“What does the evidence say?” is a common question in nonprofit and foundation work. We have ever more sources of information to measure progress indicators and ultimate intended outcomes. But sometimes, even with all these data, it’s easy to overlook a centrally important source of insight right in front of us – feedback from the…

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One of the things I enjoy about working at the Packard Foundation is the emphasis on learning. In my past life, evaluation work was called M&E (Monitoring and Evaluation), but here it is MEL (Monitoring, Evaluation, and Learning). Turns out, the addition of that one letter actually matters. It matters because our evaluation efforts are…