Alliance for Peacebuilding

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Ask an Expert: Communicating the results of your work

Authors: Jessica Baumgardner-Zuzik, Kat Haugh, Jenny Nulty & Saurav Upadhyay

Publisher: Alliance for Peacebuilding

Publication date: March 2021

Abstract: How can we best communicate the results of an evaluation? Kat Haugh and Jenny Nulty shared new ways to effectively communicate results, make dense and difficult topics more accessible, especially when working cross-culturally, and ways to move beyond the traditional "70-page report" complex. Here are four key takeaways from the conversation:

Recommendations:

  1. Know your end-user

  2. Co-design with your users

  3. Spark deeper conversations through visuals

  4. Budget for visual deliverables

About the Authors:

Jessica Baumgardner-Zuzik is the Senior Director of Learning & Evaluation at the Alliance for Peacebuilding.

Saurav Upadhyay is the Manager of Learning & Evaluation at the Alliance for Peacebuilding.

Kat Haugh is the Senior Advisor on Organizational Learning at Global Knowledge Initiative

Jenny Nulty is the Founder of Pivot Data Design