| 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:
Knowledge Management as a Guerilla Campaign: Leading the Horse to Water |
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Roundtable Presentation 701 to be held in the Boardroom on Saturday, Nov 14, 9:15 AM to 10:45 AM
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Sponsored by the Business and Industry TIG
and the Integrating Technology Into Evaluation
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| Presenter(s):
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| Stephen Axelrad, Booz Allen Hamilton, axelrad_stephen@bah.com
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| Thomas E Ward II, United States Army, thomas.wardii@us.army.mil
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| Abstract:
Many evaluation practitioners have experienced or observed the frustration of attempting to evaluate the effectiveness of a knowledge management (KM) project or initiative. This is particularly true 'after the fact' - when an evaluator is consulted to show how effective the implementation has been. Many organizations define successful KM initiatives when an intranet or online knowledge base is launched successfully, has no technical flaws, and is visited by a certain number of users. Few, if any, organizations understand how well KM resources and practices achieve their desired outcomes, which may include increased collaboration or greater innovation and creativity. The proposed roundtable discussion would explore how role evaluators can contribute to and/or lead an organization's effort to understand the impact of KM initiatives.
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| Roundtable Rotation II:
How Can We Use Social Media for Program Evaluation? |
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Roundtable Presentation 701 to be held in the Boardroom on Saturday, Nov 14, 9:15 AM to 10:45 AM
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Sponsored by the Business and Industry TIG
and the Integrating Technology Into Evaluation
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| Presenter(s):
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| Wendy DuBow, University of Colorado at Boulder, wendy.dubow@colorado.edu
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| Abstract:
As evaluators in the 21st century, we cannot afford to ignore social media as an instrument for evaluation. Facebook, MySpace, YouTube, Second Life, Flikr, Twitter, and others are excellent places to find both homogeneous and heterogeneous groups of people. Blogs and discussion forums may be productive mediums for the evaluator. Yet, it can be difficult to figure out how to conduct evaluation in these new settings. Can we adapt our traditional evaluation techniques? Do we need to develop new techniques altogether? How does our approach impact the validity or generalizability of our studies? What has worked for you? Come to this roundtable to discuss how to make use of these media. Although also an interesting discussion, this roundtable is not intended to be about how to evaluate these media, but rather how to use them to conduct typical activities - program evaluation, outreach attempts, needs assessments, outcome assessments, and so on.
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