February 2012

February 1, 2012: Student Veterans: Understanding and Serving this Unique and Growing Population on Campus presented by Tracey Moon
WHERE: Kalamazoo, MI, USA & online post event
SPONSOR: The Evaluation Center
TYPE: Evaluation Cafe Speaker Series

Online! February 2, 2012: So You Want to Be a Consultant! - Gail Barrington
AEA EVENT (Free for AEA Members)
WHERE: Online
SPONSOR: American Evaluation Association
TYPE: Coffee Break Webinar

February 6-12, 2012: Planning, Needs Assessment, and Monitoring and Evaluation
WHERE: Tepoztlan, MEXICO
SPONSOR: Mosaic.net and Sarar Transformacion
TYPE: Workshop

February 7, 2012: Writing Your HSIRB Protocol and the HSIRB Review Process
WHERE: Kalamazoo, MI, USA & online post event
SPONSOR: The Evaluation Center
TYPE: Evaluation Cafe Speaker Series

Online! February 8, 15, 22, 29, 2012: Applications of Correlation and Regression: Mediation, Moderation, and More-Dale Berger
AEA EVENT
WHERE: Online
SPONSOR: American Evaluation Association
TYPE: eStudy Course

Online! February 9, 2012: University of North Carolina - Rita O'Sullivan & Johnavae Campbell
AEA EVENT (Free for AEA Members)
WHERE: Online
SPONSOR: American Evaluation Association
TYPE: Coffee Break Webinar

February 9, 2012: Using Geographic Information Systems (GIS) as an Evaluation Tool
AEA AFFILIATE EVENT
WHERE: Minneapolis, MN, USA
SPONSOR: The Minnesota Evaluation Association (MN EA)
TYPE: Training

February 9, 2012: Evaluating Outcomes of New Media-based Public Health and Health Communication Programs
WHERE: New York, NY, USA
SPONSOR: Health Equity Initiative (HEI)
TYPE: Workshop

  February 9-10, 2012: Addressing Demand Side Expectations, Side Effects And Methodological Challenges Of Environmental Evaluation In An Era Of Performance-Based Management
WHERE: Brussels, BELGIUM
SPONSOR: European Environmental Evaluators Network forum
TYPE: Forum

February 9-11, 2012: Monitoring & Evaluation of Development Interventions
WHERE: New Delhi, INDIA
SPONSOR: Sambodhi Research & Communications Pvt Ltd
TYPE: Training

Online! February 12-18, 2012: Thought Leader Discussion with Fiona Cram
AEA EVENT (Free for AEA Members)
WHERE: Online
SPONSOR: American Evaluation Association
TYPE: Thought Leader Discussion

Online! February 14, 2012: Submitting an AEA Conference Proposal - Susan Kistler 
AEA EVENT (Free for AEA Members)
WHERE: Online
SPONSOR: American Evaluation Association
TYPE: Coffee Break Webinar

February 14, 2012: Rawlsian Political Analysis and its Links with Evaluation
WHERE: Kalamazoo, MI, USA & online post event
SPONSOR: The Evaluation Center
TYPE: Evaluation Cafe Speaker Series

Online! February 16, 2012: Theory of Change Online: Introduction to Features and Use - Heléne Clark
AEA EVENT (Free for AEA Members)
WHERE: Online
SPONSOR: American Evaluation Association
TYPE: Coffee Break Webinar

February 20-24, 2012: Advanced Monitoring and Evaluation
WHERE: Oxford, UNITED KINGDOM
SPONSOR: International NGO Training and Research Centre (INTRAC)
TYPE: Course

February 20-24, 2012: Impact Evaluation
WHERE: Oxford, UNITED KINGDOM
SPONSOR: International NGO Training and Research Centre (INTRAC)
TYPE: Course

Online! February 21 & 23, 2012: Empowerment Evaluation-David Fetterman
AEA EVENT
WHERE: Online
SPONSOR: American Evaluation Association
TYPE: eStudy Course

February 22, 2012: The Value of Voice: Gaining Access to Marginalized Populations
WHERE: Kalamazoo, MI, USA & online post event
SPONSOR: The Evaluation Center
TYPE: Evaluation Cafe Speaker Series

Online! February 23, 2012: Design & Build a Useful Data Dashboard on a Budget - Veronica Smith
AEA EVENT (Free for AEA Members)
WHERE: Online
SPONSOR: American Evaluation Association & Data Visualization and Reporting TIG
TYPE: Coffee Break Webinar

February 27-March 2, 2012: Organization Development
WHERE: Oxford, UNITED KINGDOM
SPONSOR: International NGO Training and Research Centre (INTRAC)
TYPE: Course

