News & Blog
New Project: Global Waters CKM II Activity will Support the USAID Bureau for Resilience and Food Security
EnCompass is excited to announce that the USAID Bureau for Resilience and Food Security has selected our team to lead the Global Waters Communications and Knowledge Management (CKM) II contract. Through this contract, our team will provide communications and knowledge...
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EvalYouth Voices: Sana Ben Salem
The EnCompass Learning Center (ELC) is committed to helping strengthen communities and organizations through the use of evidence, learning, and leadership development. Our partnership with EvalYouth to provide scholarships for young and emerging evaluators is an...
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New Project: USAID DEVELOP Activity Will Support the Center for Education
EnCompass is delighted to announce that USAID’s Center for Education has selected our team to lead the Designing Effective eVidence-Based Engagement and Learning for Organizational Performance (DEVELOP) contract. The DEVELOP team will provide organizational...
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Ready to Level Up in Gender Integration? Join Us at GHTechX This Week
We are thrilled to offer a chance to learn about EnCompass’ gender integration approach in a dynamic session at this week’s Global Health Technical Exchange (GHTechX). On April 23, EnCompass team members will lead GHTechX attendees in a panel discussion and workshop....
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EnCompass Welcomes Patricia Mostajo, New Peru MELS Chief of Party
In January, Patricia Mostajo joined EnCompass' team as the Chief of Party for the USAID Monitoring, Evaluation, and Learning for Sustainability (MELS) Activity in Peru. She spoke with us about her new role and what she hopes to accomplish in the upcoming months for...
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EvalYouth Voices: Spotlight on Mark Mulobi and Leonard Yosi
The EnCompass Learning Center (ELC) is committed to helping strengthen communities and organizations through the use of evidence, learning, and leadership development. Our partnership with EvalYouth to provide scholarships for young and emerging evaluators is an...
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You’re Invited to Two EnCompass Learning Center Online Panel Events!
This has been a year of tremendous growth for the EnCompass Learning Center. With a roster of over 25 courses taught by world-renowned faculty, we have welcomed thousands of new learners to our virtual community over the past year. Whether through our open enrollment...
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Vice President Lynne Franco to Step into New Role
After 11 years leading EnCompass’ Technical Assistance and Evaluation practice, Vice President Lynne Franco will be stepping into a new role as special advisor in April 2021. This is an exciting next step for Dr. Franco, allowing her to continue her support for...
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Leveraging the Enabling Environment to Achieve Scale in Women’s Economic Empowerment: An Interview with USAID’s Wade Channell
Scale is becoming an increasingly popular topic in international development, including in women’s economic empowerment. Once an intervention is shown to be effective, how do we scale it up to reach a significant number of people? One crucial factor to consider is the...
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Navigating Unfamiliar Territory to Get the Most from Evaluation
This piece was originally published as part of the John D. and Catherine T. MacArthur Foundation’s Learning as We Go evaluation Perspectives series, with co-authors Anne Gienapp, Lindsay Hanson, and Hallie Preskill. The blog introduces a case story on The MacArthur...
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EvalYouth Voices: Gabriela Rentería Flores
The EnCompass Learning Center (ELC) is committed to helping strengthen communities and organizations through the use of evidence, learning, and leadership development. Our partnership with EvalYouth to provide scholarships for young and emerging evaluators is an...
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Celebrating Black History Month with Fresh Hope
In celebrating Black History Month in the United States, we pause to celebrate a rich cultural history and the Black Americans who have contributed to building this country. It’s important that amid the celebration, we also do not shy away from the stark realities of...
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Beeta Tahmassebi Steps into the Role of President for Washington Evaluators
Please join us in congratulating our Vice President of Strategic Initiatives, Beeta Tahmassebi, who is beginning her term as President of Washington Evaluators. Ms. Tahmassebi previously served on the Washington Evaluators board as Treasurer in 2019 and...
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Hot Tips for Effective Virtual Data Collection
This post was originally published on the AEA365 blog in January 2020. Hi! We’re Ghazia Aslam and Sarah Lunsford of EnCompass LLC, with some tips on the “virtues” of virtual data collection. Virtual data collection has many benefits. With this year’s restrictions on...
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EnCompass Retrospective on 2020
EnCompass wishes our partners, clients, and friends a peaceful and joyous 2021. In the video at the bottom of this post, we selected ten stories and resources that we are most proud of developing over the past 12 months. A full list of links is available below; don't...
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