A good project design should address the way in which the dissemination activities of your project will be evaluated.
Evaluation is an important aspect of dissemination planning and implementation.
Many times, unfortunately, grantees do not conduct dissemination evaluation activities, feeling they are too costly or take too much staff time. Not conducting evaluation of your dissemination, however, means that you will not know or be able to report with confidence your success in this important area. It is possible for you to do dissemination evaluation that is not overly burdensome. Because dissemination is the process by which you facilitate use of your shared information, any measurable impact on users significantly reflects on the effectiveness of your dissemination strategies. This issue of The Research Exchange provides information on assessment techniques that can help in collecting dissemination-related evaluation data.