February 28, 2012: Concept Validity in the Context of Evaluation
WHERE: Kalamazoo, MI, USA & online post event
SPONSOR: The Evaluation Center
TYPE: Evaluation Cafe Speaker Series

March 2012

Online! March 1, 2012: Community Feedback through Storytelling: Collection Methods - Britt Lake
AEA EVENT (Free for AEA Members)
WHERE: Online
SPONSOR: American Evaluation Association
TYPE: Coffee Break Webinar

March 6-9, 2012: Qualitative & Quantitative Data Collection Methods in Development Evaluations
WHERE: Brussels, BELGIUM
SPONSOR: TrainEval.
TYPE: Training

Online! March 8, 2012: Dedoose: Online Tools for Managing & Analyzing Qualitative & Mixed Method Data - Eli Lieber
AEA EVENT (Free for AEA Members)
WHERE: Online
SPONSOR: American Evaluation Association
TYPE: Coffee Break Webinar

Online! March March 7, 14, & 21 Introduction to Evaluation-Tom Chapel
AEA EVENT
WHERE: Online
SPONSOR: American Evaluation Association
TYPE: eStudy Course

February 20-24, 2012: Theory of Change 
WHERE: Oxford, UNITED KINGDOM
SPONSOR: International NGO Training and Research Centre (INTRAC)
TYPE: Course
 

March 12-14, 2012: GEO’s Biennial National Conference
WHERE: Seattle, WA, USA
SPONSOR: Grantmakers for Effective Organizations and the Philanthropy Northwest
TYPE: Conference

March 13, 2012: Utilizing the PMBOK and PRINCE2 for Project Evaluation Management
WHERE: Kalamazoo, MI, USA & online post event
SPONSOR: The Evaluation Center
TYPE: Evaluation Cafe Speaker Series

Online! March 15, 2012: Using MS Excel to Develop Easy-to-Use GANTT Charts and Implementation Tracking Tools - Henry Anaya
AEA EVENT (Free for AEA Members)
WHERE: Online
SPONSOR: American Evaluation Association
TYPE: Coffee Break Webinar

May 18, 2012: OPEG Spring Exchange
AEA AFFILIATE EVENT
WHERE: Columbus OH USA
SPONSOR: Ohio Program Evaluators' Group (OPEG)
TYPE: Training

March 19- 3, 2012: Monitoring and Evaluation
WHERE: Oxford, UNITED KINGDOM
SPONSOR: International NGO Training and Research Centre (INTRAC)
TYPE: Course

March 20, 2012: What is in Question?
WHERE: Kalamazoo, MI, USA & online post event
SPONSOR: The Evaluation Center
TYPE: Evaluation Cafe Speaker Series

Online! March 22, 2012: Introduction to Website Evaluation: First Steps - Andrew Hawkins 
AEA EVENT (Free for AEA Members)
WHERE: Online
SPONSOR: American Evaluation Association
TYPE: Coffee Break Webinar

March 26-28, 2012: Advanced Evaluation Institute
WHERE: Miami Beach, FL, USA
SPONSOR: Evaluation, Assessment, and Policy Connections (EvAP)
TYPE: 3-Day Institute

March 27, 2012: Pass the Aspirin: When Projects Become Headaches
WHERE: Kalamazoo, MI, USA
SPONSOR: The Evaluation Center
TYPE: Evaluation Cafe Speaker Series

March 28-30, 2012: Evaluation in a Complex World: Changing Expectations, Changing Realities
WHERE: St Paul, MN, USA
SPONSOR: Minnesota Evaluation Studies Institute (MESI)
TYPE: Conference

April 2012

April 3, 2012: A Collaborative Partnership to Define and Measure Empowering Practice within a Domestic Violence Shelter Program
WHERE: Kalamazoo, MI, USA & online post event
SPONSOR: The Evaluation Center
TYPE: Evaluation Cafe Speaker Series

April 10, 2012: Meta-Analysis as a Method of Multi-Site Evaluation of International Development Programs and Projects
WHERE: Kalamazoo, MI, USA & online post event
SPONSOR: The Evaluation Center
TYPE: Evaluation Cafe Speaker Series

April  13-17, 2012: Non Satis Scire: To Know Is Not Enough
WHERE: Vancouver, BC, CANADA
SPONSOR: American Educational Research Associationc
TYPE: Conference

April 16-26, 2012: The Evaluators' Institute Spring Training Series
WHERE: Chicago, IL, USA
SPONSOR: The Evaluator's Institute
TYPE: Training

April 17, 2012: Evaluation Myths, Misconceptions, and Mistakes
WHERE: Kalamazoo, MI, USA & online post event
SPONSOR: The Evaluation Center
TYPE: Evaluation Cafe Speaker Series

