If you missed the session or want to dig in more, come by our virtual booth! You can access the slides and chat more about this work with us! #Eval20

Like everything else, the holidays are a little different this year. In lieu of our traditional holiday card mailing, we're extending warm wishes, health, and happiness to you and yours--virtually!

During a pandemic, when it feels especially urgent to get $$ out the door, you may be reluctant to spend time on evaluation. But this is when it's most needed. Learn more from Kim Ammann Howard at Irvine Foundation and Nikki Kalra & Sarah Stachowiak at orsimpact: engagerd.com/blog/good-inte…

We're hiring! Seeking an equity-driven Operations and Finance Manager. Applications close February 19. bit.ly/3pr0JLh

We are excited for this opportunity---starting now! Join us.

ICYMI: Check out this recorded #NSFINCLUDES Friday Chat on Process Tracing with Terri Akey from orsimpact: youtube.com/watch?v=Y4JPr_…

orsimpact's Joel Gutierrez and Allister Byrd along with Alliance for Justice's Shannon Williams took the ACT!Quick capacity self-assessment tool and modified it to incorporate additional equity-centered capacities. Read more in @AEA365, #APCTIG Week: bit.ly/3szy9s0

Our new brief on measuring narrative change is out now: bit.ly/3qOH1ZF. If you’re working to change narratives and thinking about how to understand and measure progress, take a look. #measurement #narrativechange

Last year, we created a report for our friends at Democracy Fund to describe the current state and emerging theories of the platform accountability field. Check out how their Digital Democracy Initiative team is already using the report to inform their work!

Interested in field building? Think M&E of this area could be stronger or more innovative? Nominate yourself or a colleague to participate in an upcoming set of think tanks with orsimpact on this topic! More info/nominations form here: forms.gle/dbZMjubF3kqq9q…

Join our team! We're seeking a Research Analyst, Consultant, and Business Operations & Finance Manager. #evaluation #hiring

In 2018, we engaged with the Packard Foundation to better understand what it looks like when advocacy organizations meaningfully engage their constituents in #advocacy work, and what it takes for them to do so. Our findings are out now: bit.ly/2SVOpqP

FEAN and GEO session 7/15 on actionable strategies to make evaluations more useful to philanthropy and to help evaluators of color thrive. With Fontane Lo Kim Ammann Howard Rachele Espiritu/Change Matrix and Sarah Stachowiak Nikki Kalra orsimpact geofunders.org/events/358

Interested in measuring narrative change? Join us for a webinar on 9/15, as we think about helpful concepts and approaches, where to look for change, and engaging with power and progress in complex contexts. With Hewlett Foundation and RWJF. Register here: bit.ly/mncORS

Reminder: Measuring Narrative Change webinar on 9/15! Our own Sarah Stachowiak, Nikki Kalra, and Neha Singh Gohil of Hewlett Foundation will discuss opportunities for measurement to support strategies that advance more just and equitable narratives. RWJF bit.ly/mncORS

Do you build/strengthen/support a field? Do you wish you had better ways to describe/conceptualize/measure and learn from this kind of work? Check out this new brief created by a cross-sector think tank for ideas! orsimpact.com/blog/Exploring…

Frameworks for thinking about power. #philanthropy #funders #participatory #grantmaking orsimpact buff.ly/3PGq5BU

Have you heard of arts-based methods for evaluation? ORS staff recently completed a 3-part professional development series with AND Implementation to help our team approach evaluation and social justice more creatively. #evaluation

ORS is hiring a VP of People! Visit orsimpact.com/careers for more info #hiring

"All #feedback practices contribute to organizational benefits, and the more #nonprofits can engage in these practices, the more likely they are to benefit." buff.ly/3oiqfa1 Listen4Good #FeedbackResearch