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AES CONFERENCE PROVISIONAL PROGRAM

This detailed program contains links from the titles of = the papers=20 to their abstracts. (Word Document Format)
To view an=20 abstract click the title to open it in a new browser window, or = right-click and 'Save-As' to save a local copy on your computer.

Wednesday 13=20 October

8.45 =96=20 9.15 am

Kaurna=20 Welcome and Conference Opening

9.15 =96=20 10.15

Keynote=20 address by Professor Murray Saunders - Do=20 we hear the voices? The =91presence=92 of evaluation theory and = practice in=20 social development.

10.15=20 - 11.00

Morning tea

Concurrent=20 sessions

Methodology

Organisational=20 development

Capacity=20 building

Contemporary=20 issues

Culture = &=20 Environment

Professional=20 development

11.00 =96=20 11.45

Evaluation=20 methods for a multi-strategic national consumer education=20 program

Nicole = Cockayne,=20 L Kehoe, A Bray & S=20 Wutzke

Measuring=20 Organizational Performance

Christine=20 Wood

Cultivating=20 Communities of Practice to build organisational capacity in=20 evaluation

Scott=20 Cawrse & Ian D=92Arcy Walsh

Research=20 and Evaluation with 'Hard to Reach' Groups: Key Challenges = and=20 Strategies

Ania=20 Wilczynski, Alison Wallace

Committing=20 to Place: measuring participation in cultural heritage = projects=20

Roundtable

Joanna = Wills, Ian=20 Coates & Frank Vanclay

COPS=20 - Can they help separated families

Brian=20 English, Colleen Brown & Margaret Halsmit

11.45 -=20 12.30

Evaluation=20 of the Walking School Bus Program: can we explain the=20 outcomes?

Irina=20 Ross & Rita Butera

Facilitating=20 co-evolutionary adaptation through evaluation: the case of an = information=20 system project in a public sector organization

Justin = Fidock=20 & Jennie Caroll

What=20 do you need to be a highly effective social science=20 evaluator?

Allen=20 Gomes & = Chris=20 Daly

A=20 Systematic Review of Evaluations conducted in Adelaide Community = Health=20 Services

Gwyn=20 Jolley, Fran Baum, Catherine Hurley, Denise Fry & Megan=20 Kryiacou

In=20 the doldrums: just where are we going with sustainability=20 reporting?

Elizabeth=20 Baker

Evaluation=20 of the SA Component of the National Suicide Prevention Strategy. A = PAR=20 approach across four Project Sites

Paul=20 Aylward

12.30=20 - 1.30

Lunch

1.30 -=20 2.15 pm

Understanding=20 Partners: the basis of a sustainable evaluator-client=20 relationship

Rick=20 Cummings, John Gougolis & Heather Aquilina =

=93A=20 steep learning curve=94 =96 the creation of Centrelink=92s = Learning Evaluation=20 Network

Sandra=20 Stopher

Evaluating=20 National R&D Programs in Korea

YoungJun Kim=20 & Donghoon Oh=20

Evaluation=20 of Heartlands Services

Hadyn=20 Green, James Swindell & Allen Gomes

Speaker=92s=20 Corner

Ethics=20 in Action (Research)

Workshop

(90=20 minutes)

Elizabeth Smith=20 & Ngaire Bennie

2.15 =96=20 3.00 pm

Collaborative=20 evaluation: Examining a partnership between UniSA and Minda=20 Incorporated

Richard = McGrath=20 & Gary Crilley

An=20 Industrial Engineering Approach to Defining Organizational = Performance=20 Metrics

Sandiran=20 Premakanthan

How=20 Do You Get Through to Them? Engaging With Stakeholders on = Difficult=20 Issues

Roundtable

David=20 Turner & Kate Toms

A=20 Model for the estimation of fiscal savings from the Jobs Jolt=20 Package

Alicia = Wright=20 & Penny Beynon

Developing=20 a monitoring and evaluation system for national natural resource=20 management programs.

Jim=20 Derrick

Ethics=20 in Action (Research)

Workshop

(90=20 minutes)

Elizabeth Smith=20 & Ngaire Bennie

3.00=20 - 3.30pm

Afternoon tea

3.30 =96=20 4.15 pm

What=20 do you want to know and why do you want to know it?

Peter=20 Orpin

Evaluating=20 School-Based Initiatives: The Role of School = Culture

Robyn=20 Dixon & Deborah Widdowson

Evaluating=20 intersectoral capacity building initiatives in alcohol and drug=20 services

Bridget = Roberts=20 & Lynda Berends

Evaluating=20 the effectiveness of websites

Dennis=20 List

Developing=20 an Evaluation Culture in a Natural Resource Management=20 Arena

Helen=20 Watts, Emma McGloin & Allan Raine

Making=20 the Most of Your Work: Reporting Strategies

Roundtable

David=20 Roberts

4.15 =96=20 5.00 pm

Speakers=20 Corner

What=20 does the public really think about consultation?

