Event Date: 2025-02-12 EnCompass Learning Center Deadline: 2025-02-11
Are you new to the field of evaluation? Are you wondering what it’s all about? Will you be commissioning an evaluation? This course will demystify the evaluation journey and explore the choices, roles and challenges that evaluators must navigate in the real world. Join us for a two module course designed to help explore the world of evaluation practice. Case studies, exercises and small group conversations will help participants learn how to clarify interventions, identify beneficiaries, gather data, discuss results, and develop recommendations, all the while fostering a reflective, ethical and culturally sensitive evaluation practice. The Being an Evaluator course is delivered in two virtual, instructor-led modules. Classes will take place online via Zoom. Certificates of completion will be provided at the end of the course to all participants who have successfully completed the modules. Read more about each of the modules below.
Event Date: 2025-02-20 EnCompass Learning Center Deadline: 2025-02-19
Surveys are everywhere, especially in the social, behavioral, and evaluation sciences. They are really easy to use. They are also really easy to mess up, making results useless. In this course, participants will learn the importance of good survey design, including when to use them, how to design them, and how to avoid common mistakes. This course is delivered in two interactive modules. Classes will take place online via Zoom. Certificates of completion will be provided at the end of the course to all participants who successfully complete both modules.
Event Date: 2025-03-05 EnCompass LLC Deadline: 2025-03-04
This course introduces evaluators and researchers to mixed methods inquiry. Combining mixed method approaches can allow for better understanding and solving complex problems. Further, mixed methods engage diverse viewpoints. We will explore the nature and purpose of mixed methods, techniques for designing and conducting a mixed-method study, and strategies for reporting findings.Module 1: History and Purposes of Mixed MethodsMarch 5, 1 p.m.-4 p.m. EDTModule 2: From the Page to the StageMarch 6, 1 p.m.–4 p.m. EDTModule 3: Integrating Data in Mixed Methods Research and Disseminating FindingsMarch 7, 1 p.m.–4 p.m. EDT
Event Date: 2025-03-12 EnCompass LLC Deadline: 2025-03-11
Are you eager to begin using artificial intelligence (AI) tools to enhance your evaluation practice, but unsure about what tools to use and when? This course offers a hands-on approach to harnessing the power of AI for optimizing evaluation practices. Participants will gain practical experience with AI tools and techniques, learning to implement and integrate them into real-world evaluation scenarios.Module 1: Practical Applications of Artificial Intelligence in Evaluation PracticeMarch 12, 1 p.m.–4 p.m. EDT
Event Date: 2025-03-14 Brown School at Washington University in St. Louis Deadline: 2025-03-03
Facilitated by experts at the Brown School’s Evaluation Center, the program leverages tools like Excel and PowerPoint that are already on your computer to build your skills at visualizing data and communicating it to various audiences. It was designed for professionals in a range of settings who create reports, presentations, and other communications using data.