The 2018 American Evaluation Association conference is two weeks away! This year’s theme is “Speaking Truth to Power.” But, what does that really mean to evaluators? As our team members…

This summer, Harder+Company hosted two UC Berkeley master’s in public health dual degree graduate students, Donna Leong and Young Kim-Parker, for a 12-week full-time internship. Donna is entering her second…

In policy and systems change work, the gap between theory and practice is a frequent challenge. How do we bridge the divide that can emerge between the knowledge gained through…

As evaluators, we are always evolving our practice to support learning and inform strategy. Sometimes this means rethinking the assumptions we hold about the optimal balance between technical rigor and…

Social sector organizations often have a hard time getting candid feedback from the people they serve (their “beneficiaries”). The power dynamics between organizations providing services and the people receiving them…