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Auckland
19 and 20 June 2014 – Wellington | 23 and 24 June 2014 - Auckland
Workshop details
Dates - 19 and 20 June 2014 – Wellington, 23 and 24 June 2014 – Auckland
Time - 9am to 5pm (registration from 8.30am) – both workshops
Locations - St Andrew's on The Terrace, Wellington and tba Auckland
Presenters - Dr Amy Gullickson and Dr Ghislain Arbour
Register by - 13 June 2014
Workshop fees - Members NZ$770.00, Non-members NZ$935.00, Student member NZ$220, Student non-member NZ$302.50. There is no GST payable on these fees. Each workshop is limited to 25 participants.
Often evaluation is understood as a set of actions or activities we undertake, such as monitoring or research. To truly engage in evaluation, we need to do more than just act; we need to learn how to think, by developing our evaluation reasoning. It's like learning how to walk and chew gum at the same time.
DO YOU KNOW?
- What makes an evaluation truly an evaluation?
CAN YOU TELL?
- Others how you analyse the programmes and other social interventions that you have to manage, evaluate or just try to comprehend?
WOULD YOU LIKE?
- To understand evaluation, shape your thinking about it, and have a basic toolbox to start taking action?
If you have answered "yes" to any of these questions then you will benefit from attending the Evaluative Thinking into Action – Workshop.
Facilitated by evaluation experts, Dr Amy Gullickson and Dr Ghislain Arbour, this workshop invites participates to bring evaluation challenges from their work into the workshop so they can work on plans and ideas to take back to the workplace.
Interactive in style and facilitated to ensure that every participant's needs and problems are addressed, you will benefit from shared experience. In particular, the presenters' knowledge and experience of evaluation in academia, health care, education, business, not for profit, international development, and faith communities will help your organisation.
Participants in this workshop, through live experiments, discussion, activities, and short presentations, will learn about evaluation and show you how to interpret and appreciate:
- Language: What all that jargon means
- Logic: What it means to think like an evaluator
- Process: The basics of doing an evaluation from start to finish
- Tools: Program analysis, logic models, tips for dealing with clients and stakeholders
- Continuing development: Resources and reading suggestions to take away
But, most importantly you will go back to your workplace inspired and prepared to address the tasks of evaluation with your new skills and tools that you can employ immediately in your own organisation.
Who should attend?
This workshop offers foundation skills and is suitable to anyone with an interest in evaluation and evaluative thinking. You'll be able to use the tools in your work, whether it is policy, program development or evaluation.
About the Presenters
Dr Amy (ay-mee) Gullickson is a Senior Lecturer at the University of Melbourne Graduate School of Education's Centre for Program Evaluation, where she teaches, advises students conducting research, works on various evaluation projects, and directs the development of CPE's upcoming fully online Evaluation courses. Amy earned a PhD in Interdisciplinary Evaluation from Western Michigan University in Kalamazoo, Michigan. Her evaluation and research experience span a variety of contexts, including academia, health care, education, business, not for profit, international development, and faith communities. Her research and work over the past several years has involved exploring how organisations have and can work toward evaluation mainstreaming. Amy hails from the Midwestern United States. She is a bit wary about marmite, but is looking forward to her first time in New Zealand.
Dr Ghislain (jee-sle/an) Arbour is a newly appointed Senior Lecturer at the University Of Melbourne Graduate School Of Education's Centre for Program Evaluation. He has just arrived in the region, coming from Canada where he earned a PhD in Public Administration from the Public Administration National School (ENAP), which is located in his home province, Quebec. When it comes to research and teaching, Ghislain is interested in governmental transparency issues, the political role of program evaluation, the concepts of evaluation and logical evaluative claims. Also, he likes to help develop evaluation policies for governmental agencies and wants good institutions in order to encourage good evaluations. The second best reason why he is visiting New Zealand (you are the first!) is his interest in a famous beer with the promising name of "Optimus Prime"!
8 October 2012
Presenter: Kate McKegg
Fees: NZ410(AES members), NZ553 (non-members)
Overview
This workshop is intended to give participants an overview of evaluation utilization. It will also provide a series of practical tips and insights about evaluation utilisation and the preparation of evaluation recommendations. The workshop will be interactive combining a number of formats: lecture, discussion, hands-on practical exercises and question and answer sessions.
Course Content
This workshop will cover the following topics:
- Planning for evaluation use
- Different kinds of evaluation use
- The sources, intention and timing of evaluation use or influence
- Consideration of intended users and uses
- Challenges and debates about evaluation utilization
- Steps for preparing thoughtful, useful and practical recommendations
- Distinguishing between interpretation, evaluation judgments and recommendations
- Tips for preparing and generating recommendations
- Challenges and controversy about evaluation recommendations.
Outcomes and Benefits
Participants will:
- Expand their understanding of evaluation utilization and the preparation of evaluation recommendations
- Learn how to prepare and plan for, as well as promote utilization in evaluation
- Understand how to develop thoughtful, useful and practical recommendations
- Sharing experiences and learning with a leading expert in evaluation as well as with peers
Target Audience
This workshop requires participants to have some prior knowledge and practice of evaluation. It will benefit experienced evaluation professionals from the NGO, community and government sectors who have an interest or have direct responsibility to account for the performance of projects or programs. If you are new to evaluation project management you will also benefit from sharing in the interactive exchange with more experienced colleagues.
26 & 27 September 2012
Presenter: Dr Aliitasi Su'a Tavila
Fees: $NZ570 (AES members). $NZ810 (non-members)
Overview
This 2-day workshop introduces participants to basic evaluation concepts relative to Program Evaluation. The workshop is designed to de-mystify the evaluation process exploring such topics as: evaluation process; appropriate approaches and techniques for specific evaluation tasks; interpreting data and produce findings; engaging with stakeholders; the nature and use of evaluation; ethics and evaluation; and key issues and trends in the field of evaluation. This is an excellent opportunity for novice evaluators and beginners to learn about evaluation - from both the workshop and from others involved in evaluation.
Course Content
- Overview of evaluation and its approaches
- Evaluation planning
- Introduction to data collection
- Introduction to data analysis
- Interpreting the findings
- Introduction to presenting and reporting on the findings
- Ethical evaluation practice
Outcomes and Benefits
Participants will:
- Expand their understanding of the evaluation process
- Learn how to develop appropriate evaluation questions
- Explore the key features of a range of evaluation approaches
- Understand how to develop a variety of evaluation techniques
- Engage in an interactive dialogue with a leading expert as well as with peers, to share experiences and learning
- Identification of and engagement with a range of stakeholders
- How to interpret evaluation data and generate findings
Target Audience
This workshop is designed to introduce basic aspects of Program Evaluation for beginners and for those who may be interested in an overview or a refresher wishing to gain familiarity with evaluation and its approaches. It is particularly useful for those who have responsibility for evaluation of projects or programs, or who contribute to the management, planning or conduct of evaluations. No prior knowledge about evaluation is required.
