leaping into action with advice on how to adjust practice to cope with the impact ... Read more »

Hello, I am COVID-19 …

April 11, 2020 Zenda Ofir 2

**5 min read** A letter to humanity …. I received on my phone a beautiful video in Italian. It is unique — a letter to humanity. In the name of the coronavirus. Among the millions of messages and reports and advisories written ... Read more »

Transforming Evaluations and COVID-19, Part 2. Repositioning evaluation

April 9, 2020 Zenda Ofir 0

In my view elevator speeches that present evaluation as something done for “learning”, “improving”, “generating knowledge” or “being accountable” belong to the past. COVID-19 is part of humanity’s footprint on Earth, part of the Anthropocene. It is going to force ... Read more »

Transforming Evaluations and COVID-19, Part 1. A GPS for complex terrain.

March 29, 2020 Zenda Ofir 10

**6 min read** We are at a transformative moment in the history of humankind and of our planet. During this extraordinary time and beyond, the global evaluation community will have to hone and reposition evaluation, in close alignment with research, ... Read more »

Ten vital competencies for post-normal evaluation, Part 2

March 12, 2020 Zenda Ofir 0

**6 min read** Do we as evaluation professionals need a dramatic shift in our thinking about evaluation competencies if we are to contribute powerfully to the changes the world needs now? Where do we start to think about the competencies ... Read more »

Snippet: Ten tips to start shifting to systems-informed evaluation

November 13, 2019 Zenda Ofir 1

**3 min read** As one of three facilitators at a recent 3-day workshop organised in Connecticut by Rockefeller Philanthropy Advisors (RPA) on ‘Assessing Systems Change’, I shared the following tips to inspire evaluation professionals to start integrating (complex) systems thinking ... Read more »

Learning from China’s transformation. Part 4 – Dominant narratives, alternative perspectives

May 12, 2019 Zenda Ofir 0

**10 min read** We need fresh narratives about how the world works, and why, and what to do to solve its complex problems. We need ‘Two-eyed Seeing’. We need Nuance. Pluralism. Diversity. Alternative frameworks, models, worldviews, perspectives. This notion is ... Read more »