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How successful have other people’s Multisectoral Collaboration projects been? How did they measure their success? These resources explain how other people have evaluated themselves, and how you can use these tools yourself. Just click to read!

Evaluating Collaboratives - Reaching the Potential (USA)
This guide to evaluating collaborative projects from the University of Wisconsin offers a nice change from most evaluation guides: it suggests questions to ask at each stage of the collaborative process, instead of at the end of the process. It regards evaluation as a collaborative process in itself, one which can deepen ties between actors and enhance learning. At 190 pages, it’s more detailed than some people will need, but it’s a very useful guide.

Wilder Collaboration Factors Inventory (USA)
Here you can take a forty-question online quiz to give you an instant score on your organization’s level of collaboration. It’s based on the Amherst H. Wilder Foundation’s research into Multisectoral Collaboration. You’ll be rated based on their twenty factors of successful collaboration, with individual scores for factors like flexibility, skilled leadership, communication, and more.

Self-Evaluation: Assessing Your Collaboration (USA)
A very basic collaboration scoresheet, this tool from Journal of Extension poses a simple list of questions and scores the answers based on your responses. It’s scored strictly on individual opinion, but as a concise, basic evaluation, it’s a helpful starting place.

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