Learning Forward Evaluation
Designs that incorporate ongoing learning as key to the process and build mutual trust while rooting organizations in data and lived experiences.
Sensemaking
Facilitated discussions about data and reports, which honor lived experiences to create a common understanding leading to evidence-informed next steps.
Action Plans
Trainings and relevant documentation to review “how to’s” and engage staff through interactive processes promoting buy-in and effective implementation of new approaches.
Evaluation · Voice · Capacity Building
Natalie De Sole works with mission-inspired groups who want to learn from data and the experiences of their youth and community to reach organizational goals.
District Level Listen Session
Detroit Youth Cabinet Members
Youth Allies
Youth Facilitator
Youth Facilitator
Youth Facilitator
Know your strengths and successes
Make decisions rooted in data and lived experiences
Be informed by theory and research methods
Approach
To develop designs, we leverage cutting-edge research and evaluation methods, collaborative and participatory approaches, organizational learning, and social justice principles. We specialize in triangulating data (stories and numbers) with lived experiences to contextualize evidence of impact.
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Natalie's expertise helped us to analyze the effects of our multi-year youth development. Her skill around conducting focus groups, capturing that data and generating easy to read reports of our findings was invaluable to us, especially for writing grant reports and presenting findings to key stakeholders.
