OUR PERFORMANCE
Evaluation is our core service. Leaning into our artful spirit, we call our evaluation process a performance. It has four acts:
BUILD
The first step in our process is building relationships with communities, which we have done - and continue to do - as individuals, as an organization, and in association with Creatives.
ALIGN
We co-facilitate sessions with all Interested Parties to refine learning priorities and design an evaluation strategy that is shaped by communal ways of knowing and methodologically appropriate.
We encourage mixed-methods approaches that draw on social sciences, as well as familiar forms of creative human expression.
GATHER & INTERPRET
Gather: We are skilled in a range of tools to gather evidence. Regardless of the tools chosen, we provide space (through training and transformative data collection strategies) for community members to lead and directly benefit from evidence gathering.
Interpret: Once the data are in, we facilitate participatory sense making to ensure the analysis and interpretation of data align with the realities of the people who provided it.
RE/PRESENT
The crescendo. We co-produce the artful communication of evaluation findings through:
Representations - usually events, such as a poetry slam or art exhibit, where participants creatively tell their stories and convey evaluation findings to their community.
Presentations - EDS creates and codes web-based Sticky Reports that distribute evaluation findings as an alternative or supplement to static reports.
BUILD
Post evaluation, we return to where we started. As individuals, and as an organization, EDS remains active in communities by investing in safe spaces for artists and supporting ongoing grass-roots initiatives that expand access to art for all.
This passion for deep, authentic relationships with, and direct, sustained investment in, the communities where we’ve worked is the soul of our business and separates us from our competitors.
ADDITIONAL SERVICES
Completed an evaluation but aren't sure how to convey your findings, or just have data you're not sure how to communicate? EDS offers a standalone service to create web-based Sticky Reports or co-produce inspiring data communication events.
Organizations lose billions of dollars a year due to poor knowledge management. EDS works to foster a culture of learning to promote efficiency, evidence-based decision-making, continuous improvement and innovation.
In the US market, we offer web development and user experience research services.
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