Regardless of the evaluation design and methods selected, Appreciative Evaluation is an excellent addition to your evaluation toolkit that will help you enhance effectiveness, cultural competence, ethics, and equity in evaluation practice. A growing body of research in positive psychology helps us understand the impact of embedding appreciative evaluation into any design and method.
In the course you will learn about specific activities and tools that you can apply to improve you evaluation and applied research practice.
These activities and tools can be used across the various steps and stages of an evaluation, including to:
Recommended Audience:
Audiences for this course include those who have familiarity with evaluation who would like to learn more about ways of applying appreciative inquiry and positive psychology in their work and life.