Outcome Harvesting (OH) is a powerful approach for monitoring and evaluation, especially in complex, dynamic environments where change isn’t always linear. This article offers practical lessons learned from real organisations that have used OH to track advocacy, capacity-building, and social change efforts. Whether you’re new to OH or trying to refine your practice, this guide helps you avoid common mistakes like treating OH as a reporting checkbox or skipping substantiation.

Outcome Harvesting flips traditional evaluation on its head. Instead of measuring what you planned to achieve, it helps you uncover what actually happened, intended or not. Whether you're mapping policy shifts, grassroots influence, or unexpected wins, this webinar will show you how to surface real outcomes and make sense of them.

If you have ever conducted an interview, a focus group or collected qualitative data, here is a way to go about the analysis.

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Piloting and testing a survey is important to spot errors and correct them before data collection begins. While the piloting can take...

Key Informant Interview (KII) is a qualitative data collection method that involves a conversation with a person(s) who are knowledgeable...

Key Informant Interviews (KIIs), along with desk reviews, are usually conducted in nearly all evaluations. There is a good reason for...

One of the main criticisms of qualitative methods and data is that it lacks sufficient rigour (relative to quantitative data). Here are 3...