|
On this Page: Detailed Content Description | Related Reading | Faculty | Delivery Options
We all need to know how well we are actually doing in our work. Increasingly, we are being called upon to document our effectiveness in specific, often numerical, terms. The standard solution these days is to do after-the-fact evaluation, which frequently yields results that are far from rigorous. It can also be very expensive. The alternative is Integrated Program Evaluation. Although by no means a new concept, Integrated Program Evaluation is now cheaper than ever. Thanks to new media and work methods, it’s now possible – by integrating evaluation into planning, communication, and peer networks – to design programs and activities that are essentially self-evaluating. In this two session workshop (ninety minutes each), we’ll help you address the evaluation challenge by teaching you about:
- applying the three ingredients of affordable, integrated evaluation
- developing simple logic models that reveal natural evaluation points
- assessing communication and collaboration tools and methods for their self-documenting qualities
- using worklogs as the basis for continual evaluation and learning
- leveraging peer networks for more rapid and affordable development of evaluation methods
Whether it’s for purposes of improvement, allocation of resources, or accountability to funders and others – or hopefully all of these things – evaluation of one kind or another is essential to our work. If you want to do high quality evaluation cheaper and more effectively, then this workshop is right for you.
Here is a related article by Michael Gilbert:
This seminar is taught by Michael C. Gilbert, the author of Communication Centered Technology Planning, 2nd Edition, A Practical Approach to Collaboration, The Permeable Organization, and the Site Analyzer Reports. He is the Editor of the Journal of Information Technology in Social Change, the research coordinator of the Nonprofit Email Studies and other research, the Editor of Nonprofit News, and the Founding President of the Nonprofit Technology Network. For more information about Mr. Gilbert, please see his bio.
Our pre-packaged online seminar here consists of two 90 minute sessions.
Live Online Seminars: These are presented at a scheduled date & time, broadcast live, and include live Q&A time with the instructor. Live online seminars presented by The Gilbert Center are open registration seminars, which means that anyone can attend. You can read the technical requirements and other basic facts for live online seminars.
On-Demand Online Seminars: On-demand means you can attend at a time that is most convenient for your schedule. Each one consists of the recording of the most recent live presentation for you to watch, and comes packaged with a phone consultation with the instructor so you can ask questions about the seminar materials and how they can best be put to use in your particular situation. You can also read technical requirements and other basic facts for on-demand seminars. The list of seminars available on-demand is listed down the right-hand side of that same page.
Private Sessions: If you have a group of people to whom you would like to offer training, please consider our private packages. You can hire us to present any of the seminars listed on this site, or custom sessions, for your group privately; online or in person at your location. Read example package outlines here. Please contact us with any questions you have, or to discuss scheduling a seminar for your group.
Training Program Area: Online Seminars | Packages
Training Catalog | What Next? | Testimonials