Dissemination that Actually Works
Do you have what it takes to break down technical work for broader audiences? Can you prove it? At the moment this is just a concept. If people show interest I ll make it happen. So if you want it to happen, make sure to sign the interest list. There is nothing wrong with writing thorough, [ ]
In my last post I made the claim that you should write the nerd report. After that, you can break it down for other people. So that suggests there are two types of reports, nerd reports other people reports. But in practice, I think we really see four. Two useful types (nerd reports [ ]
Did you know that I have nerd version of my Theory of Use post? It s a 9,000+ word working paper filled with lots of citations and a bunch of technical gobbledegook. I did a readability check on it and it s definitely college level (if not post-grad). I have not shared it with anyone. I am [ ]
So I m an information designer with a quantitative background who doesn t care that much about charts and graphs. I used to to care a lot, and you will find some guidance on this site about chart design (this blog has been going since 2010 which is over half of my professional career). But over time [ ]
Never before in history have we had so many tools and channels we could use to deliver research and evaluation insights directly to people who could actually use them. And yet, most organizations still rely on outdated and ineffective dissemination strategies. Now it s easy to bash the organizations, but the truth is that our research [ ]
Have you ever heard of social objects? I talk about them every once in while here, but probably not enough given how important I think they are in the spread of information. Social objects are anchors for conversation. They can be ideas, concepts, stories, physical objects, or anything else we can talk about. My cartoons [ ]
Evaluation is a dangerous profession. Not dangerous as in it requires hard hats or tethers. But dangerous in that it questions realities most would rather ignore. Traditions that are so deeply entrenched within organizational structures that merely hinting at their instability can lead to alienation and professional isolation. Our frameworks and methods exist not only [ ]
Today s report review took me a strange direction. What started as a simple report review ended up becoming a full working paper, but more on that shortly. This post is in two parts: In the US if a hospital wants to be tax exempt it has do a few things to meet IRS requirements. One [ ]
Spider-Man started in a comic book. Nowadays you ll find Spider-Man in big budget movies, stage shows, theme parks, children s books, halloween costume contests, popular memes, backpack designs, and bedroom sheets. The character traveled over the years from a concept in Stan Lee s mind to become a household name across the globe. All sorts of good [ ]
I ve been working a lot on testing and improving my theory of use framework. Basically I take reports that should have pretty broad reach then run a kind of external dissemination audit. It s not quite the same as the dissemination audits I give my clients because with those I have a lot more insider information. [ ]