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Reframing Evaluation Through Appreciative Inquiry
- Hallie Preskill - FSG Social Impact Advisors
- Tessie Tzavaras Catsambas - EnCompass LLC
August 2006 | 192 pages | SAGE Publications, Inc
Reframing Evaluation Through Appreciative Practices is written in a clear and accessible style that appeals to those new to appreciate inquiry and evaluation, as well as those who are familiar with one or both disciplines. It includes numerous international case examples that demonstrate the use of appreciative inquiry in evaluations; a matrix of cases to help users easily locate particular types of case studies and identify the contexts in which those studies took place; and a comprehensive bibliography featuring a web resources area.
Table of Case Examples
Preface
Prologue: Choosing an Evaluation Path
1. Introducing Appreciative Inquiry
2. Using Appreciative Inquiry in Evaluation Practice
3. Focusing the Evaluation Using Appreciative Inquiry
4. Designing and Conducting Interviews and Surveys Using Appreciative Inquiry
5. Using Appreciative Inquiry to Develop Evaluation Systems
6. Building Evaluation Capacity Through Appreciative Inquiry
Epilogue: Crossing Boundaries and Evaluation Innovation
Appendix: Using Appreciative Inquiry at Evergreen Cove by Laverne Webb and Sherry Rockey
References
Index
About the Authors
"I enjoyed the book. I found the approach refreshing and useful. The structure of the book made the argument easy to follow...Practitioners of evaluation, or any organizational change process, will find the approach useful.
Evaluation Journal of Australasia
Found another book I liked better.
Sociology Geo Social Work Dept, University Of The Cumberlands
June 3, 2015
Using this text has already made a positive difference in my class--used it as the basis of the first exercise of the semester. It covers basic techniques as well as Appreciative Inquiry.
[DEPARTMENT NOT SPECIFIED], Southeastern Louisiana University
June 14, 2011