At EnCompass, we believe that understanding and addressing the root causes and impacts of GBV are key to creating a safer world for women and girls, men and boys, and […]
At EnCompass, we believe that understanding and addressing the root causes and impacts of GBV are key to creating a safer world for women and girls, men and boys, and […]
As our global programming pivot continues in response to COVID-19, An Evaluator’s Guide to COVID-19: Using Evaluative Thinking to Learn and Adapt Programs describes important ways evaluation can (and should) […]
This briefer addresses frequently asked questions (FAQs) about appreciative evaluation, a hallmark of EnCompass’ work across our varied expertise and services. The document addresses questions such as (1) What is […]
Community health workers (CHWs), and the barriers they face in providing services, have been studied extensively. Less examined is how CHWs respond to these barriers. The USAID Applying Science to Strengthen […]
In our leadership development work with international clients over the past decade, we have increasingly found ourselves faced with two questions: Is one dominant leadership model enough in today’s multicultural […]
It is well known that gender disparities affect human development. These disparities are far-reaching and have a significant negative impact on health outcomes. This paper examines and demonstrates the use […]
In the fall of 2000, the World Bank Institute (WBI) presented a challenging evaluation task to EnCompass–to develop an evaluation methodology for its two primary training programs. WBI training programs […]
As evaluators have increasingly experimented with integrating Appreciative Inquiry in evaluation, none has applied an appreciative evaluation methodology to study the impact of a full Appreciative Inquiry process in the […]
This forward– by former EnCompass CEO Laverne Webb– precedes a special edition of the academic journal AI Practitioner. The theme of the edition was applying Appreciative Inquiry into evaluation via case […]
This case study, published in Consulting Today, was written by EnCompass President Sherry Rockey and former EnCompass CEO Laverne Webb. The article illustrates the successful application of Appreciative Inquiry (AI) to […]
“David Harris, the Director of the City of Dubuque’s Housing and Community Development Department, is a strong and committed leader who has been able to accomplish remarkable changes by forming […]
This paper on South-South collaboration was written as a primer on the topic for participants at a Ministerial Leadership Initiative workshop in Ethiopia in November 2010. The paper explores the […]