Sally=20 Duckworth, Barbara Young & Liz Smith

Diverse=20 Voices in Evaluation

ROUNDTABLE &=20 discussion

Raewyn = Good=20

Thematic=20 Review of Women in Prison =96 Mixing the dough for a better=20 bake!

Helen=20 Liedel

Discussion for=20 people interested in forming a special interest group related to=20 monitoring and evaluating natural resource management = programs.

Jim=20 Derrick

AES=20 Fellows Forum

Panel=20 Session

Colin=20 Sharp (Chair) Sue Funnell Chris Milne, John = Owen

5.00 =96=20 5.30pm =

Networking &=20 Browsing exhibitions

5.30 -=20 7.00 pm

Welcome=20 Reception and Kaurna = Plains = School=20 performance
=

Thursday 14=20 October

9.00-=20 9.30am

Penny=20 Hawkins - AES Presidential address

9.30 =96=20 10.15

Panel=20 session: =93Diverse Voices=94 Chair: Nan Wehipeihana = . Panel=20 members: Kataraina Pipi (NZ), Hazel Symonette ( USA), Alwin Chong=20 (AUS)

10.15=20 - 11.00

Morning tea

Concurrent=20 sessions

Methodology

Organisational=20 development

Stakeholder=20 diversity

Contemporary=20 issues

Indigenous=20 evaluation

Professional=20 development

11.00 =96=20 11.45

Key=20 Issues in the Development of Research and Evaluation Guidelines = for=20 Maori

Juan=20 Tauri

Can=20 Accountability Systems Enhance Program Quality?

John=20 Owen

Considering=20 diverse perspectives when evaluating quality in health = care

Anne=20 Barlow

Shifting=20 sands: articulating a new relationship between funders, funded = agencies=20 and evaluation

Stacey=20 Masters=20

Evaluation=20 in black and white: Two perspectives on the evaluation of an = Aboriginal=20 access and equity project in the inner south of = Adelaide

Catherine Hurley=20 & Gayle Rankine

Goal=20 Attainment Scaling: Diverse qualitative data into uniform = quantitative=20 data

Workshop

(90=20 minutes)

Colin=20 Sharp

11.45 =96=20 12.30

Evaluation=20 in Multicultural Populations: Expanding Ideas about = Evidence-based=20 Practice

Lea=20 Crisante

Putting=20 in place a performance management framework: reflections on a = functional=20 model

Irina=20 Ross & Ali Barr

'Like=20 Herding Cats': Evaluating quality for continuous improvement in = chronic=20 condition self management training programs

John=20 Lawrence, Mignon Markwick, Juliana Otte & Anthea=20 Williams

The=20 comparative value of three different methodologies for measuring = the=20 return on investment from a leadership program

John=20 Mitchell, Margaret Hamilton & Catherine = Hayman

Evidence=20 in an indigenous world

Graham=20 Cameron

Goal=20 Attainment Scaling: Diverse qualitative Data into uniform = quantitative=20 data

Workshop

(90=20 minutes)

Colin=20 Sharp

12.30=20 - 1.30pm

Lunch

1.30=20 =962.15

Keynote=20 address by Dr Irene Watson Borders=20 of the Soul: exploring the limits and evaluating=20 diversity?

2.15-3.00

Combining=20 program logic with scenario networks

Dennis=20 List

Evaluation=20 as the key tool of a self correcting organisational = system

Peter=20 Bycroft, Natalie Wearne & Greg = Moores

Diversity:Enough=20 to includes service users in the evaluation process or = not?

Genevieve=20 Pepin

New=20 Challenges in Evaluation: Reviewing a Computer Game Designed for = Young=20 People with Psychosis

Bradley = Shrimpton=20 & Rosalind Hurworth

Link=20 Up Program for the Stolen Generations-grounds for continued=20 funding

Wai-Fong Yik=20 & Simon Arthur

Systematic=20 review of research: Appraising the quality of research and=20 evaluation

Roundtable

Susan=20 Dawe & John Stanwick

3.00-3.30

Afternoon tea

3.30=964.15

Independence=20 in Program Evaluation: Telling it Like it

PANEL = session

Anne=20 Markiewicz

(Chair)

David=20 Brous,

Kate=20 Barnett & Daniel Tyson

Evaluation=20 and Divisions of General Practice

Libby=20 Kalucy

Translating=20 evaluation into action for a Northern Territory (NT) wide change=20 management initiative across both hospital and community=20 sectors

Jenny=20 Young

Authenticity=20 on the line: issues from a work-in-progress with a self-help and = mutual=20 support organisation

ROUNDTABLE=20 discussion

Bridget = Roberts

Whole=20 population services: evaluating their impact on = Maori

Graham=20 Cameron

Can=20 Individual Temperament influence Evaluation Design and=20 Utilisation?

