![]() With Developmental Evaluation it is okay to begin an evaluation without clear, measurable outcomes when you’re in new territory with massive challenges and you don’t know the solution. ![]() Instead of imposing logic models and rigid methods and approaches on these innovations, MQP developed an evaluation approach called Developmental Evaluation. Through his work over the years, MQP found that traditional evaluation approaches were not meeting the needs of social innovators – they needed another approach to match the nature and scope of innovations. Wisdom is about knowing which facts are relevant and being able to thoughtfully apply that information. Knowledge relates to learned facts, but wisdom means putting that knowledge to good use. Over his 50 years in the field, MQP has accumulated a wealth of knowledge, but his power in the evaluation world doesn’t come from information gathering. Yoda is revered for his wisdom and has tremendous power in the force In fact, his Blue Marble Evaluation is all about training evaluators to engage with and evaluate global change efforts. He has trained evaluation Jedis all over the world and across different organizational sectors. MQP is an active trainer, workshop presenter and evaluation consultant. He has also edited or contributed articles to numerous books and journals. During that time, he has authored numerous books that include Principles-Focused Evaluation (2018), Facilitating Evaluation (2018), Developmental Evaluation (2010) and Utilization-Focused Evaluation (2008). He has worked in the field for almost 50 years – beginning just when evaluation was emerging as a profession. When you visit MQP's website it is obvious he is evaluation’s Jedi master. Yoda trained Jedi for 800 years and had a hand in training almost every Jedi master in the galaxy And while he isn’t a small, green humanoid alien there are striking similarities between the two (that go beyond the bald head and unique sweaters). ![]() Like Yoda, MQP is revered for his wisdom and his power to inspire thinking differently about evaluation ideas. He is the one I, along with many other evaluators, listen to and learn from. Eleven years later, I still refer to that book and a multitude of other evaluation resources MQP has bestowed upon our professional niche over the years. I am now a full-time evaluation consultant who co-founded Three Hive Consulting – a company that provides people with evaluation expertise they need to learn and improve. His use of metaphors helped me transcend literal concrete evaluation concepts and theories and instead helped me create images that were easier to understand, process and ultimately use (talk about utilization-focused!) However, it is full of anecdotes, case studies, stories, pictures and metaphors that inspired me to keep reading. The book is 667 pages of subject matter that isn’t exactly light. It was an intimidating introduction to evaluation. While the prequel films were blasted by Star Wars fans during this time, the animated series slowly won them over, thanks to a better storyline and more attention focused on characterization, most notably Anakin Skywalker.The first evaluation book I read was Michael Quinn Patton’s (aka MQP) Utilization-Focused Evaluation. Star Wars: Clone Wars premiered in 2008 on Cartoon Network and ran for seven seasons. It was great fun getting to go back and re-immerse yourself in this world that just continues to grow and become more and more vast,” Christensen said. There was interesting stuff there to learn about. And they did further explore the relationship. They did a lot with these characters in those shows. The actor that along with the films, he binged on Clone Wars and Rebels. In an interview with Entertainment Weekly, Christensen said that reprising his Star Wars role as Darth Vader for the upcoming Obi-Wan Kenobi series meant revisiting the franchise's major projects. ![]() "It was great fun getting to go back and re-immerse yourself in this world that just continues to grow and become more and more vast." Hayden Christensen says he binge watched the Clone Wars to prep for OBI-WAN KENOBI! But before anyone even gets a glimpse of his Darth Vader, the actor reveals one epic detail that helped him prepare for his comeback. Now, the sentiment has changed and fans are now looking forward to his comeback in the upcoming Obi-Wan Kenobi series on Disney+. It's no secret Hayden Christensen gets a lot of flak for his role as Anakin Skywalker in Star Wars' prequel films in years past. ![]()
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