DOI
10.9707/1944-5660.1453
Key Points
Knowledge in the form of information suitable for decision making or advocacy by foundations is not always readily available — a situation unacceptable for those who need such information for accountability, learning, and influencing policy and practice. This article addresses how essential information about monitoring, evaluation, and lessons learned can be made available to foundations.
The Fred Hollows Foundation identified a gap in this area through an evaluation capacity-building readiness assessment, and introduced the concept of participatory, real-time monitoring, evaluation, and learning bulletins grounded in the principles of knowledge translation. This article describes how those bulletins were developed and used within the foundation to ensure access to relevant and timely information, and examines how they provided a mechanism to promote internal reflection and shift attitudes around data, which supported the development of a culture of evaluation.
This approach for the timely development, synthesis, sharing, and dissemination of relevant information will be useful for foundations that have limited resources. As knowledge translation is often not resourced sufficiently in and by foundations, this article seeks to add weight to the argument for prioritization of packaging information in accessible ways.
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Recommended Citation
Rogers, A., & Malla, C. (2019). Knowledge Translation to Enhance Evaluation Use: A Case Example. The Foundation Review, 11(1). https://doi.org/10.9707/1944-5660.1453
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