Workshop

(90=20 minutes)

Eve=20 Barboza

4.15=20 =965.00

Independence=20 in Program Evaluation: Telling it Like it

PANEL=20 session

(90=20 minutes)

Anne Markiewicz

(Chair)

David=20 Brous,

Kate=20 Barnett & Daniel Tyson

Speaker=92s=20 Corner

Health=20 in Two Houses: How does it work for Maori?

Roundtable=20 discussion

Tai=20 Walker

Evaluation=20 of the Family Start Programme

ROUNDTABLE

Anne=20 Kareslake-Hendricks & Allen = Gomes & Robyn=20 Dixon

Multi-Modal=20 Evaluation: Meeting the Challenges of Evaluation for Indigenous=20 Communities?

Doug=20 Morgan & John Lawrence

Can=20 Individual Temperament influence Evaluation Design and=20 Utilisation?

Workshop

(90=20 minutes)

Eve=20 Barboza

5.15 -=20 6.30

AES=20 Annual General Meeting

7.00 -=20 11.00 pm

Pre=20 dinner drinks followed by Conference dinner &

AES=20 Award=20 presentations

Friday = 15=20 October

9.00-10.15=20 am

Introduction=20 & Keynote address by Dr Hazel Symonette - Keeping=20 your eyes on the prize: Mainstreaming evaluation as a diversity = grounded=20 pathway to excellence

10.15=20 =96 11.00 am

Morning Tea

Concurrent=20 sessions

Methodology

Stakeholder=20 diversity

Capacity building

Contemporary=20 issues

Welfare

Professional=20 development

11.00-11.45

Speaker=92s=20 Corner

Evaluation=20 voices and perspectives: Using Patton=92s Utilization Focused=20 model

Panel

Frances = Plummer=20 (Chair)

Robyn=20 Ewing,

David=20 Smith &

Michael = Anderson

Evaluation=20 capacity building: One simple & effective tool

Robert=20 Lake=20

An=20 emerging methodology - narrative action research

Roundtable

Yoland=20 Wadsworth

Evaluating=20 =91performance=92 in family welfare services: Service users=92=20 perspectives

Natasha = Cortis

Evaluating=20 quality improvement in the contemporary health care = system

Ellen=20 Vasiliauskas, Hannah Piterman & David = Brous

11.45=20 -12.30

Evaluation=20 Enrichment through Data Warehouse Mining

Stuart=20 Turner

Developing=20 ownership in a cross-country multi-stakeholder = evaluation

Paul = Chesterton=20 & Soma De Silva

Evaluation=20 Capacity Building: A tale of value-adding

Diana=20 Beere

The=20 Use of Telephone Focus Groups for Evaluations: A = Critique

Rosalind=20 Hurworth

Evaluation=20 of the Strategies for Kids-Information for Parents (SAKIP)=20 program

Anne=20 Kerslake-Hendricks, Allen Gomes & Robyn = Dixon

Beyond=20 the triple-bottom line: measuring and reporting on = sustainability

Kim=20 Lazenby & Lotta Lilja

12.30=20 - 1.30

Lunch

1.30-2.15pm

Recreating=20 Experiences: Improving the Validity of Data

David=20 Roberts

Evaluation=20 of the New Zealand Youth Suicide Prevention = Strategy

Jacqueline=20 Martin

Monitoring=20 and evaluating the Tertiary Education Strategy = 2002/07:

David=20 Earle

Children=20 on Service Quality: results from four diverse program=20 evaluations

Roundtable

Frances = Van=20 Ruth,

Heather = March=20 & Gary Crilley

Evaluating=20 Interagency Policy Strategies: experience from the Families First=20 evaluation

Karen=20 Fisher, Cathy Thomson and Kylie Valentine

The=20 Evaluator=92s peril: skating on thin ice

John=20 Pilla, Jenni Leigh, Peter Tyler & Kerryn = Hassall=20

2.15-3.00

A=20 Fundamental Choice: Internal or External = Evaluation?

Melissa = Conley=20 Tyler

Satisfying=20 Competing Stakeholder needs in a Depression Awareness=20 Program

Anthea=20 Rutter

An=20 Organisational Evaluation Capability Hierarchy for Organisations = to=20 self-diagnose their organisational governance and strategic = evaluation=20 capability

Colin=20 Sharp =

Online=20 or on paper: An examination of the differences in response and = respondents=20 to a survey administered in two modes.

Christina=20 Ballantyne

Evaluating=20 a model of service integration for older people with complex = health=20 needs.

Stephen = Bird,=20 W=20 Kurowski & = G=20 Dickman

Evaluating=20 an evaluation course

Jenny=20 Neale, Karilyn Andrews & John Owens

3.00-3.30

Afternoon Tea

3.30-4.30=20 pm

Panel=20 session =91Diverse Voices 2=92

&=20 Closing ceremony Chaired by Rick Cummings. Panel Members = Murray = Saunders=20 (UK), = Hazel=20 Symonette (USA), = Libby Kalucy=20 (AUS)

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