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Visionary Evaluation for a Sustainable, Equitable Future Beverly Parsons

Visionary Evaluation for a Sustainable, Equitable Future By Beverly Parsons

Visionary Evaluation for a Sustainable, Equitable Future by Beverly Parsons


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Take a journey to 2030 where Visionary Evaluatives abound and link with one another in actively bringing about a sustainable, equitable future. Utilizing a creative storytelling approach, this book brings forward the centrality of values in conjunction with the role of evaluation in building a future of well-being for people, nature, and planet.

Visionary Evaluation for a Sustainable, Equitable Future Summary

Visionary Evaluation for a Sustainable, Equitable Future by Beverly Parsons

Take a journey to 2030 where Visionary Evaluatives abound and link with one another in actively bringing about a sustainable, equitable future. Utilizing a creative storytelling approach, Visionary Evaluation for a Sustainable, Equitable Future brings forward the centrality of values in conjunction with the role of evaluation in building a future of well-being for people, nature, and planet.

Visionary Evaluatives are guided by six principles. Those principles highlight a commitment to equity and the sustainability of nature as core values. They emphasize an orientation of humility, compassion, and transparency as Visionary Evaluatives engage with others in a world of living, entangled systems with both obvious and hidden intersectionalities. They require Visionary Evaluatives to engage in deep praxis-mindful and challenging reflection on what is being learned through the intersection of values, iterative action and inquiry, theory, outcomes, and vision. A diverse group of chapter authors share their wisdom through envisioning 2030 and what it might mean to move in the world applying aspects of the Visionary Evaluative Principles.

Through Visionary Evaluation for a Sustainable, Equitable Future, you will learn about how you can contribute to a sustainable, equitable future not only in evaluations, as either users or practitioners, but also in your daily actions and lives.

Visionary Evaluation for a Sustainable, Equitable Future Reviews

What might the world be like if it was inhabited by people imbued with evaluation? Here's a very interesting exploration of such a world. And it will additionally enrich your thinking about how to vote in 2020.- Michael Scriven, Founder, Faster Forward Fund

The core values and principles of visionary evaluatives read too good to be true: envisioning a world of humility, sustainability, equity, compassion, respect, understanding, and engaging deeply, toward iterative action. What a tall order and request this book is making for those of us in the field of evaluation! Bravo to the authors for pushing us. Their book is compelling and futuristic, written as a story that helps us imagine and re-image our field, our lives, and our world.- Rodney Hopson, Professor, University of Illinois-Urbana Champaign

A fascinating journey into the future. The heroes, Visionary Evaluatives, catalyze forces including the UN Sustainable Development Goals movement. In their innovative blending of evaluation designs and daily living habits, the heroes demonstrate the strong beliefs in the value of the sustainability of the planet and equity for all its inhabitants.- Deborah Rugg, President, Evaluation Consultants LLC; Former Chair, UN Evaluation Group

Humanity's current trajectory on Earth is unsustainable. Transformation is needed at every level and in every arena of action. The alternative may be no future at all. This book and its VisionaryEvaluation Principles envisions evaluation as part of the transformation. Embrace the vision. Act on it. How? Start by reading Visionary Evaluation. More titles in this series can be found at: https://www.infoagepub.com/series/Evaluation-and-Society- Michael Quinn Patton, Author of Blue Marble Evaluation

Table of Contents

  • Preface.
  • Introduction: Visionary Evaluatives Co-Creating a Sustainable, Equitable Future
  • Visionary Evaluatives' Perspectives Part 1: A Conversation About Humans, Nature, and Technology
  • Visionary Evaluative Principles: Deepening Understanding
  • Social Protection: Reframing Toward Individual, Community, and National Well-Being
  • Nature: Connecting Well-Being and Conservation Praxis
  • Law: Living Values in Our Legal System
  • Business: Doing Well and Doing Good
  • Health: Building Our Power to Create Health Equity
  • Financial Investing: ValuingSocial Returns
  • Transportation: Designing for Values-Based Mobility
  • Education: Emancipating Learning
  • Design: Creating the Future We Want
  • Visionary Evaluative Inquiry: Moving From Theory to Practice
  • Visionary Evaluatives' Perspectives
  • Part 2: A Conversation About Creating a Future of Well-Being
  • Conclusion: Living as a Visionary Evaluative
  • About the Editors.
  • About the Contributors.

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NLS9781641138338
9781641138338
1641138335
Visionary Evaluation for a Sustainable, Equitable Future by Beverly Parsons
New
Paperback
Information Age Publishing
2019-10-09
284
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