Putting Data in Context: Timelining for Evaluators

Putting Data in Context:Timelining for Evaluators

Smriti Bajracharya@Smriti_Baj

Katherine Haugh@Katherine_Haugh

Evaluation 2015, Chicago, ILAmerican Evaluation Association

Friday, November 13, 2015

Kat Athanasiades@KatAthanasiades

@InnoNet_Eval

6:00AM 6:03AM 6:06AM 6:08AM

Timeline of…

Flickr CC/szb78

My week at AEA 2015

Timeline Uses and Values

Engage stakeholders

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Organize data

Understand context

Identify trends

Create engaging reports

3 Phases of Timelining

1 Planning

2 Populating

3 Revising

1 Planning

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Flickr CC/marfis75

What is the purpose of your timeline?

Who is your audience?

Type of timeline

Type of timeline

Type of timeline

Type of timeline

Type of timeline

Type of timeline

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Form of reporting

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Make a blueprint!

Hot tip:Visualize as a team

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Blueprint Design

2 Populating

Flickr CC/adactio (modified from original)

Is your content type single-track…

…or multi-track?

By Arne Hückelheim (Own work)

Advocacy events

Social events

Political: Health policy events

Political: Unanticipated events

Hot tip:Test out data categories

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Start End

Time Parameters

Time intervals

Before NOW After

Time Parameters

Start End

Time intervals

Before NOW After

Time Parameters

Start End

Time intervals

Before NOW After

Time Parameters

Start End

Time intervals

Before NOW After

2000 2004

Time Parameters

2008 2012 20161996 2020

Start End

Time intervals

Jul Aug

Time Parameters

Sep Oct NovJun Dec

Start End

Time intervals

What is your data source?Flickr CC/kl By The White House from Washington, DC

Hot tip:Cross-check facts

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How much is too much?

By Nevit Dilmen (Own work)

3 Revising

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Color selection

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Images by Design Seeds

Hot tip:Check the color palette in B&W

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Images by Design Seeds

Headers

Title

Subtitle

TimePeriod

Keyevents

CalibriGill SansArial

Font

Alignment

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Timeline Uses and Values

Engage stakeholders

Organize data

Understand context

Identify trends

Create engaging reportsIcons made by SimpleIcon and Freepik from www.flaticon.com

Understand context

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Understand context

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Understand context

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Understand context

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Identify trends

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Identify trends

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Organize Data

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Organize Data

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Advocacy events Social eventsPolitical: Health policy events

Political: Unanticipated events

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Engage stakeholders

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Engage stakeholders

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Engage stakeholders

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Create engaging reports

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Hot tips:Visualize as a team

Test out data categories

Cross-check facts

Check the color palette in B&W

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Thank you!Putting Data in Context:Timelining for Evaluators

Smriti Bajracharya@Smriti_Baj

Katherine Haugh@Katherine_Haugh

Kat Athanasiades@KatAthanasiades

@InnoNet_Eval

Questions?

Smriti Bajracharya@Smriti_Baj

Katherine Haugh@Katherine_Haugh

Kat Athanasiades@KatAthanasiades

@InnoNet_Eval

Image CreditSlide # Image Credits2 Apple for breakfast timeline

Flickr CC/szb78https://www.flickr.com/photos/szb78/3349572686

4, 60-72 Magnifying glass: Icon made by SimpleIcon from www.flaticon.comhttp://www.flaticon.com/free-icon/magnifier_34202#term=magnifying-glass&page=1&position=1

Identify trends: Icon made by Freepik from www.flaticon.comhttp://www.flaticon.com/free-icon/graphic-arrow_69852#term=line-chart&page=1&position=1

Organize data: Icon made by Freepik from www.flaticon.comhttp://www.flaticon.com/free-icon/work-tray_76804#term=files&page=2&position=13

Engage stakeholders: Icon made by Freepik from www.flaticon.comhttp://www.flaticon.com/free-icon/users-relation_32456#term=human&page=1&position=23

Create engaging reports: Icon made by Freepik from www.flaticon.comhttp://www.flaticon.com/free-icon/analytic-report_69087#term=report&page=1&position=2

14 Two engineers planningFlickr CC/seattlemunicipalarchiveshttps://www.flickr.com/photos/seattlemunicipalarchives/4459827777

15 A woman’s sculpture, with bows and arrowFlickr CC/marfis75https://www.flickr.com/photos/marfis75/12514851843/

16 Audiencehttps://pixabay.com/en/audience-crowd-people-persons-828584/

Image CreditSlide # Image Credits (continued…)23, 72 In-person: Icon made by Freepik from www.flaticon.com

http://www.flaticon.com/free-icon/business-meeting-of-males_46755#term=human&page=1&position=34

Reading report: Icon made by Freepik from www.flaticon.com http://www.flaticon.com/free-icon/person-reading-at-the-office_10655#term=read&page=1&position=44

24 BlueprintFlickr CC/wscullinhttps://www.flickr.com/photos/wscullin/3770015203

25, 38, 46, 51, 73 Light bulb: Icons made by Freepik from www.flaticon.comhttp://www.flaticon.com/free-icon/bright-lightbulb_53591#term=light-bulb&page=1&position=3

28 Jelly Beans (modified from original)Flickr CC/adactiohttps://www.flickr.com/photos/adactio/531747474/in/photostream/

29 Single train track with mountainshttps://static.pexels.com/photos/1018/mountains-nature-sunny-bridge.jpg

30 Crazy multiple train tracks with messy cablesBy Arne Hückelheim (Own work) https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/2/26/SunsetTracksCrop.JPG

45 Focus groupFlickr CC/klhttps://www.flickr.com/photos/kl/8557667916

Image CreditSlide # Image Credits (continued…)45 Robin Roberts interviewing Barack Obama

By The White House from Washington, DChttps://goo.gl/YyYpFv

Woman using laptophttps://www.pexels.com/photo/woman-typing-writing-programming-7112/

47 Overloaded donkeyBy Nevit Dilmen (Own work) https://goo.gl/Y32BKY

48 Magnifying glass over a documentFlickr CC/sirihardelandhttps://www.flickr.com/photos/sirihardeland/5432836109

49-50, 52-53 All images by Design Seeds

A door hues: http://design-seeds.com/home/entry/a-door-hues15 Fuchsia palette: http://design-seeds.com/home/entry/fuchsia-palette Citrus brights: http://design-seeds.com/home/entry/citrus-brights2 Beached hues: http://design-seeds.com/home/entry/beached-hues1 Nature hues: http://design-seeds.com/home/entry/nature-hues38 Petaled paper: http://design-seeds.com/home/entry/petaled-paper