Learning & impact· Low risk

Evaluation question set

Design the questions before the tools.

When to use this prompt

Reach for this prompt when you need to design the questions before the tools. It's designed for Impact lead. Typically used within Evaluation work.

How to use it

1
Gather your inputs
Have your local context, audience and goal to hand.
2
Fill in the template
Copy the template below and replace every bracketed placeholder with real, local context. Keep names and safeguarding details out.
3
Run it in your AI tool
Paste into your preferred AI assistant. Ask a follow-up if the output misses your association's tone or context.
4
Review with the checklist
Work through the human-review checklist below before you send, publish or act on the output.

Prefer a guided flow? Adapt with the guided builder — it fills placeholders from your association profile.

Prompt template

For {PROGRAMME}, propose 6 evaluation questions: 2 on reach, 2 on change, 1 on quality of delivery, 1 on unintended consequences. For each, suggest a data source and a 'good enough' bar.

Replace bracketed placeholders with real context. Never paste identifying details about children, health or safeguarding cases.

Worked example

PROGRAMME: [programme]

Why this prompt works

Cheap, honest evaluation; not a PhD.

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