As we mark our twentieth anniversary, we asked our colleagues what has changed, what lies ahead, and what keeps them inspired in the world of evaluation.

This article recaps a Ripple Effect webinar on place-based evaluation, featuring expert insights and lessons from years of hands-on practice.

What’s in your MEL toolkit? In this blog, we unpack key insights from Clear Horizon’s Ripple Effect webinar, where MEL experts Dr Jess Dart, Bardie Barclay-Sutton, and Jessica Suares share practical tools and techniques – from story-based methods like Most Significant Change to participatory platforms like Miro – that make evaluation more inclusive, adaptive, and impactful.

This article explores how grant makers can approach MEL through the lens of agency and offers some ways to consciously foster a greater sense of agency in grantees.

As we wrap up another great year, we asked our colleagues about what stood out to them in 2024. Here’s what they said!