Greetings from Rotterdam! Last week, we were networking at the Semantic MediaWiki Conference at the shark room in the Zoo. Really nice location! Content wise we learnt a lot and brainstormed about new features for WebMo, our Software for Monitoring and Collaboration.
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Swimming in an Ocean of Developers and Possibilities (and Sharks)!
Hector Alfaro - 11.10.2017
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STOP! News about our IT portfolio for M&E
Melanie Uhlen - 28.9.2017
Dear M&E colleagues in the development sector,
between 20-22 September 2017, Robert and I were able to present WebMo and the latest additions to energypedia consult's portfolio at the annual conference of the German Society for Evaluation (Deutsche Gesellschaft für Evaluation, DeGEval) in Mainz, Germany. Building on our previous consultancy services on results-based monitoring, we now offer the whole monitoring package, which we call one-stop-monitoring, including the necessary IT tools. So, what is new?
Online surveys with LimeSurvey: We enlarged our software...Tags:
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So Far, So Fair
Robert Heine - 6.9.2017
For the running year, we have compensated the greenhouse gases of all our flights! As you might have heard, we here at energypedia consult try to minimize consumption of resources as far as possible. Within Germany we travel by train only, and for international flights we compensate our CO2 footprint.
Three times this year, we participated in international conferences, where we presented our M&E software WebMo. Melanie participated in the 8th AfrEA International Conference, hosted by the African Evaluation Association, in Kampala, Uganda. Robert flew to the MERL Tech...
How to Link to Other Wiki Pages or External Websites
Lisa Feldmann - 23.8.2017
Do you want to link from one wiki page to another one? Or would you like to set a link to an external website? These five steps show you how to do it!
1. Open your page and click on the “Edit” button on the top right side of the article. The page will now turn into Edit mode, where you can edit the article.
2. Highlight the word or text that you want to link.
3. Click on the "Insert Link" symbol in the toolbar.
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Energypedia Team Hiking Tour
Lisa Feldmann - 21.8.2017
Last week, the energypedia team was on hiking tour - despite all the rain enjoying the Rheingau region and the Eberbach monastery, tasting its famous Riesling wine. It was a great event to foster our team spirit!
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On the Way to Measuring the SDGs: Implications for Project Monitoring
Johanna Hartmann - 25.7.2017
To discuss the role of the Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs) and their implication on monitoring and evaluation (M&E) of projects, the working group Development Policy of DeGEval, the German Evaluation Society, met end of June 2017 in Bonn. Around 70 persons of German consultancies, civil society, BMZ, GIZ and the federal statistical office participated in the event.
We learnt about the status of developing the indicators for the set of goals. Discussions revealed how they could or will influence the work of development projects in designing, monitoring and evaluating in...
What is Sustainable Software?
Robert Heine - 25.7.2017
A few months ago we shared some of our thoughts on sustainability with you and promised to follow up with some more answers to the question: Can software be sustainable?
The concept of sustainability is based on three pillars: the ecological, the economical and the social. This means that for a software to be sustainable, we must take all of its effects – direct and indirect – on the environment, the economy and the society into account. In addition, the entire life cycle of a software has to be considered: from planning and conception to programming, distribution, installation...
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Company news Flexible Tools, Flexible Work Environments
Hector Alfaro - 14.7.2017
(UPDATE: MAY 2018)
I had previously written about the wonders of working remotely (see here). It has been almost 2 years since I took on this approach, so I thought I should provide an update on this experience.
I know there are several companies out there with very flexible approaches, but to date, I do not know another organization that is as flexible as energypedia consult, in terms of providing their employees with tailor made work contracts. Perhaps this flexibility is what makes our tools great! Not only do we provide our customers with tools that tailor to their...
New WebMo Video Online!
Lisa Feldmann - 20.6.2017
We are so excited to launch our new WebMo promo video! After a full day of broadcasting with DAS GUTE WERK Bewegtbild, the final video is now online on youtube. Watch it here: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=yaJ1jZHc2yI
WebMo is the perfect tool for monitoring and project management in the development cooperation sector. Developed for practitioners, by practitioners.
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Melanie Uhlen - 18.5.2017
In March 2017, I attended the African Evaluation Association (AfrEA) conference in Kampala, Uganda. I got the chance to present our web-based M&E software WebMo and our consultancy and training services. The conference was a great opportunity to meet M&E practitioners and listen to their experiences and needs when it comes to software. These are my personal takeaways:
Excel: M&E practitioners like to use Excel and appreciate training. Excel continues to be a popular tool for data analysis and management. It is widely used, especially in locations with an...Tags: