#1 - Collaborative Evaluation: Is there Life beyond Logic
Models?
A full-day, intermediate workshop facilitated
by:
Gail Barrington, Ph.D., President, Barrington Research Group, Inc., Calgary
AB
In the rush to comply with demands for accountability and performance
measurement, there is a danger that evaluation will become too mechanistic
and that the intrinsic richness of a collaborative approach will be lost.
This interactive one-day workshop is designed for evaluators to consider
ways of ensuring evaluation utility at all levels, not just at the top.
After reviewing the key underpinnings of a collaborative approach to designing,
conducting and reporting an evaluation, participants will have an opportunity
to assess their own environments for collaborative opportunities. The
use of metaphor will be demonstrated as a gateway to more creative, empowered
designs that move “outside the box.” Stakeholder needs, benefits
and politics will be mapped and dramatized. Participants will work in
small groups to problem-solve scenarios and strategize ways of improving
collaborative opportunities using the tools provided. A case study exercise
will allow participants to reflect on what they have learned. At the end
of the day, a round-up session will address other related issues and further
resources will be provided. Participants should leave with a renewed sense
of the many collaborative possibilities that program evaluation offers
us.
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