Do you want to improve the quality and use of your evaluations? Do you sometimes struggle with how and how much to engage stakeholders?  Are you interested in learning about the lessons learned and best practices of one federal department evaluation unit as it strives to enhance stakeholder engagement? If so, please join us for:  Fostering quality, capacity and evaluation use through stakeholder engagement. Colleen will provide an overview of the rationale for enhancing engagement and discuss the practices that the Atlantic Canada Opportunities Agency (ACOA) has implemented to foster stakeholder engagement in its evaluation studies with the end goal of increasing quality and use, and organizational evaluation capacity. The…

We’re off to a busy start to the 2013/14 year. Thank you to those who joined us for our sessions in August with the Dalhousie Master of Public Administration program, and in September with Larry Bremner. As many of you have requested, CES-NS will be experimenting with webinar technology as a more convenient means to deliver some of our PD events. Our first one will be held this Friday with Rob Assels presenting on “Effective RFPs: A Supplier’s Perspective”. It’s not too late to join! Register here: https://attendee.gotowebinar.com/register/7928638075166606850 Also, please mark your calendars for these upcoming events: ·         November 28th 2013 (Webinar): Fostering Quality, Capacity and Evaluation Use Through Stakeholder Engagement-Colleen Goggin (registration opening soon!)       ·         January…

Professional Development Event:  September 27, 2013 Methods to Include Traditionally Disenfranchised Populations in Evaluation While evaluators understand the importance of multiple stakeholder perspectives, many struggle with how to ensure the participation of those traditionally ‘without a voice,’ vulnerable or disenfranchised populations. Children and youth, persons with disabilities, or those having emerging literacy in the majority language(s) hold important views regarding the programs, services, and situations which affect them, but their perspectives are not always included. This workshop will be grounded in theory, but will be high participatory and interactive. Stemming from a rights-based approach, the workshop will explore the why and how of including traditionally disenfranchised populations in evaluation. Through…