… and that’s Collective Results!
Have you ever tried to name a business? I’m curious, because although the opportunity to name a business is an awesome privilege, there’s so much that goes into choosing a name. I will preface this blog by saying that I’m not a branding expert. I have no formal training or experience in branding. That said, […]
Project Spotlight: Communities Building Youth Futures Oxford
The following blog was written by Jodie Konior, Project Coordinator for Communities Building Youth Futures in Oxford County. The Collective Results team had the pleasure of working with Jodie and Communities Building Youth Futures partners between May and October of last year on several evaluation-related projects. Take it away, Jodie! Communities Building Youth Futures (CBYF) […]
Training and Capacity Building
Throughout many of our projects, there are opportunities to build capacity within the organisations we help. Sometimes, this capacity building comes in the form of formal training while other times, it is through actively participating in the process that we’re able to share and build skills with our clients. Over the past two years, we […]
Project Management
‘If you fail to plan, you plan to fail.’ Does that quote sound familiar? Maybe you heard it from a teacher when you were in school, a parent when you were younger or maybe even a Taylor Swift song (‘Mastermind’ if you were wondering!). It sounds so easy! All you have to do is make […]
Reflecting on Program Development
Program development lays at the heart of many of Collective Results’ projects, particularly those that involve program monitoring and evaluation. It is through ongoing program monitoring, evaluation, research and reflection that organizations can create, develop and improve their programs to maximize their impact on the community or the people they serve. Many evaluation consultants will […]
Reflecting on Primary & Secondary Research
Many of our team members come from a health analytics, research or epidemiology background. We love diving into the research process and finding unique and creative ways to work with our clients to get meaningful and actionable data. Our research experience is varied, ranging from large, most quantitative community surveys to in-depth qualitative exploratory research. […]
Reflecting on Program Monitoring & Evaluation
Since our inception as a consulting firm two years ago, we have led six evaluations for community organizations. One of the projects is an ongoing 5-year evaluation for an community-based initiative that is innovative and emergent. Because of the innovative nature of the initiative we have chosen to use a developmental evaluation framework, and a […]
Reflecting on Facilitation
Next up – facilitation! We love facilitating small and large groups as we strive to engage participants in meaningful dialogue to accomplish a goal. During the pandemic, we had to quickly adapt and grow our toolbox of virtual facilitation techniques to ensure that our participants get the most out of these sessions. With one of […]
Reflecting on our Strategic Planning work over the last year
Collective Results is celebrating our two year business anniversary! To celebrate, we’re blogging about some of the projects that we have enjoyed working on over the past year. Each week, we’ll share one or two examples of projects that fall under our different areas of service. This blog focuses on our strategic planning work. Strategic […]
Happy 2nd Anniversary to Us!
This week, Collective Results is celebrating an exciting milestone. It’s our two year business anniversary! I’m so proud of the Collective Results dream team and what we have achieved together and with our clients over the past year. In January of 2022, we published a strategic plan for Collective Results. The strategic plan helped us […]