5 Evaluation Lessons from a Recovering Program Officer (recording)

As a profession, evaluators must constantly demonstrate the value of their work to remain relevant. Each evaluation represents a significant investment in resources that many argue could be used to provide more programming. A primary concern of maintaining the value proposition of the evaluation field is ensuring that evaluations remain manageable and useful to all participants. The Ignite session offered five succinct lessons from a former foundation Program Officer that can be applied across program types to help nonprofits and foundations improve evaluation coordination and use. The session focused on improving the practice of evaluation by recommending a cooperative approach to build evaluation capacity in nonprofits and to improve practice in the field.

 

Bibliographic Details
Author	Will Fenn
Publisher	Innovation Network
Publication Date	October 17, 2013
Publication City	Washington, D.C.
Publication Work
Resource Type	Websites & Online Tools
Resource Focus	Planning Data Collection Analysis and Reflection Action and Improvement
Audience	Practitioners Evaluators
Region	North America
Keywords	2013 Annual Conference American Evaluation Association Ignite evaluation approaches evaluation planning lessons learned Program Officer Evaluation Coordination evaluation Innovation Network Will Fenn
Submitted to Point K	July 22, 2014 - 9:36am