NPF TIG Week: The Teaching Case: A 360 Review for Evaluators and the Partners Who Love Them! by Mindelyn Anderson

Hello, I am Mindelyn Anderson, PhD, Founder + Principal of Mirror Group LLC, and Equitable Evaluation Initiative Teaching Case Facilitator. 

In my evaluation consultant work, I am always on the hunt for learning and development activities and approaches to engage across funders, grantees, and communities. With that pursuit in mind, I find the Teaching Case a compelling approach to promote shared accountability, learning, and reflection for partners in philanthropy.

Rad Resource: Teaching Case, Distant Cousin of the Case Study

The Teaching Case is an account of real life events written in rich detail as experienced by those involved. It is intentionally absent of analysis so the audience can consider the universe of alternate choices and their implications for evaluation. For evaluators who navigate imbalanced power dynamics in the context of their work, the Teaching Case is ripe for opportunities to spark “sticky” dialogue at retreats and convenings. Curious? The Evaluation Roundtable at the Center for Evaluation Innovation has more than a dozen teaching cases about evaluation in philanthropy that you can explore.

Read more at the AEA 365 Blog.