Category: Evaluation

The American Evaluation Association (AEA) will be hosting a Coffee Break Webinar later this month called, “Data Visualization for Evaluation: Critical Thinking Skills, Design Principles, and Technical How-Tos”. See below for the description from the AEA: Want to visualize your data, but not sure where to start? Have a gut feeling that you’re not getting… Read more »

The Claremont Evaluation Center is hosting an upcoming Professional Development Workshop Series in Evaluation and Applied Research Methods. See below for their description of the event. ______ The Claremont Evaluation Center is pleased to bring you this longstanding series which provides practical and theoretical training in evaluation and applied research through one-day workshops, taught by academics… Read more »

Innoweave is pleased to partner with the West Vancouver Community Foundation to host an Introduction to Collective Impact webinar on September 10th at 12:00pm PT. The webinar will provide an overview of Collective Impact, including how it is being used and whether it might be applicable to your community initiative. Prior to attending the webinar, we encourage… Read more »

Many of the changes we expect to see as a result of community-based programming can be difficult to measure. When thinking about the outcomes of reduced poverty and increased collaboration, for example, clear indicators of success do not easily come to mind. Recognizing this challenge, Tamarack created a resource entitled, Approaches to Measuring Community Change Indicators, in collaboration with the Ontario… Read more »

The Canadian Evaluation Society is offering an upcoming workshop focusing on evaluation capacity building. See below for the blurb about the event. Does your organization have adequate capacity to carry out its evaluation function? And just what is “capacity” anyway? Evaluation capacity development (ECB) is a core element to “results-oriented management” as it is the process… Read more »

The BC and Yukon Chapter of the Canadian Evaluation Society is pleased to announce that the 2014 Evaluation in the Health Sector conference is being held in Vancouver, BC on Friday, November 21, 2014. Its focus is on health sector evaluations in the Lower Mainland. Who should attend?  Evaluation professionals, members of academia, program managers, students… Read more »

The BC and Yukon Chapter of the Canadian Evaluation Society is hosting an upcoming workshop entitled, “Effective Presentation and Data Visualization”. See below for a description of the workshop. Presenting data effectively is key to community engagement, knowledge mobilization and evaluation utilization. In this presentation, the presenter will examine some of the science behind data… Read more »

Since 2000, the Millennium Development Goals (MDGs) have successfully mobilized global action around a set of important social priorities, ranging from poverty, disease, unmet schooling, gender inequality and environmental degradation. While substantial progress has been made in achieving the MDGs, there is global agreement that the fight to address such social issues must continue beyond 2015. In… Read more »

The Collective Impact Forum is hosting an upcoming webcast on how to evaluate collective impact initiatives. Specifically, the webcast will include: Guidance on assessing the progress, effectiveness, and impact of collective impact efforts Approaches to learning and evaluation Practitioner experiences Q&A with the panelists If you are currently engaged in a collective impact effort, or… Read more »

The mission of the BC HIV/HCV Evaluation Advisory Group is to: (i) ensure the best HIV/HCV programming for people living-with or at-risk of HIV/HCV; (ii) build a culture of evaluation and research; and increase (iii) evaluation capacity in all HIV/HCV service providers and funders in BC. The Advisory Group is composed of program managers and Executive… Read more »

Are you looking for strategies to increase response rates to your online surveys? Fluid Surveys recently posted as useful resource in their blog called, “6 Simple Tips to Write Perfect Subject Lines For Your Survey Email Invitations”. In a nutshell, here is what Fluid Surveys suggests: Personalization is important The form line matters Keep subject lines… Read more »

Do you know what level of engagement or activity your Tweets have? Dan McDonnell, Community Manager at the American Evaluation Association, recently posted a blog that outlines some interesting ways to explore your Twitter metrics. McDonnell explains, “By evaluating your Twitter activity and engagement, you can better understand what content resonates with your followers, and… Read more »