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Half-Day Afternoon Workshops (#8, 9, 10, 11, 12)
#10 - Getting Published: Strategies for Disseminating Beyond
the Evaluation
A half-day, basic/intermediate workshop facilitated
by:
J. Bradley Cousins, Ph.D., Faculty of Education, University of Ottawa,
& Christian Dagenais, Ph.D., Centre de liaison sur l’intervention
et la prevention psychosociales (CLIPP), Montreal QC, Current Editors
of the Canadian Journal of Program Evaluation
Many practicing evaluators routinely engage in innovative practice and
wish to disseminate their experiences broadly but are hampered by limited
experience with the exigencies of the evaluation academic publishing milieu.
This bilingual workshop is designed to develop evaluators’ skills
in preparing papers, articles, and other documents for potential publication
in peer-reviewed and other outlets (e.g., refereed journals, books, professional
serial publications). Intended audience members are practicing evaluators
and students of evaluation with an interest in publishing evaluation-related
work beyond the bounds of specific evaluation contexts.
Participants will develop their understanding of basic strategies, suggestions
and advice for:
• Conceptualizing and motivating the problem or focus for inquiry;
• Locating, synthesizing and integrating relevant literature from
the evaluation knowledge base;
• Developing an appropriate balance between description of practical
evaluation experience and analysis of cross-cutting evaluation issues;
• Developing implications for evaluation practice and/or ongoing
inquiry; and
• Highlighting the contribution being made to the professional and/or
academic knowledge base.
Workshop participants are invited to bring specific evaluation projects
as a basis for reflection and analysis and consideration as a vehicle
through which to develop potential publications. Consideration will also
be given to developing strategies for planning or implementing systematic
inquiry on evaluation processes or consequences (e.g., utilization studies,
meta-evaluation). Tips for preparing publishable book reviews will also
be shared.
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