Orla Cronin Research

Sport & Development Monitoring & Evaluation Symposium

admin — Thu, 26 Apr 2012 21:56:00 +0000

Looking forward to presenting at the Symposium on Sport & Development Monitoring & Evaluation tomorrow at Southampton Solent University. The associated reference list is available here.

M&E Moving the Goalposts

admin — Thu, 15 Mar 2012 12:12:49 +0000

Our work for Moving the Goalposts Kilifi, funded by Laureus, was presented at UK Sports Next Step Conference. See a conference summary here and the communique with affirmations, requests and recommendations here.

Grassrootsoccer

admin — Wed, 07 Mar 2012 07:49:45 +0000

British Library Development Studies, IDS

admin — Wed, 07 Mar 2012 07:39:24 +0000

Monitoring & evaluation of information literacy interventions

admin — Sat, 18 Feb 2012 12:30:13 +0000

Took part in a delightful and stimulating M&E workshop organised by the Research Information Network on behalf of the British Library for Development studies in Centurion, South Africa. Interesting to see how M&E challenges transfer across different development sectors. Report on the progress developing an M&E toolkit for information literacy, and further details about the initiative, available here.

Research paper published

admin — Sun, 05 Feb 2012 12:22:13 +0000

Our research paper reporting quantitative evidence for the benefits of the Moving the Goalposts programme, has been published in Evaluation and Program Planning. The research shows that members attending activities at longer established MTG leaguefields in the programme experience greater benefits in terms of positive thoughts and feelings, and that members at fields in the rural areas benefit as much from the programme as those who are near head office.

The full reference for the paper is: Woodcock, A., Cronin, Ó., Forde, S. (2012). Quantitative evidence for the benefits of Moving the Goalposts, a Sport for Development project in rural Kenya,Evaluation and Program Planning, 35(3). http://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S014971891200002X

Quantitative data analysis training

admin — Wed, 01 Feb 2012 12:40:31 +0000

Quantitative data analysis can be fun (and the flow of insights is induced by prodigious quantities of chocolate biscuits!) Deliciously nerdy day training/coaching the Rugby Football Foundation monitoring and evaluation team in quantitative data analysis. Elegant baseline data: itching to see the results from their follow-up survey.

Volunteer mentoring helps young adults recovering from mental illness

admin — Mon, 19 Dec 2011 17:20:03 +0000

Our evaluation of TimeBank’s Back to Life volunteer mentoring programme for young adults indicates that this is a very valuable bridge back into society for young adults moving on formal mental health services. Read the report here.

Web 2.0 and research collaboration

admin — Mon, 14 Nov 2011 19:43:44 +0000

Web 2.0 in the facilitation of research collaboration: A study of Web 2.0 use by researchers in developing and transitional countries, including some useful resources. Produced by the global development network, and very pertinent to delivering ‘information sharing’ goals which have been discussed in a variety of fora recently. http://cloud2.gdnet.org/cms.php?id=web2.0_study

Magic Bus M&E system

admin — Mon, 07 Nov 2011 17:22:34 +0000

Good luck to the @MagicBusIndia M&E team, who will commence piloting the process we helped design with @thinkaqumen & streetfootballworld@sfw_tweets. The training course for internal staff starts in Hyderabad tomorrow, the questionnaire translations are hot off the press, and spirits – and adrenaline – are high!