Learning Forward Evaluation
Sensemaking
Facilitated discussions about data and reports, which also honor lived experiences to create a common understanding and lead to the next steps.
Action Plans
Know your strengths and successes.
Make decisions rooted in data and lived experiences, informed by theory
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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The Rooted-Growth Process
Rooted-Growth meets with clients to identify their informational needs, develop designs, implement evaluations or build capacity, and facilitate discussions and implementation of findings. We develop designs using research and evaluation methods, community-based participatory processes, organizational learning, and social justice principles.
Rooted-Growth designs mixed methods evaluations specializing in collaborative and participatory approaches and evaluative skills such as survey development, focus groups (online and in person), pre and post tests, key stakeholder interviews, rubrics, site visits, and case studies. Rooted-Growth is always happy to partner with other evaluators, researchers, and content experts for varied skill sets when needed.
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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.