Webinar focus:

As a result of current economic and political trends, basic income programs are once again being discussed and investigated by provincial governments across Canada. In addition to the complexity of the issue itself, evaluating big policy initiatives presents a range of problems. This presentation reviews what is meant by a basic income, the nature of the intervention, and the evaluation designs needed to assess the net impact on poverty and other outcomes. A unique aspect of this presentation is the insight of Dr. Mason who evaluated a basic income program in Manitoba during the late seventies. Based on his experience, Dr. Mason provides insights into the broadened aspects of basic income programs today compared to the late seventies and how they are creating more complexity for present evaluators.

This webinar is structured around three key questions, supported by real cases:

1. What makes a realist assessment distinctive?
2. What are the underlying principles of a realist assessment?
3. How is realist assessment useful in decision-making?

This webinar takes you through the main branches of data visualization and reporting, starting with best practice examples of static visuals and paper-based and info-graphic reporting and then moving to interactive charts and dashboards, digital reports and web-based data presentation.

The webinar will review the growing interest in the Rapid Impact Assessment and compare and contrast it to the more traditional program evaluation methods.

This webinar focusses on Reflective Practice, one of the CES Evaluation Competency Domains. It looks at how and why we should incorporate reflection more fully into our working lives.

Impact evaluations address the causal links between outcomes and interventions. What are these evaluations?

The webinar session will take an analytical approach in examining the critical tools needed to measure ‘results', the experience in Canada to date, and what the introduction of deliverology might mean.

The webinar will focus on a specific type of data visualization, namely infographics – artistic or graphic presentation of data and information.

This webinar will review the requirements of the CE designation with a particular focus on assisting those individuals who have applied but never completed their CE application.

April 20, 2016. This webinar will describe an alternative learning model: learning circles for advanced professional development in evaluation.

April 6, 2016. This presentation explains the relevance, methodology and the characteristics of the project of a dictionary of evaluation in English that utilizes the teachings of terminology to address a fundamental challenge of communication in our discipline.

This webinar will present an experience of a systemic evaluation using a participatory planning approach in a development context. Particular attention will be given to the presentation of the approach, the objectives, techniques, tools, data sources and stakeholders consulted, as well as benefits from the evaluation.

Using complexity concepts outlined in Patton's text as a framework, this webinar will take participants through the concepts by expanding on ideas using academic and popular literature. Concepts will be grounded in examples for practice and application to support and enhance evaluation inquiry.

November 18, 2015. The Credentialed Evaluator (CE) designation supports the professionalization of evaluation practice in Canada by defining and promoting ethical, high quality, and competent evaluation and by recognizing those who demonstrate their competency in specified competency domains. The second webinar in a three-part series on the Credentialed Evaluator Program, this webinar explores the requirements of the CE designation.

October 7, 2015. Free for all CES members. In English. How can you evaluate the effectiveness of KT?  [...] This webinar will explore the complexities and challenges of evaluating KT and offer a simple evaluation framework that can be used across a variety of settings and contexts. Marla Steinberg has been a professional evaluator for over 25 years [...].

May 13, 2015. Evaluators should not only have an understanding of what results-based management (RBM) is, but should also master the management techniques appropriate for each RBM level. Workshop participants will review the key theoretical underpinnings of RBM and the specific evaluation methods at each RBM level. The five RBM levels are: Results-based policy management, Strategic management of institutional performance, Programme management, Project Management and Bureaucratic Management.

April 15, 2015. 2015 was chosen as the International Year of Evaluation, the subject of a resolution by the United Nations General Assembly in December 2014. The CES has joined this global movement by declaring the International Year of Evaluation during its 2014 Conference. So, what exactly does this mean?  How does it concern the Canadian evaluation community? What opportunities can come of this global initiative? And how can Canadian evaluator contribute?

February 11, 2015. Every evaluator wants to see their findings used to drive improvements and change, but this doesn’t happen by magic. Learn what are some of the known barriers to the uptake and utilization of results, and what things you can do from the beginning to facilitate translating your findings into action.

November 5, 2014. Without an evaluation theory, there can be no evaluation. Explicitly or implicitly, every program evaluation rests on a certain evaluation theory that speaks to the rationale for proceeding with an evaluation, how it will be done, and how its results are expected to inform decision-making.

June 25, 2015. The Canadian Evaluation Society Credentialed Evaluator (CE) designation is the first professional credential offered in the world of evaluation. The webinar briefly recounts the history of the designation program, explains the advantages of the designation for various groups, reports on key findings from a survey of CES members about professionalization and the designation, and describes the process to become a Credentialed Evaluator.

January 22, 2014. Sustainable development refers to a mode of development in which present needs are met without compromising future generations' ability to meet their own needs (Brundtland Commission , 1987). A premise of sustainable development is that successful development depends on recognizing and incorporating the connectivity and mutual interdependence of natural, economic, political and cultural systems.

November 18, 2013. On the recent Survey on Evaluation Training Needs and Preferences (2013), CES members continued to show high interest in training for qualitative data analyses (at an intermediate and advanced level).The presenter would like to hear from the membership what topics they would most like to cover. During the Webinar, the presenter will offer her perspective and invite discussion where participants share their practices.

April 27, 2013. In general, evaluation aims to generate judgments that are scientifically valid and credible, with the latter term implying trustworthiness and definitive acceptability in the eyes of stakeholders. This in no way means that the aim is to please stakeholders.