The adoption of new technology and the diffusion of innovations is always challenging and often involves a lag time. This presentation will address the pace of change and how to stay current with emerging technology. Specifically, tips on best practice with how to stay abreast with emerging technology that we need to evaluate and the technology that we need to use will be discussed with audience participation - to help co-create the story. Participants will gain insights into how best to plan for the use of emerging technology in their evaluation work in the international development context.