NSF Consulting

22/08/2025

On a scale of 9 to 10, how much do you love us? The importance of providing balanced feedback surveys. Read about it in my latest blog.

I visited a relative in hospital yesterday. They had a few grumbles about some aspects of the care they were receiving. Fortuitously, a patient survey was delivered moments later! Great, this is your chance to provide feedback, I said. But working through the survey together, we felt we were being m...

07/11/2024

It's just logical! Why it's important to start any evaluation process with a Program Logic Model

A Logic Model is an important tool to help set up a robust and meaningful evaluation. The process of developing a Program Logic Model is an important first step carried out by the consultant (evaluator) and the client project team, in close collaboration with one another. It is important that anyone...

30/01/2023

It's a new year and you may wonder how you can afford to conduct that important evaluation this year, with a limited budget or other constraints. Is it possible? Likely, yes, but only if strategically. I explain....
http://nsfconsulting.com.au/shoestringevaluation/

15/11/2022

Can too much positivity be a bad thing? In evaluation it can be. I explain in my latest blog...

http://nsfconsulting.com.au/too-positive/

30/09/2022

Did you know that last week was Dementia Action Week? I'm proud to be working with Dementia Australia on an evaluation of their new peer support program. I share some initial thoughts here:

http://nsfconsulting.com.au/features-of-a-good-peer-support-program/

18/04/2022

If you've been working in evaluation for a while and considering starting your own business, join me online for a training course hosted by the Australian Evaluation Society about how to go about working as a credible evaluation consultant. I'll work through the process and share my experiences, including tips and pitfalls when starting your own business in this field.

The course will be delivered in two half-day sessions on the mornings of 4 and 11 May. More information and registration in the link provided.

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19/10/2021

Practising what I preach: taking my own advice in the delivery of a regional arts project in Wagga Wagga, NSW.

For almost 20 years, my evaluation work has taken me to regional and remote Australia, researching and evaluating arts, disaster recovery and community building projects. In 2018 I researched and wrote an important guidelines document for Regional Arts Australia: Collaborating with Regional Communit...

11/07/2021

How do you conduct evaluations on limited budgets in tough financial times? Join me for two half-day online training sessions, hosted by the Australian Evaluation Society. Wednesday 18 and 25 August. Places are limited, register through the link below. I hope to see you there!

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10/05/2021

Work doesn’t look like work when it involves recreational cycling as part of a job.

Rail trails are recreational cycle tracks built on the footprint of disused railway lines. We are in the Riverina evaluating the first Rail Trail in NSW as part of a broader evaluation for the Department of Regional NSW. With Cred Consulting

18/03/2021

Don't be caught short! If you work in a sector such as arts or culture and you've emerged from a very quiet year, with little new program activity, evaluation may be furthest from your mind. There may not be much to evaluate, right? But here are 4 good reasons to plan ahead now.

If you work in the delivery of programs, events or initiatives in a sector that has been particularly impacted by COVID—perhaps the arts or cultural sector—it’s likely that things have been a little quiet over the past 12 months. You may have been forced to delay the delivery of something new,...