10 + 1 essential program evaluation resources

1. American Evaluation Association
   Primary professional association for evaluators.
   
   
2. Building Evaluation Capacity
   Evaluation overview with activity examples.
   
   
3. Evaluation Center
   Checklists of evaluation best practices.
   
   
4. Evaluation Toolkit
   Comprehensive site of tools published by W.K. Kellogg Foundation.
   
   
5. Evaluator's Institute
   Short-term professional development courses.
   
   
6. Funder's Guide to Evaluation
   Tools for foundations.
   
   
7. Funder's Guide to Organizational Assessment Tools, Process and Their Uses in Building Capacity.
   Comprehensive overview of organizational capacity assessment.
   
   
8. Logic Model Development Guide
   Packet of tips on creating and using logic models.
   
   
9. Multi-Cultural Evaluation
   Series of reports on multi-cultural health evaluation.
   
   
10. Theory of Change
    Background, technical assistance and training on theories of change.

The above ten resources came from Steven LaFrance's information packed presentation at last Friday's San Francisco Development Executive Roundtable luncheon presentation. If you are interested in improving your chances of getting funded, learning more from your programming efforts, and building the capacity of your agency, run, don't walk, to LaFrance Associates website for more information about their valuable services.