| Session Title: An Evaluation Capacity Building Cafe: Conversations With 17 Evaluators |
| Think Tank Session 101 to be held in Centennial Section A on Wednesday, Nov 5, 4:30 PM to 6:00 PM |
| Sponsored by the Organizational Learning and Evaluation Capacity Building TIG |
| Presenter(s): |
| Hallie Preskill, Claremont Graduate University, hpreskill@ca.rr.com |
| Shanelle Boyle, Claremont Graduate University, shanelle.boyle@gmail.com |
| Discussant(s): |
| Luba Botcheva, Children's Health Council Outcomes Research Consulting Service, lubabb@yahoo.com |
| PeiYao Chen, TCC Group, pchen@tccgrp.com |
| Iris Smith, Emory University, ismith@sph.emory.edu |
| Chantell Johnson, TCC Group, cjohnson@tccgrp.com |
| Allison Crean, TCC Group, allisoncrean@earthlink.net |
| Sheridan Green, JVA Consulting LLC, sheridan@jvaconsulting.com |
| Michele Graham, JVA Consulting LLC, magraham@kpmg.com |
| Tom Grayson, University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign, tgrayson@uiuc.edu |
| Leslie Goodyear, Education Development Center Inc, lgoodyear@edc.org |
| Jeehae Ahn, University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign, jahn1@uiuc.edu |
| Srik Gopalakrishnan, The Ball Foundation, srik@ballfoundation.org |
| Barbara Iverson, The Ball Foundation, biversen@ballfoundation.org |
| Ellen Taylor-Powell, University of Wisconsin Extension, ellen.taylor-powell@ces.uwex.edu |
| Nancy Brooks, University of Wisconsin Extension, nancy.brooks@ces.uwex.edu |
| Barbara E Merrill, Neighborhood House, bmerrill@neighb.org |
| Jean King, University of Minnesota, kingx004@umn.edu |
| Maureen Wilce, Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, mwilce@cdc.gov |
| Abstract: Evaluation capacity building (ECB) has become a hot topic of conversation, activity, and study. Seeking to enhance stakeholders' understanding of evaluation concepts and practices, and in an effort to create evaluation cultures, many organizations have been designing and implementing a variety of strategies as a means of helping their members learn about and engage in evaluation practices. Participants will have the opportunity to interact and learn from 17 evaluators who have been involved in evaluation capacity building projects and who are engaged in an ECB research study. In this modified 'World Café,' each ECB evaluator will have three 15-minute opportunities to discuss their work with others at round tables. The presenters will provide their table participants with a one-page handout that describes their ECB work; all attendees will receive a handout that summarizes each of the presenters' ECB efforts. Findings from an ECB research study will also be presented. |