Date and time: Wednesday 14 May, 2025 5.30pm-6.30pm AEST
Topic: Developmental Evaluation in Practice: Regional Stewardship of Aged Care
Location: online via Zoom, details will be shared just prior to the event
Presenter: Zoe Enticott | Clear Horizon
Register online by: 4pm, 13 May 2025

Event description:

Developmental Evaluation emerged from a need to support real-time learning in complex, evolving and dynamic situations. This session will deep dive into how developmental evaluation is being applied in a three-year evaluation of Regional Stewardship of Aged Care. Stewardship is a Commonwealth Government initiative that aims to improve service integration, design, and delivery amidst significant changes to Australia’s aged care system. Zoe will describe the evaluation methodology, share some ways in which the evaluation has been adaptive and creative in its approach to measurement, and highlight a few key challenges working in a complex and evolving system. The purpose of this session is to introduce the key features of developmental evaluation and demonstrate its application using a real-world example. It will explore how evaluation can remain responsive, adaptive and rigorous in the context of national, system-wide reform.

Presenter details:

Zoe Enticott (MA Hons, BA) is a Principal Consultant at Clear Horizon with ten years’ experience working across the government, not-for-profit and community sectors, and five years’ experience providing evaluation advice to help design social services and measure their impact. Increasingly, she is designing and conducting Developmental and Outcomes Evaluations of health, aged care, and education initiatives. Zoe is trained in creative and trauma-informed approaches and has facilitated and presented at several evaluation conferences including co-facilitating a workshop at the AES Conference in 2023 and presenting at the American Evaluation Association (AEA) Conference in 2024. In addition to being a Lead Mentor with the Clear Horizon Academy, she also recently delivered presentations on Developmental Evaluation for the Systems Evaluation Network, and the Queensland Council of Social Service Research and Evaluation Network. Away from the desk, Zoe enjoys singing in a local choir and dancing at free-form movement events around Melbourne Naarm (like 5 Rhythms).

This seminar will be recorded and available on the AES YouTube channel approximately four weeks after the date. We suggest you subscribe to the AES YouTube channel to be notified when new recordings are added.

This free event has been organised by the VIC Regional Network of the AES. Our seminar series provides an opportunity for you to meet with AES members and others in the evaluation community and to share and learn from the experiences of fellow evaluators. Please ensure you have access to your email address to receive the zoom details. Please also check your email address is correct on your registration form before submitting. 

Session start times:

VIC, NSW, ACT, TAS, QLD: 5.30pm

SA, NT: 5.00pm

WA: 3.30pm

New Zealand: 7.30pm

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