Improved Insights celebrates 5 years in business by reflecting on 2023, and looking forward to opportunities in 2024.

This month Improved Insights invites Carol Martincic, MNO, to reflect on how organizations can align their storytelling efforts with funder priorities, and the role that evaluation has to play in communications strategies.

This month we examine the differences in formal vs. informal evaluation practices.

This month we imagine the future of Informal STEM Education, including technology and its potential impacts.

This post (part two of two) talks about all the different considerations that go into effective survey or questionnaire design.

This post (part one of two) talks about all the different considerations that go into effective survey or questionnaire design.

This post talks about how to effectively include color in nonprofit reports.

This post talks about the importance and impact of color as a vehicle to convey information.

This post talks about evaluation policy: what it is and why it is important to informal STEM education.

This post talks about investing in evaluation: the importance, how much to spend, and how to decide what to focus your efforts on.

This post talks about four trends we’ll see in ISE in 2023.

This post talks about A.I. and its coming intersection with informal STEM education.

This post offers reflection questions for informal STEM education professionals to assess their organizational impact.

In this article, we’ll explore the Equitable Evaluation Framework™ (EEF) and how it helps to center equity in evaluation practices.

In this article, we’ll explore who deficit thinking impacts the most, how deficit thinking plays out in formal and informal education, and how we - as educators and evaluators - can avoid it in order to impart greater equity and justice in our work.

This blog post does a deep dive into the concept of 21st century skills, including what this concept is, how it might be incorporated into your program outcomes, and how evaluators think about assessing it.

This blog post does a deep dive into the concept of STEM engagement, including what this concept is, how it might be incorporated into your program outcomes, and how evaluators think about assessing it.

This blog post discusses science communication and its intersection with informal STEM education and evaluation.

This blog post discusses the learning loss phenomenon and proposes informal learning as a way to build up students’ STEM interests and abilities.

This blog post does a deep dive into the concept of STEM identity, including what this concept is, how it might be incorporated into your program outcomes, and how evaluators think about assessing it.