External Evaluators: Do I Need One?

Evaluation is critical for demonstrating meaningful and long-term impacts of a program. By incorporating evaluation into your projects from the outset, you will be able to show the community, yourself, your funders, and, let’s not forget, potential future funders that you are doing valuable work with specific positive outcomes.  Evaluation also helps identify any areas where your program might be struggling or missing the mark, provides insight as to why, and offers strategies to course correct.  So, are you convinced it’s time to hire an evaluator for your team?! Well, not so fast. Good evaluation often doesn’t require having an.
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