The AND Blog

Tired of boring surveys and exhausting KPIs? Start here. What arts-based methods are (and aren’t), how they work, common pitfalls, and the ethical questions to ask first. A practical introduction for evaluators, skeptics included.

Humans are a hot mess, and collage lets that complexity show. A step-by-step guide to using collage in evaluation: when it works, how to run it, what to analyze, and the mistakes to avoid. No artistic skill required.

Likert scales flatten how people really talk. Poetry slows things down so every word matters. This post explores how we use haiku, erasure, found, and open-form poetry in evaluation, from cutting through team jargon to co-creating recommendations.

There are infinite ways to practise evaluation, so where do you start if you want your work to be more equitable? In this free webinar with Mass Culture, we share how we practise, what we do (and avoid) to promote equity, and where we are still learning.

Hand adults a box of crayons and watch them look for the exit. Yet drawing is one of the most powerful tools we use in evaluation. Here is how it works, when it fits, how to run it in person or online, and why the debrief, not the drawing, is your data.

More RFPs are asking for photos, but there’s more to it than point and shoot. How photo elicitation works in evaluation, choosing evaluator or participant photos, analysis, ethics, and how it differs from Photovoice.

This blog busts 5 myths about arts-based methods - demonstrating why creative evaluation could be easier than you think.