Handling Data: From Logic Model to Final Report-Intermediate level

Workshop at the Canadian Evaluation Society’s annual conference in Toronto, Ontario on June 9th from 9:00 am – 4:00 pm. 

How can you gain 25 years of expert evaluator skills in one day? Sign up for this workshop at CES 2013 evaluation conference.

I will share her hard-won lessons about how to interact with stakeholders, ask the right questions, collect the right data and analyze and present findings in useful ways. This intermediate-level has drawn large audiences at the Summer Institute sponsored by the Centers for Disease Control and the American Evaluation Association. Learn how to collect, analyze, and present data from complex evaluation studies in ways that are feasible for the evaluator and meaningful to the client.

The workshop will address the following evaluation competencies:

  • Technical Practice 2.2, 2.14, 2.1
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    Webinar: Staying Power—Intermediate Consulting Skills for Evaluators

    Sponsor: American Evaluation Association

    Dates: Wednesdays May 8 & 15, 2013 (12:00 to 1:30 PM Eastern Time)

    Length: 3 total contact hours 

    Description: Are you already managing a consulting practice? Do you find that you look forward to the field work but avoid dealing with the small business demands? Join Gail Barrington in this 3 hour webinar series as she explores some of these challenging consulting management issues. 

    Evaluators and applied researchers may be well versed in academic research processes, but uncertain about how to handle the entrepreneurial and small business management skills needed to be successful independent consultants. For those aspiring to have a thriving practice, this workshop addresses common problems encountered in the day-to-day running of a small consulting business and identifies some of the key issues faced by consultants.

    This workshop will help participants problem solve around the ongoing challenges of a consulting practice. For those looking to fine-tune their current professional practice, a seasoned practitioner/award winner/author will share from her more than two decades of experience. This eStudy will occur in two 90-minute sessions. Each session will cover three inter-related topics.

    Day 1: Fresh approaches to marketing, Pricing strategies, Contracting for success 

    Day 2: Communicating with clients, Managing work processes, Fostering innovation 

    Register: https://www.eval.org/webinar_reg/Registrationtop.asp 
    Last day to register is Wednesday May 1