| Session Title: How the Funder Can Structure a Useful Evaluation |
| Expert Lecture Session 797 to be held in Panzacola Section H4 on Saturday, Nov 14, 11:50 AM to 12:35 PM |
| Sponsored by the Non-profit and Foundations Evaluation TIG |
| Presenter(s): |
| Laura Leviton, Robert Wood Johnson Foundation, llevito@rwjf.org |
| Abstract: Program and evaluation often find themselves in a triadic relationship with the funder. The funder can often structure the relationship between program and evaluation to make it a winning proposition. Leviton is a former AEA President and coauthor of Foundations of Program Evaluation. She is currently Special Advisor for Evaluation at the Robert Wood Johnson Foundation. She will use examples from 10 years of evaluation oversight at the Foundation, the nation's 4th largest private foundation which has conducted hundreds of rigorous evaluations since its inception in 1972. |