| Session Title: Challenges and Issues: What Do We Know About the Role of Evaluation in Organizational Learning? Where Do We Go From Here? |
| Think Tank Session 431 to be held in Calvert Ballroom Salon C on Thursday, November 8, 3:35 PM to 5:05 PM |
| Sponsored by the Organizational Learning and Evaluation Capacity Building TIG |
| Presenter(s): |
| Rosalie T Torres, Torres Consulting Group, rosalie@torresconsultinggroup.com |
| Abstract: This think tank will explore issues and challenges attendees have faced in using evaluation to facilitate organizational learning. The chairperson will introduce the topic and describe factors postulated to promote organizational learning. Participants will be invited to add to the list of factors presented (e.g., leadership support, evaluator role in the organization, organizational culture, time for collaboration, evaluator skill/capacity) and will then be invited to share their experiences in small groups, addressing the question: -What experiences have you had (or been exposed to) relating to this factor which created specific challenges for using evaluation to facilitate organizational learning?- Following small group report-outs, participants will form a second round of small groups, each focusing on two questions: -What conclusions can be drawn about these issues and challenges? Where do we go from here?- The think tank will conclude with report-outs and whole-group dialog designed to stimulate further thinking and exchange on the issue. |