Building a better ecosystem for supporting our communities and the role of evaluation

Based on a keynote presentation to The convergence of evaluation and impact measurement, Annual Conference of the Aotearoa New Zealand Evaluation Association.

“Why does everyone seem unhappy about how the evaluation system works? And if we are all unhappy, why can’t we do something about it?” This question came from a conversation with impact measurement and evaluation specialist David Pritchard, a fellow speaker at the ANZEA conference 2016. This article explores the dynamics within the ecosystem for supporting communities, the role of evaluation, and who things might be improved.