April 24-27, 2012: Data Analysis & Reporting in Development Evaluations
WHERE: Brussels, BELGIUM
SPONSOR: TrainEval.
TYPE: Training

April 26, 2012: Changes in Evaluation: Implications for Evaluators, Program Administrators and Funders
AEA AFFILIATE EVENT
WHERE: Lansing, MI, USA
SPONSOR: Michigan Association for Evaluation (MAE)
TYPE: Conference

April 29-May 1, 2012: Evaluation in a Complex World: Balancing Theory and Practice
AEA AFFILIATE EVENT
WHERE: Absecon, NJ, USA
SPONSOR: Eastern Evaluation Research Society (EERS)
TYPE: Annual Conference

May 2012

May 7-9, 2012:  Evaluation Institute-Beginner's Overview
WHERE: New York, NY, USA
SPONSOR: Evaluation, Assessment, and Policy Connections (EvAP)
TYPE: 3-Day Institute

May 8-9, 2012: Building Capacity for Organizational Effectiveness
AEA AFFILIATE EVENT
WHERE: Tempe, AZ, USA 
SPONSOR: Arizona Evaluation Network (AZENet)
TYPE: Spring Conference

May 13-May 16: Canadian Evaluation Society Annual Conference: Valuing Difference
WHERE: Halifax, NS, CANADA
SPONSOR: Canadian Evaluation Society
TYPE: Annual Conference

May 16-19, 2012: International Congress of Qualitative Inquiry: Qualitative Inquiry As Global Endeavor
WHERE: Champaign, IL, USA
SPONSOR: University of Illinois, Urbana-Champaign
TYPE: Conference

May 21-June 1, 2012: Monitoring & Evaluation and Learning
WHERE: Ede, Netherlands
SPONSOR: MDF Training & Consultancy
TYPE: Course

June 2012

June 3-6, 2012: AEA/CDC Summer Evaluation Institute
AEA EVENT
WHERE: Atlanta, GA, USA
SPONSOR: American Evaluation Association & The Centers for Disease Control
TYPE: Annual Training
LINK: TBA

June 14-15, 2012: The Future of Evaluation in Modern Societies
WHERE: Saarbrücken, GERMANY
SPONSOR: Center for Evaluation, Saarland University
TYPE: Conference

June 18-21, 2012: Mixed Methods International Conference
WHERE: Leeds, UNITED KINGDOM
SPONSOR: University of Leeds
TYPE: Conference

July 2012

July 28-August 2, 2012 2012 Joint Statistical Meetings
WHERE: San Diego, CA, USA
SPONSOR: Joint Statistical Meetings (JSM)
TYPE: Conference

August 2012

August 2-5, 2012 American Psychological Association Annual Conference
WHERE: Orlando, FL, USA 
SPONSOR: American Psychological Association (APA)
TYPE: Conference

August 6-10, 2012: Evaluation Institute-Comprehensive Introduction 
WHERE: Wrightsville Beach, NC, USA
SPONSOR: Evaluation, Assessment, and Policy Connections (EvAP)
TYPE: 5-Day Institute

August 8-10, 2012 Distance Teaching & Learning
WHERE: Madison, WI, USA
SPONSOR: University of Wisconsin-Madison
TYPE: Annual Conference

September 2012

TBA

October 2012

October 3-5, 2012: Evaluation In The Networked Society: New Concepts, New Challenges, New Solutions
WHERE: Helsinki, Finland
SPONSOR: European Evaluation Society
TYPE: Biennial Conference

October 22-October 27, 2012: American Evaluation Association 2012 Annual Conference
AEA EVENT
WHERE: Minneapolis, MN, USA
SPONSOR: American Evaluation Association
TYPE: Annual Conference

October 31- November 3, 2012: H2R 2012: Methods for Surveying and Enumerating Hard-to-Reach Populations
WHERE: New Orleans, LA, USA
SPONSOR: American Statistical Association (ASA)
TYPE: Conference

November 2012

November 9, 2012: OPEG Fall Workshop
AEA AFFILIATE EVENT
WHERE: Columbus OH USA
SPONSOR: Ohio Program Evaluators' Group (OPEG)
TYPE: Workshop

December 2012

December 3-14, 2012: Monitoring & Evaluation and Learning
WHERE: Ede, Netherlands
SPONSOR: MDF Training & Consultancy
TYPE: Course

May 2013

May 27-June 7, 2013: Monitoring & Evaluation and Learning
WHERE: Ede, Netherlands
SPONSOR: MDF Training & Consultancy
TYPE: Course