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This page contains tips, tricks, and resources for evaluators, especially related to changing work practices during the COVID-19 pandemic.

Thank you to those members who have shared their tips.

Tips and tricks

•  continue to catalogue COVID-19 resources. Latest articles of interest include  by the Centre for Social Impact;  by the National Rural Health Alliance and  by the Centre for Independent Studies. Click  to access the resources including reports and articles.
• The current COVID19 travel restrictions pose significant challenges to field-based assessments of project effectiveness. So, what can evaluators do when they can’t get in the field? One possibility is to observe project impacts from space. Read the latest IEG blog  by Joachim Vandercasteelen. It explains how the IEG is analyzing geospatial datasets in several of its ongoing evaluations. Please also see the latest resources:  
• The  by the DEVCO / Evaluation Support Service, aims to serve the evaluation community by sharing teachings on the adaptation of evaluation to crisis situations, such as the current global health pandemic caused by COVID-19. Click  to listen to the latest episode.
• The European Evaluation Society (EES) has compiled a list of relevant articles, blog posts, trainings, etc. Go to  for more information and to access.
• Click  to read a recently published article in Systems (ISSN 2079-8954) titled Developing a Preliminary Causal Loop Diagram for Understanding the Wicked Complexity of the COVID-19 Pandemic. This article belongs to the Special Issue 
• The Malaysian Evaluation Society (MES) is pleased to announce the launch of its public evaluation Webinar series themed Evaluation & Public Policy Response. The series will kick off with the first Webinar: The CoViD19 Pandemic: Evaluation & Public Policy Response -Where are we? on Saturday 18 July, 2020 at 10.30am Malaysian time (GMT +8). To register go to .
• Read the latest ARTD Blog: 
•  continues their blog series on adapting evaluation in the time of COVID-19. . In this installment the focus is on the DEFINE cluster of Rainbow Framework tasks and brings together advice and resources on theories of change. 
• has created a repository of relevant work, bringing together a range of evaluations of responses to past global crises such as the 2008 financial crisis and the 2006 Avian Influenza, to make the lessons generated more accessible. This repository, which includes infographics, will be updated regularly as new reports and analysis become available: 
• Analysis and Policy Observatory (APO) are cataloguing COVID-19 resources almost daily on the pandemic.  They have also written a blog on their response to COVID-19. Click here to read. Thank you to APO for sharing.
•  (MCA) has developed a multilingual resource for Australia’s culturally and linguistically diverse communities about COVID-19, its impact and available support.
• MyAusCovid-19 app is available in 25 languages and can be downoladed from the App Store or Google Play. Go to  for more information.
• NVivo (owned by QSR) offer  on qualitative and quantitative research and analysis as well as one on COVID-19 and Virtual Fieldwork - thanks to Jennifer M for sharing

•  is offering free daily webinars for the Australian for-purpose sector, covering a range of social impact topic areas with the 's innovative researchers, educators and thought leaders - thanks to Jennifer M for sharing

• The latest AEA newsletter provided some tips to . AEA's daily blog, , is rolling out a series of Saturday posts offering reflection and information for evaluation practice during this global pandemic.

• IEG has created a : a repository of relevant work on evidence from the responses to past crises, which offers important lessons on what worked and why.

• The IEG has also released two useful Evaluation during COVID-19 Infographics:  and 

• Clear Horizon has created a new blog series. Check out the latest blogs:  and 

• Victorian Council of Social Service (VCOSS) has written an article on 
• Better Evaluation has started a blog series on adapting evaluation in the time of COVID-19. Read part 1 MANAGE evaluations: 
• ARTD Consultants share their latest blogs on  and 
• American Evaluation Assoication has a number of COVID-19 related blogs in their A Tip-A-Day by and for Evaluators: 
• The IEG - WB Group has released a framework organised around four questions to address the ethical, conceptual, and methodological challenges that are affecting  evaluation work during the COVID-19 pandemic:  
• Adapting evaluations to the COVID-19 pandemic from the UNFPA Evaluation Office: 
• View the Evaluation During COVID-19 resources from the Independent Evaluation Office (IEO) of the United Nations Development Programme (UNDP):  

The follwing is provided with the kind assistance of the Queensland Regional Network of the AES and dedicated to information, methods and mindsets to help you continue evaluating in times of social distancing. Starting with these suggested resources from the ÖØ¿Ú50¶È»ÒQueensland Regional Committee: 

• This thought piece on reflecting on the  (from Rebecca)

• This point-of-view from IPSOS on  (from Kylie);

•  to get you through COVID-19 (from Rhianon);

• This  from UNSW (from Kiri);

• Check out this comprehensive list of COVID-19 resources from the  (from Zahn);

•  (with great illustrations) on the importance of developing an evaluation mindset in times of crisis (from Robert);

• Abt Associates have published  on the what public policy researchers must do to maintain quality, rigor, and scientific integrity for their work during a pandemic (from Natalie).

ÖØ¿Ú50¶È»Òmember Kym from Wellington, NZ has also shared the link to an article by Michael Patton on .