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"Evaluators have learned that organizational effectiveness depends on
astute situational diagnosis and adaptation so that interventions aimed at
improvement are appropriate, relevant, timely, and grounded in
organizational realities. Stevens’ holistic lifecycle theory and its
pragmatic, stage-based application to developing nonprofit capacity are
supported by a quarter century of evaluation evidence. Bottom line from an
evaluation perspective: It’s useful and it works.”
Michael Quinn Patton
Author of Utilization-Focused Evaluation
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