Our Year in Review for Clear Horizon

What a ride 2023 has been. It’s incredible to look back and see how much we’ve achieved together. Clear Horizon looks back on the year gone by, and towards the year ahead.

Rethinking Evaluation to Support Systems Transformation

Co-creator of Australia’s ‘game-changing’ Place-Based Evaluation Framework, Dr Jess Dart  shares what these approaches are and why they’re the north star for community impact. 

Reflections on The Voice Referendum

Co-creator of Australia’s ‘game-changing’ Place-Based Evaluation Framework, Dr Jess Dart  shares what these approaches are and why they’re the north star for community impact. 

Tips for developing a theory of change that you and your team will love

Properly planned for and used, your impact measurement system and the thinking that comes with it can be one of your most powerful tools for driving and amplifying change.

The 9 Most Common Measurement, Evaluation and Learning Questions – Answered

Properly planned for and used, your impact measurement system and the thinking that comes with it can be one of your most powerful tools for driving and amplifying change.

7 (now 8!) secrets to good MEL

10 years ago founder and Chief Evaluator Jess Dart put together what became a viral presentation on “7 secrets to good Monitoring and Evaluation”. With our next Complete Guide to MEL (Measurement, Evaluation and Learning) course just around the corner, we’re revisiting how these secrets stand the test of time, and look at what we might have missed – our 8th secret to good MEL.

How Community Changemakers are Breaking the Rules

Co-creator of Australia’s ‘game-changing’ Place-Based Evaluation Framework, Dr Jess Dart  shares what these approaches are and why they’re the north star for community impact. 

6 questions evaluators should be asking ourselves if we’re serious about change

Anyone working in the evaluation space can feel the shifts occurring beneath our feet. If we truly want to use our evaluative and impact measurement skills for positive impact, we need to step-up. So following the AES conference, here’s what I’m asking myself – and what I challenge you to consider in your daily work.

Blockchain and Internet of Things: Applying advanced technologies in evaluation

I had the pleasure to present at the Australian Evaluation Society conference at the start of this month and talk about one of my passions at Clear Horizon – solving common evaluation challenges with new technology solutions. Let me take you through how these new tools fit into our evaluation toolbox and what excites me about them.

Off course: Managing unintended consequences in evaluation

Most of us working in the evaluation and impact space are here because we want to contribute to positive change. So, what happens when it turns out our interventions are having a different impact to what’s intended?