Event Date: 2024-11-21 SQEP Deadline: 2024-11-20
Outcomes harvesting is a highly participatory approach that allows people involved in development and social change programs to identify, collect, formulate and make sense of the effects they have influenced through their interventions. This method has proven to be particularly useful in complex situations, in particular situations where there is a great deal of movement between actors and the environment, non-linear client trajectories and for which it is difficult to predefine the results (effects). It is innovative because it makes it possible to collect the most significant changes present in a given field of action, to then establish a plausible relationship of contribution between actions (projects, programmes) and to identify the major trends in terms of social change.
Event Date: 2024-11-26 Performance and Planning Exchange (PPX) Deadline: 2024-11-26
PPX offers this course in collaboration with the University of Ottawa’s Centre on Governance.
Event Date: 2024-11-26 Independent Consulting Community of Interest Deadline: 2024-11-25
Craft Your Marketing Strategy: Skills for SuccessA two-part webinar for Independent ConsultantsNovember 19 & 26, 202412:00 to 13:00 EST
Event Date: 2024-12-05 EnCompass Learning Center Deadline: 2024-12-04
This three-module course will survey the range of qualitative research methods and methodologies that can be applied to program evaluations. The course will begin with an overview of the foundations of qualitative inquiry and their purposes in evaluation. Then, participations will work through the practical aspects of developing evaluation questions, framing instruments, data analysis, and reporting. Topics to include qualitative methods of observation, interview, document analysis, and qualitative methodologies of case study, action research, and ethnography. Classes will take place online via Zoom.
Event Date: 2024-12-09 EnCompass Learning Center Deadline: 2024-12-08
We create evaluation reports for our audiences. Both our Program Evaluation Standards and AEA Guiding Principles for Evaluators compel us to report evaluation findings in ways that are honest, accurate, and actionable. Well-designed reports that meet these standards of quality and ethics are more likely to be both read and used.This is a technical course on report design to promote evaluation use. We will go beyond Word and Excel defaults to leverage the ease and flexibility of PowerPoint*, applying basic principles of graphic design, visual communication, and data visualization. The goal is to create visually appealing and compelling information products—reports, executive summaries, one-pagers, infographics—that invite readers in, encourage them to think more deeply about evaluation results, and ultimately inspire action.*Principles will apply to Keynote or Google Slides as well, but all content, techniques, and exercises will be presented in PowerPoint.