Co-Chairs Benoit Gauthier (il/lui) and Jennifer Birch-Jones (she/her) will be joined by some C2021 Co-leads to share with you the highlights of: the 28 workshops (including the new Evaluation Leaders Event); the four keynotes (including a new anti-racism session); and the over 200 papers, thematic hangouts and posters.  The information session will be structured to allow ample time for questions from participants.

Presented by CES Sustainability Working Group

WHEN:  May 6th , 2020 from 12 pm to 1 pm Eastern Daylight Time

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COST: Free for all CES members

LANGUAGE: English (OR FRENCH)

In this webinar, we share techniques for integrating art into the data collection phase. We specifically highlight three techniques: drawing, collage, and block sculptures. First, we highlight the different forms, functions, and advantages of each technique relative to specific evaluation contexts and questions. We walk audiences through specific steps for engaging participants in arts-based activities. Then, we explore ethical considerations to ensure respectful and responsible engagement. Finally, we share strategies for soliciting buy-in from stakeholders and funders. For those interested in learning more about arts-based data collection and knowledge translation, we leave audiences with points to ponder and go-to resources.

Presented by Christine Minas, Treasury Board of Canada Secretariat

WHEN:  April 1st , 2020 from 12 pm to 1 pm Eastern Daylight Time

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The introduction of theory-based evaluation was transformative in challenging the traditional input-output, ‘black-box’ paradigm on how social and educational interventions should be evaluated.

Presented by Evan Green

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WHEN: January 15th 2020 from 12 pm to 1 pm Eastern Daylight Time

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Presented by

Evan Poncelet, MA

REAL Evaluation Fellow, Research Nova Scotia

WHEN:  October 30 from 12 pm to 1 pm Eastern Daylight Time

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This webinar will present the updated CES Competencies for Canadian Evaluation Practice. One of CES’s key roles is to contribute to the professionalization of evaluation practice. While the Competencies were developed as part of CES’s Professional Designation (Credentialing) Program, they provide a much broader foundation for any CES member, regardless of whether they have elected to become a CE. The webinar will present a brief history of the Competencies development and updating.  It will highlight the main changes from the previous version, as well as CES’s hopes and expectation for the use of the competencies by CES members. The 40-minute presentation will be followed by a Q&A period.

Join a lively conversation on evaluation bloopers and lessons learned led by well-known evaluators Kylie Hutchinson, Diana Tindall and Marla Steinberg.  Not all mistakes will have positive outcomes; positive for who?  Errors can be learning opportunities.

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.

More than 3 million practitioners in 150 countries around the world use the 47 tools and processes described in the 500-page Guide to the Project Management Body of Knowledge (PMBOK® Guide).

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

How can we as evaluators better harvest our knowledge gained while working in the field?

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.

The webinar will review the recent explosion of Interest in the Theory of Change and compare and contrast it to the more traditional Program Logic or Logical Framework Approach.

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

The webinar will review the recent explosion of Interest in the Theory of Change and compare and contrast it to the more traditional Program Logic or Logical Framework Approach.

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.

What will evaluation be like in 2025. Daunting prediction task tackled by Benoît Gauthier, CE.

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

The United Nations Evaluation Group has recently revised its "UNEG Evaluation Competency Framework" from 2008 as part of a broader agenda on professionalization in the UN system. Among other things, the webinar focused on the use of the evaluation competencies, and outlined what professionalization of evaluation means for the UN community.

QUAND : 30 novembre de 12h à 13h heure de l'Est

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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 27, 2016. This webinar will describe an alternative learning model: learning circles for advanced professional development in evaluation.

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

April 13, 2016. This webinar will focus on Twitter as a tool for learning, sharing, amplification and collaboration.

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 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.

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.

December 9, 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 third in a three-part series on the Credentialed Evaluator Program, this webinar outlines the CE maintenance requirements and suggests some strategies for maintaining this important professional designation.

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 28, 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 first in a three-part series on the Credentialed Evaluator Program, this webinar gives an overview of the development of the CE Program, its current status, and its plans for development.

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 [...].

September 30, 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.

May 6, 2015. More and more community-based organizations are funded to engage in policy-influence or advocacy work to support the uptake of their programs. This webinar will explore the complexities and challenges of evaluating policy-influence work and introduce a new resource that evaluators, program implementers, and funders can use to facilitate the evaluation of policy-influence work.

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?

March 25, 2015. This workshop will address your unanswered questions about logic models, what they really mean, and how to make them work for you.

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.

December 11, 2014. There are many aspects of cross cultural and international evaluations that are similar to other types of evaluation work. However, some practises are particularly important, and they are the focus of this webinar.

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 26, 2014. The Canadian Evaluation Society Credentialed Evaluator (CE) designation is the first professional credential offered in the world of evaluation. The webinar will briefly recount the history of the designation program, explain the advantages of the designation for various groups, report on key findings from a survey of CES members about professionalization and the designation, and describe the process to become a Credentialed Evaluator.

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.

March 26, 2014. The webinar focuses on the issues and challenges encountered in implementing randomised controlled trials (RCTs) in community settings. The RCT has the advantage of being the most rigorous design for making causal attributions about the effectiveness of an intervention.

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.

December 11, 2013. Both researchers and evaluators find themselves conducting systematic inquiry for the purpose of answering questions about program processes and outcomes. Yet, research and evaluation are significantly different forms of inquiry. This presentation will first clarify the unique work of evaluators.

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.

October 24, 2013. The guidance on Assessing Program Resource Utilization When Evaluating Federal Programs offers several approaches to measuring cost elements including activity-based costing (ABC). This webinar will present a quick overview of the measurement of economy and efficiency under the Treasury Board Evaluation Policy.

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.

March 27, 2013. For the last fifteen years, Valéry Ridde has had the chance to use participatory approaches to evaluate programs (e.g., in Quebec or Afghanistan), to develop research actions (e.g., Burkina Faso), and more recently to mobilize the experiential knowledge of implementers of policy (the ‘policy makers' according to Lipsky) in Africa and analyze their processes. After a brief review of the key concepts of participatory evaluation, his presentation will focus on two recent capitalisation experiences that he and his teams conducted in West Africa.

November 27, 2012. This presentation covers key principles for the effective visual display of data and for designing and delivering presentations with slides. Starting with basics of visual perception, the presentation then works through a number of examples and demonstrations to illustrate the principles.