AES Alert: 2 June 2022

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AES ALERT: 2 june 2022

aes22, celebrating evaluation and excellence in Adelaide

This year in Adelaide, for the first time since Sydney in 2019, we gather together to celebrate evaluation, excellence, and each other.

Join us now in encouraging emerging First Nations evaluators to apply for a conference support grant. Showcase your own or a colleague’s work by submitting a nomination for an AES Award for Excellence in Evaluation. And register now to join with your evaluation colleagues in Adelaide to attend pre-conference workshops as well as the aes22 conference.

Be sure to check out our keynote speakers, and featured panels, on this page.

The first draft of the conference program will be released shortly. Keep an eye on your inbox!

Key dates

13 June: Applications close for Conference Support Grants for Emerging Indigenous Evaluators
1 July: Nominations close for Awards for Excellence in Evaluation
1 July: Nominations close for Fellows of the AES
7 July: Early bird discounted conference and workshop registrations close
28 & 29 August: preconference workshops
30, 31 August and 1 September: Adelaide conference
31 August: Gala Awards Dinner

AES board member Anne Stephens presents to Queensland Parliament education, employment and training committee

The Queensland Parliament’s Education, Employment and Training Committee met on the 23 May to conduct a briefing with industry experts in VET challenges, opportunities and delivery of training in regional, rural and remote areas of Queensland.

AES Board Member, Dr Anne Stephens was invited to present to the committee on the delivery of health workforce VET in rural and remote regions, based on her applied evaluation work conducted between 2011 to the present day.

The committee is interested in models of service delivery to meet the current and future needs of students, workers, businesses and communities. Dr Stephens’ evaluations of the training provided by Wontulp-Bi-Buya College and other services across northern Australia, was of interest to the committee who asked further questions about the difference between Indigenous controlled services and mainstream VET delivery, pedagogy and student profiles.

Interested in the EvalYouth Global Network?

Are you a young and emerging evaluator interested in a career in evaluation?

A national chapter of the global EvalYouth network could be established in Australia. EvalYouth is a global network of young and emerging evaluators (YEEs)* and other stakeholders. The network aims to:

Promote YEEs to become technically sound, experienced and well-networked professionals who contribute to evaluation capacity at all levels, and,
Promote the inclusion of youth and young people in evaluations

EvalYouth aims to encourage young professionals into the field, to advocate for opportunities for these young evaluators and to provide opportunities for YEEs to connect.

Many other countries are establishing chapters with nine national chapters launched throughout the Asia-Pacific Region to date.

Expressions of interest are being sought for involvement in a potential Australian chapter. This initial call aims to explore the level of interest in establishing a local chapter to assess the potential for moving forward with a national chapter and to assist with planning next steps.

If you are interested in becoming a member or would like to be involved in a leadership role, please complete this short questionnaire by Friday June 17^th to indicate your preferred level of involvement.

For further information visit https://evalyouth.org/ or email with any questions.

We look forward to hearing from you!

*EvalYouth defines a YEE as someone under the age of 35, or someone with less than 5 years of experience in the evaluation field, or a recent university graduate with an interest in a career in evaluation.

Both workshops will be held as part of the aes22 Adelaide preconference workshop program. Click here for more details, and to register. CF workshop MediaTile1 600

More dates to be announced soon.

Details and registration links are on the AES online events calendar.

CF workshop MediaTile2 600

The purpose of this workshop is to build on the foundational workshop by providing participants with an opportunity to learn from and discuss examples of applying the concepts and approach described in the AES First Nations Cultural Safety Framework.

Pre-requisite: Attendance at the foundational ‘Learning to apply the AES First Nations Cultural Safety Framework’ workshop.

By the end of the workshop, participants will have reflected on and discussed actual examples of culturally safe evaluation that will:

Enhance their understanding of how the principles of culturally safe evaluation can be applied in evaluation contexts.
Strengthen their skills in applying critical self-reflection to their own evaluation contexts.
Enhance their understanding of what it means to be an ally for culturally safe evaluation.

This workshop will be run as a panel session, where two different evaluation teams will share an evaluation example that strove to be consistent with the Framework and facilitate a discussion with participants to explore the application of the Framework. Participants will get the opportunity to walk some of the journey of each evaluation, addressing scenarios or challenges that emerged along the way, and practice applying the concepts and approach in the Framework to identify how they would respond if faced with a similar scenario or challenge in a future evaluation.

