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Organisations with different projects can often find themselves with dozens of different outcomes. This can mean consistent evaluation and reporting at the organisational level is really hard.  Other outcome challenges that

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Happy holidays from ESS! We had a wonderful 2019 working with so many third sector organisations and funders.  We look forward to helping you with your evaluation in 2020!

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Outcomes everywhere but which are mine? 2 March 2020 10am-10.30 You understand good evaluation is not just about measuring activities but about measuring outcomes – the difference you make.  But which outcomes

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ESS Director Steven Marwick has written a blog reflecting on the insights gained from the event, which has been published here on the Scottish Government website. 

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Ever felt stuck with your evaluation? There is help at hand. We are delivering 2 free events over the next few months to give some tips to help you get

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It is important to engage with evidence if we want to influence our communities. With this as starting point, the Knowledge Translation Network has a new guide aimed at introducing

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Image by Pexels from Pixabay  Over the next few months we will be talking about stats and stories and bringing you opportunities to learn more about how to use them. Our new resource

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Evaluation Support Scotland is inviting feedback on draft guidance to support positive grant management relationships. Principles for Positive Partnership is for people in Scottish Government who directly manage grant funding

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Tuesday 9th October. Save the date! The Third Sector Research Forum conference hits its 5th birthday with ‘Collaborating for Impact’ at COSLA, Edinburgh.  It’ll be a packed day of discussion and activities showcasing the

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ESS has a new strategic plan to guide our work in the next four years.  Click here to see our Strategic Plan. The plan enables us to support third sector organisations and

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Getting Ready to Report webinar Monday 4th March 10am We will talk through some of the factors to consider when reporting on your impact. This will include how to balance