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Davidson Consulting Limited |
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World-class evaluation & organisational consulting |
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DCL provides cutting-edge expertise in evaluation and organisational consulting for a wide range of organisations, central and local government agencies and community groups.
NEW! · Copies of handouts from Davidson’s recent anzea Wellington branch sessions (April 2009): Value for Money: What does it mean for evaluators and commissioners? and Causal inference: Nuts and bolts. See the Copies of Presentations page to download the handouts (PDF). · Don’t miss the pre-conference workshop at anzea 2009—Davidson on Weaving Evaluative Evidence (Monday July 13, 11am-5pm) · Also on the schedule for anzea 2009: An evaluative approach to quality assurance in higher education—panel discussion featuring Syd King, Jane Davidson, Nan Wehipeihana, Kate McKegg and Sue Walbran (Wed July 15, 1.15-3pm) · Davidson to present a pre-conference professional development workshop at the American Evaluation Association conference in Orlando, FL—From ’What’s So’ to ’So What’: A Nuts and Bolts Introduction to Evaluation Methodology (Tuesday November 10, full day) · New edition of Evaluation Methodology Basics planned for publication in 2011! What topics would you like to see clarified, improved, added, expanded upon, condensed? Please email suggestions to jane @ davidsonconsulting.co.nz · Davidson’s book, Evaluation Methodology Basics has sold over 4,500 copies worldwide! This popular book, used internationally as a graduate text and practitioners’ guidebook, is now available directly from Davidson Consulting Ltd. See Publications for more information. · Davidson to present keynote address at Australasian Evaluation Society conference in Wellington, September 2010
Evaluation training and consulting: · Evaluation training workshops and seminars · Scoping and development of evaluation questions and evaluation outlines for inclusion in Requests for Proposal · Technical assistance in the development of monitoring and evaluation systems or plans · Facilitation of evaluation projects conducted by or with staff or community members · Independent evaluations of programmes, projects, policies, interventions and initiatives · Meta-evaluation (critical review of evaluations or evaluation systems)
Organisational consulting:
· Development and improvement of performance evaluation systems · Organisational assessment and problem diagnosis (e.g., causes of employee turnover, performance problems, organisational culture or climate issues) · Evaluation of the effectiveness of organisational change · Assessment of organisational learning capacity using the Organizational IQ Test · Evaluation of organisational systems and policies (e.g., reward structures, affirmative action efforts, recruitment and retention, performance appraisal, communication)
Contact: Email: jane @ davidsonconsulting.co.nz (09) 575-1982 (home office) (028) 2550-0544 (fax) (021) 382-593 or (021) EVAL-93 (mobile)
From overseas: +64-9-575-1982 (home office) +64-28-2550-0544 (fax) +64-21-382-593 (mobile) |