Kerry McCarthy

Scratch n sniff ‘data pro’ stickers! Purchased for @dataorchard.org.uk @carolynbarkin.bsky.social I think you are the only OG #chixwotdonumbers on here, but this one goes out to all of you too!

Could someone please point me in the right direction to have a play at creating AI agents, as someone w no AI skills & only some very rudimentary experience with R? I've had a look at n8n, and I think that needs coding know-how I don't have. I have the Open AI guide. Low entry place to muck about

One for our London-based friends: The Mayor of London has launched the Data for London Library to make it easier to use data to benefit Londoners and London
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Faith Kipyegon - what an inspiration 🏃‍♀️ ❤️ 🇰🇪

@gwr.com over £100 for an hour journey, packed, not ventilated, no seats, doesn’t happen in other counties. What’s your solution?

UK Government’s Evaluation Registry now available evaluation-registry.cabinetoffice.gov.uk

the50percent.org/young-person... love this young person’s (any person’s!) guide to systems change

Not this year

❤️❤️ 🏃‍♀️ 🏔️

Recommend, I co-facilitated the last course and there is something valuable for everyone, regardless of previous experience

So happy to be working with @dataorchard.org.uk as an Evaluation and Training Associate

So important

I love this from @theyoungfdn.bsky.social Community running clubs, ParkRuns (or walk), aerobics in a community centre where the ladies took me in when I knew no one…all places I’ve found my starting roots in a new community. (Plus all the training on Hackney Marshes with the VP Harriers years ago!)

Great to see @eval-innovation.bsky.social here, so many useful resources

I’m not Kerry McCarthy the MP

A great summary. I felt trapped in an AI episode of the Emperor’s New Clothes. Cc decision to expand runways at Heathrow

Systemic Evaluation Design. A Workbook A workbook that demonstrates how to apply systems concepts to evaluation design. Note that this is a workbook not a textbook. You learn the approach by using a project of your own choosing.This is 'do...

My new year’s resolution was to spend less time accumulating interesting things to read, and more time digesting them. Tonight I went back to Bob Williams Systemic Evaluation Design Workbook. Advise approaching it with a pen & a project you are working on in mind bobwilliams.gumroad.com/l/evaldesign

Hi @e-earth-protectors.bsky.social I am following you after your moral move from Facebook. Good to see you here

Part 2 of the JRF reflections should be with you soon. Developments in MEL practice for complex, systems change work is a fast moving and exciting space. Have a read below if you are involved in supporting MEL activity for your organisation.

Moving out of the projects - reflections from a learning associate role Part 1: How to start well

Learning from practice, loosely based on my role with @jrf-uk.bsky.social Emerging Futures team, updated resources (which are coming through at ever increasing speed compared to having to dig back in 2021!) kclarity.medium.com/moving-out-o...

Evaluation for the times we are in — from ‘What Works’ to more complexity and systems aware… Impact, the ‘what works’ tradition, & evaluation evolving to better meet the needs of complex, systems focused work

Followed by this one, with great resources up to 2023 kclarity.medium.com/evaluation-f...

Complexity Evaluation... How Do We? I have spent nearly twenty years working as an evaluation practitioner in many different contexts. For about the first ten years of my career, all the evaluation work I was involved in fitted the domi...

I’m working on part 2 of my JRF reflections & thought I’d transfer my complexity evaluation musings over the last few years over to Bluesky (procrastination much!) For CHEW from 2022 www.chewgroup.org.uk/post/complex...

Christmas Cactus ❤️

When data folks play Christmas games ❤️ @data_orchard

BBC Sounds - County Lines - Available Episodes Listen to the latest episodes of County Lines on BBC Sounds.

@nerys-a.bsky.social I’m sure you know about this, but just in case. I thought it was v well done so far www.bbc.co.uk/sounds/brand...

Go and see the architecture, the history panels & get your meat cheap at the crazy Christmas Eve market. Before they ruin it with some anodyne, hyper consumption nonsense. Site of Bartholomew Fair, & many executions - Wat Tyler, William Wallace. Touch the walls.

Tendency to be dictatorial (I was only 6!)

Citizens UK: Citizens UK We are the UK’s biggest, most diverse, and most effective people-powered alliance. We’re working together to make change on the issues that matter, from campaigning for zebra crossings on dangerous ro...

On the final week of actionnetwork.org/groups/citiz... course ‘Trust The People’. Highly recommend, real work in the sessions and amazing resources. I couldn’t find them on here yet, lmk if I’ve missed them

@timharford.bsky.social women and girls play cricket too. Just replace ‘men’ with ‘people’ please. Thank you! #whatif #randallmunroe

I've been applying this learning framework in my own practice. V useful synopsis an approach to support systems change strategies, from Center for Evaluation Innovation evaluationinnovation.org/wp-content/u...

I am keen to do more work in this way, please get in touch if that is of interest to you.