Part One of the guide reviews some basic evaluation terms, lays out benefits of evaluation, demystifies the concept of evaluation as a process, shows how evaluation links with program planning and describes how to develop a request for proposals and select an evaluator. The second part lays out the kinds of evaluation approaches, the kinds of measurements and the kinds of tools that program organizers and evaluators might use jointly to develop a detailed evaluation work plan. The third part describes ways to structure a communications effort focused on evaluation results, how to display and present for easy analysis the key data to be shared and ways to use the data to support and strengthen a program. The final part provides an extended list of specific evaluation references and resources. Notes, figures, appendixes, references