Registrations are open for workshops in 2022: 24 June, with more dates to be anounced soon.

Details and registration links are on the AES online events calendar.

Note: both workshops will be held as part of the aes22 Adelaide preconference workshop program. Click here for more details, and to register.

EVALUATION LEARNING EVENTS

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SEMINARS

Seminar: Exploring collective impact initiatives and approaches to evaluate them – Features, opportunities and challenges (online 15 June 2022)

Seminar: Innovative Methods in Market Research – Digital data collection via Tik Tok (online 15 June 2022)

WORKSHOPS - Online Delivery

Other EVENTS

16th June 2022 - online (IPAA WA partner event)

Workshop: Introduction to Monitoring and Evaluation (Online 16 June 2022)

30th June 2022 - online (IPAA WA partner event)

Workshop: Introduction to Program Logic (online 30 June 2022)

Please check the AES online events calendar: https://www.aes.asn.au/evaluation-learning/professional-learning-events and keep an eye on your inbox for details of other upcoming events.

JOB VACANCIES

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If you would like to advertise a job vacancy on the AES website, please see details in the AES ONLINE SERVICES section below.

OF INTEREST

The Of Interest section of the AES Alert includes information from international evaluation societies as well as upcoming events and other articles that may be of interest to our members and wider evaluation community. There is no charge to be included. Please send content to by Wednesday lunchtime. Your article should include a short blurb and any relevant links. Note that we don't include images or upload documents. Note that the AES reserves the right to refuse publication if we don't judge that your copy is of interest to members of the AES. Member notices are given preference.

ANZEA news and events

KA MUA. KA MURI | LOOKING BACK TO MOVE FORWARD

ANZEA Conference 2022, 10-12 October, Wellington

In discussion with the Board, the Conference Committee has made the call to move our conference to October 2022.

This decision was made in light of the current impact of COVID in Aotearoa and in order to preserve a safe in-person event that we are all keen to see.

More information.

WEBINAR: Engage Your Collaborators with Data Parties

Data parties are a participatory session where you sit down with your partners, collaborators, and other stakeholders to collaboratively and equitably explore and interpret the initial results. Data parties are an important but often underutilized activity for promoting the uptake of recommendations, knowledge translation and a learning culture.

Join us for an informative and interactive webinar that covers the who, what, why, when, and how of hosting an online or in-person data party. Using engaging lecture, demonstrations, real-life examples, and breakout discussion, presenter Kylie Hutchinson will share practical tips and techniques for data parties including format options, potential pitfalls, and ways to engage collaborators with your evaluation and research data.

Date: June 16, 2022
Time: 9:30 am - 12:30 pm PT
Register: https://conta.cc/3rXWfig

If this time does not work for your time zone, please contact us. If there is enough interest we may be able to schedule additional offerings for individuals outside of North America.

AES ONLINE SERVICES

AES Blog

We want to hear from you! What is interesting you in the world of evaluation? Have you attended an AES event recently and are keen to share what you learned? Please refer to the Guidelines for what and how to submit to the AES blog and if you have any questions, please email the team at . Check out the the latest AES blogs by clicking here.

Job Vacancies

Employers looking to fill positions in program monitoring and evaluation and performance measurement can list their job vacancies on the AES website. This service is available to members and non-members for a small fee. Discover the benefits of advertising on the AES website as recruiters and for applicants. Local and overseas opportunities are listed throughout the year and are also included in the AES Alert e-newsletter.

Consultants Directory

The AES often receives enquiries looking for evaluators with specific areas of expertise. These enquiries are directed to the online searchable Consultants' Directory. As well as being 'discovered' by potential customers, consultants in the directory also enjoy receiving early advice on any call for Evaluation services tenders. AES members can be listed in the Consultants' Directory for a small fee. Log into the AES website and access the form here.

Logging On to Member Only areas of the new AES website

Members can now remain logged into the AES website rather than log in each time - simply click on the 'Remember me' box when loggin in. If you have forgotten your username and password, please email us at .

Become an AES member

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AES Alert: 2 June 2022