| In a 90 minute Roundtable session, the first
rotation uses the first 45 minutes and the second rotation uses the last 45 minutes.
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| Roundtable Rotation I:
Translating Cultural Expertise Into Culturally-Specific Data Collection Tools: How to Increase the Evaluation Effectiveness of Community-Based Organizations |
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Roundtable Presentation 303 to be held in the Marble Boardroom on Thursday, Nov 6, 1:40 PM to 3:10 PM
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Sponsored by the Multiethnic Issues in Evaluation TIG
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| Presenter(s):
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| Robin Kipke,
University of California Davis,
rakipke@ucdavis.edu
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| Jeanette Treiber,
University of California Davis,
jtreiber@ucdavis.edu
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| Abstract:
How do community-based organizations translate their understanding of client populations into culturally competent evaluation tools and practices? Many of these agencies devote most of their efforts and resources toward program outreach and intervention, and fail to translate their field-tested knowledge of how to engage communities into evaluation activities. In this session, we will explore how this gap can be bridged so that cultural expertise is incorporated into relevant evaluation tools and practices. This session will use the case study of People’s CORE, a grassroots organization designed to mobilize and empower Asian/Pacific Islander communities in central Los Angeles, as a starting point to: 1) discuss how community-based organizations can effectively develop culturally-specific data collection instruments, 2) explore what outside evaluators can contribute to building the evaluation capacity of these programs, and 3) share effective strategies for engaging Asian/Pacific islanders in evaluation activities.
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| Roundtable Rotation II:
Evaluation Assisting Program Planning: A Technique to Choose Among Alternative Plans |
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Roundtable Presentation 303 to be held in the Marble Boardroom on Thursday, Nov 6, 1:40 PM to 3:10 PM
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Sponsored by the Multiethnic Issues in Evaluation TIG
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| Presenter(s):
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| Hongyan Cui,
Western Michigan University,
h.cui@wmich.edu
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| Abstract:
In many cases, program staff has to decide which one to choose among alternative plans to best serve program attendees and obtain the best effects. This paper proposes the use of multicriterion model that covers all major decision steps from initial statement of the problem to the choices among alternatives for achieving the desired result. The goals will be a function of the decisions to be taken depending on the circumstances governing the problem. The application of “goal-programming” and “weighting factors” methods in program evaluation will be discussed.
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