| 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:
Doing Quality Evaluation While Surviving the Funding Crisis |
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Roundtable Presentation 461 to be held in Conference Room 1 on Thursday, Nov 3, 4:30 PM to 6:00 PM
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Sponsored by the Evaluation Managers and Supervisors TIG
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| Presenter(s):
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| Cynthia Tananis, University of Pittsburgh, tananis@pitt.edu
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| Abstract:
How do you identify and develop evaluation projects when funding opportunities are tight? How do you manage evaluation work on a limited budget? How do you produce quality evaluation work with decreasing resources? The Collaborative for Evaluation and Assessment Capacity (CEAC) is a University-based evaluation center that works with clients in human services and education sectors to design and perform evaluation. We have experienced a number of clients (old and new) who are struggling to fund their operations/programs. As they experience increasing financial restraints, evaluation resources are often the first line to be cut in the budget. How can we work with clients to continue to provide high-quality evaluation with fewer dollars --- and maintain the infrastructure to maintain that quality as an evaluation organization? This session presents some strategies we have considered and implemented and opens the floor for discussion among colleagues. This roundtable will be of interest to independent contractors, evaluation units in academic settings, and any evaluator working with not-for-profit clients.
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| Roundtable Rotation II:
Quality is Job #1: Strategies and Struggles to Ensure Quality in an Evaluation Unit |
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Roundtable Presentation 461 to be held in Conference Room 1 on Thursday, Nov 3, 4:30 PM to 6:00 PM
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Sponsored by the Evaluation Managers and Supervisors TIG
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| Presenter(s):
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| Kristine Chadwick, Edvantia, kristine.chadwick@edvantia.org
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| Abstract:
Ensuring quality evaluation designs, implementations, and reports is a key responsibility of evaluation managers. In this roundtable session, participants will have an opportunity to review the quality assurance system currently being implemented in a small- to mid-sized evaluation services firm. This system, though not perfect, provides processes and checklists for evaluators to use throughout a project's life cycle. The session will include discussion of this quality assurance system, ideas for improvement, and a chance to share strategies and struggles other managers have encountered when attending to evaluation quality.
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