Should evaluators JUST measure progress, or should they actively shape it?

Let’s start 2025 with a somewhat disruptive question 😮

I sat down with Khalil Bitar, to explore how evaluation can drive real, lasting change. From decolonizing the field to amplifying youth-led innovations, Khalil shows us that evaluators can be activists for equity, justice, and systemic transformation.

If you want to explore more of Khalil’s ideas, he wrote these two articles to push the field toward meaningful, context-driven action:

💡SEAT (A Social Equity Assessment Tool for Evaluation)

Because you can’t talk about progress if voices on the margins aren’t part of the story. https://tinyurl.com/2s...

💡ToE (A Practitioner’s Guide to Constructing a 'Theory of Evaluation')

Designed to shift evaluation from checking boxes to driving genuine, context-rooted change. https://tinyurl.com/4u...

Tune in to reimagine evaluation as a potent force for change 🎧

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