MESI Spring Training Learning By Doing: Bridging Evaluation Theory and Practice

March 6 8, 2013 Pre-Conference Workshops: March 4 & 5, 2013

Learning By Doing: Bridging Evaluation Theory and Practice

March 4 & March 5: Pre-Conference Workshops

One-Day Workshops Two-Day Workshop

Monday March 4, 2013 Workshops

Qualitative Evaluation Utilization-Focused Methods Evaluation with Richard Krueger with Michael and Mary Anne Casey Quinn Patton

Using NVivo to Analyze Qualitative Data with Randi Nelson

Using R for Data Analysis with Andy Zieffler Introduction to Evaluation with Stacey Stockdill

Tuesday March 5, 2013 Workshops

Conflict Management with Jeanne Zimmer

Developmental Evaluation with Michael Quinn Patton

Data Visualization with Susan Kistler

Using Excel to Analyze Survey Data with Beverly Dretzke

MESI Spring Training Learning By Doing: Bridging Evaluation Theory and Practice

Wednesday March 6, 2013 Conference Day 1

8:00 - 8:45 9:00 - 10:00 Registration and Continental Breakfast Keynote Presentation: Adaptive Action: Options in Evaluation With Glenda Eoyang Reflections/ Questions Break An Exercise in Systems Thinking and Doing Lunch Theme 1: Interactive Evaluation Practice Theme 2: Methods Theme 3: Software & Technology Evaluating Programs that Serve Vulnerable Youth Josephine PufPaff, Jarrett Gupton, Nora Murphy Theme 4: MESI Caf & IGNITE (Room 83) MESI Cafe: The Speed Dating of Apps

10:00 - 10:20 10:20 - 10:40 10:40 - 11:30 11:30 -12:30 Session Themes

12:30 - 2:30 Concurrent Sessions #1 2:30 - 2:45 2:45 - 4:30 Concurrent Session #2

Evaluation 101 Cindy Reich

Evaluating impact-ability before impact: Three systems methods Tom Bartholomay

Break Introduction to Culture and Evaluation Vanessa McKendallStephens Evaluating Networks: Ripple Effect Mapping Scott Chazden 25 Low-Cost or No-Cost Tools for Program Evaluation Susan Kistler MESI Caf: What You Need to Know To Be an Independent Consultant Denise Roseland

4:30 - 4:40 4:40 - 5:30

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Break Speed Networking and Conversation (Room 83)

MESI Spring Training Learning By Doing: Bridging Evaluation Theory and Practice

Thursday March 7, 2013 Conference Day 2

8:00 - 8:45 8:45 - 9:45

Registration and Continental Breakfast Keynote Presentation: The Revolution Will Not Be Culturally Competent with Vidhya Shanker Reflections and Questions Break
From Thinking Evaluatively to Acting Evaluatively Ruth Bowman MESI Cafe: Research on Evaluation & How to Get Published Frances Lawrenz Stacie Toal Delia Kundin Johnna Rohmer-Hirt

9:45 - 10:15 10:15 - 10:30 10:30 - 11:30 Concurrent Session #3

When Bad Things Happen to Good Evaluators Jean A. King

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11:30 -12:30 12:30-2:30 Concurrent Session #4 2:30 - 2:45 2:45 - 4:45 Concurrent Session #5 Evaluating Complex Systems Pat Seppanen Ice breakers. Energy boosters. Story generators. Ideas, tips, and techniques for how to work with groups Richard Krueger and Mary Anne Casey Evaluation Capacity Building at a Nonprofit Anna Martin

Lunch
Telling Policy Stories with Numbers: Data Visualization Gabriel Pia MESI IGNITE & Cafe: Fail Fest: What I Tried That Didnt Work for Me Leah Goldstein Moses

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Break

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MESI IGNITE & Cafe: A Cool Technique That Worked for Me Cindy Reich

MESI Spring Training Learning By Doing: Bridging Evaluation Theory and Practice

Friday March 8, 2013 Conference Day 3

8:00-8:45
8:45-10:15 Concurrent Session #6 Evaluation Theory: Why Should I Care? Jean A. King

Registration and Continental Breakfast

Wisdom from the pros: Panel discussion Richard Krueger and Mary Anne Casey Adding SPSS to Your Evaluation Toolkit Stacie Toal MESI Caf: Student Showcase Nora Murphy & Hanife Cakici

10:15 10:30 10:30-11:45

Break Conference Reflection with Michael Quinn Patton

11:45-12:00

Closing Remarks and Announcement of 2013 MESI Top Ten List

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