Tuesday, June 21st, 2011
A report for World Vision, by Rick Davies and Tracey Delaney, Cambridge and Melbourne, March 2011. Available as pdf
Background to this review
"This review was undertaken by two monitoring and evaluation consultants, both with prior experience in the use of the Most Significant Change (MSC) technique. The review was commissioned by ...
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Friday, February 18th, 2011
by Nigel Edwards, Strategic Communications Management Vol. 15, Issue 2, Feb-March 2011. pages 30-33. Available from Cognitive Edge website, and found via a tweet by David Snowden
[RD comment| This article is about the collation, analysis and use of a large volume of qualitative data, and as such has relevance to ...
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Tuesday, August 24th, 2010
This page is intended to provide an update of the bibliography in the 2005 Most Significant Change technique (MSC) Users Guide
Please feel free to suggest additions to this list, through the Comment facility below, or by emailing the editor (Rick Davies)
Papers
MSC: Misconceptions, strengths and challenges (2009) Fiona Kotvojs and ...
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Friday, May 14th, 2010
David McDonald, Gabriele Bammer, Peter Deane, 2009 Download pdf
Ed: Although about "research integration" the book is also very relevant to the planning and evaluation of development projects
"Research on real-world problems—like restoration of wetlands, the needs of the elderly, effective disaster response and the future of the airline industry—requires ...
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Friday, May 14th, 2010
James Wainberg , Thomas Kida, James F. Smith
March 12, 2010 Download pdf copy
Abstract:
Prior research in psychology and communications suggests that decision makers are biased by anecdotal data, even in the presence of more informative statistical data. A bias for anecdotal data can ...
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Tuesday, November 10th, 2009
Date: 25-26th November 2009
Venue: Bogor, Indonesia
The Most Significant Change technique is a dynamic qualitative and participatory monitoring and evaluation method. Through collecting stories of the impact of our program with the program stakeholders we analyse our work. Through this process of selecting the stories, change management and organizational learning is ...
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Tuesday, November 10th, 2009
Date: 1-2 December
Venue: Melbourne
MSC is a powerful tool for monitoring, evaluation and organisational learning. MSC goes beyond merely capturing and documenting participants’ stories of impact, to offering a means of engaging in effective dialogue. Each story represents the storyteller’s interpretation of impact, which is then reviewed and discussed. The process ...
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Wednesday, August 26th, 2009
Date: 15th to 17th December 2009
Venue: Cardiff, UK
There are many different ways to collect and analyse data as part of an evaluation. Each has their merits, and each has their weaknesses. Recently there has been an increased recognition that quantitative analysis (using numbers) may not always be appropriate, or give ...
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Tuesday, May 19th, 2009
Date: 28-29th July 2009
Venue: Oxford, UK
MSC is a powerful tool for monitoring, evaluation and organisational learning. MSC goes beyond merely capturing and documenting participants’ stories of impact, to offering a means of engaging in effective dialogue about what you are achieving. Each story represents the storyteller’s interpretation of impact, which ...
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Wednesday, June 11th, 2008
Date: 24-28 November 2008
Venue: New Delhi - India
Dear Friends and Colleagues,
We would like to inform you of the following forthcoming, PRAXIS-promoted training workshops:
Innovations in the use of the “Most Significant Change” (MSC) Technique. REVIEW WORKSHOP: For Experienced Users. 24-25 November 2008, New Delhi - India. More info
The “Most Significant Change” ...
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