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EVALUATION PLAN GUIDANCE
SOCIAL INNOVATION FUND
Detailed Guidance
Executive Summary
Include an overview of the program, the context of the evaluation and the evaluation approach you intend to
use. As with any Executive Summary, the purpose is to present the reader with the highlights of the full
document, either to brief very busy readers or to serve as an overview to better prepare readers for the full
document.
Specific Guidance: Executive Summary
The Executive Summary should contain the following:
Name of organization;
A one-paragraph synopsis of the program and what it intends to change/impact;
A brief synopsis (one to two sentences) of prior research done on the program;
A brief description of the measures/instruments to be used, and the types of data to be collected from
them;
A brief description of the proposed analysis approach(es);
A summary of the key timeline elements/dates (e.g., dates that participant recruitment and data
collection need to start/end, and when analysis and reporting will take place);
The estimated budget; and
A brief description of the evaluation team and members’ experience related to the effort.
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