Date: Monday, December 8, 2025
Hello, AEA365 community! Liz DiLuzio here, Lead Curator of the blog. This week is Individuals Week, which means we take a break from our themed weeks and spotlight the Hot Tips, Cool Tricks, Rad Resources and Lessons Learned from any evaluator interested in sharing. Would you like to contribute to future individuals weeks? Email me at AEA365@eval.org with an idea or a draft and we will make it happen.
Hello! I’m Kylie Hutchinson, an independent evaluation consultant with Community Solutions Planning & Evaluation, author of several books on evaluation and program planning, and frequent creator of free evaluation resources.
Occasionally, I adapt a holiday song to share with my colleagues and clients. Enjoy!
(Sung to the tune of “The Christmas Song”, written by Mel Tormé and Robert Wells, performed by the Nat King Cole Trio.)
Data sitting in an open file,Metrics stuck in too much prose,KPIs, that you worked to acquire,Are in a pile like dominoes.Everybody knows, a spreadsheet and a da-shboard,Helps to bring results to light,Tiny dots, on a chart, in a row,Will make things crystal clear alright.Your monitor-ing’s now at-a-glance, You’ve loaded lots of points of data to enhance,And every nonprofit is going to say,“We really do prefer this visual display”.And so, I’m offering this simple tool,To folks who want to see what’s true, Although it’s been said, many times, many ways,Data dashboards, for you.
Liven up your office holiday party with our other seasonal songs for evaluators and non-profits!
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