Half Day Workshop - Joint event with IPPA WA
Topic: Assessing the Impact of Research and Evaluation Studies - What, Why, When and How?
Presenter: Sandra Nutley
6 September 2011, 9am-12.30pm
Overview
This workshop addresses the issues faced by many organisations and groups that are now being asked to provide an account of the benefits and impact of their research and evaluation activities. From public and charitable research funders, research and evaluation sections in government agencies, through to university research centres and groups, and evaluation organisations, they all face substantial challenges in providing robust and representative accounts of their impact.
Course Content
This half day workshop is offered at an intermediate to advanced level. The workshop will discuss the challenges experienced when providing robust and representative accounts of the impact of program evaluations, participants will consider what, why, when and how research impact assessment is or can be undertaken.
Sandra Nutley
Sandra is Professor of Public Management at the University of Edinburgh, where she is also Director of the Research Unit for Research Utilisation. In addition to her academic role, she is a non-executive director of the Social Work Inspection Agency Board (Scotland). Sandra has an international reputation for her work on research use and evidence informed policy and practice, and she is a frequent keynote speaker at international conferences on these issues. She has written many papers and her research on this topic is captured in her recent book on Using Evidence. In 2010 she edited and contributed to a theme issue of the Evidence & Policy journal, which considered evidence and policy in six European countries. Prior to joining academia, Sandra worked in local government in the UK and since then she has been seconded to work with several public sector organisations, including the Scottish Government.
Course Outcomes
By the end of this course attendees should be able to:
- Examine examples of how a variety of organisations and groups have set about this task.
- discuss the role of research impact case studies, the use of logic modelling and contribution analysis, and the potential for cost/benefit analysis and routine impact.
Benefits to your organisation
- Understanding of the value and development of conceptual frameworks and methods that best reflect impact of program evaluations.
- Understanding of how to best direct and/or produce robust and representative evaluation on program impacts.
Benefits to you
- Develop capacity to know what questions to ask.
- Take away useful conceptual frameworks and methodological approaches
- Understand how to develop their own context-specific answers
As this workshop is being run in partnership with IPAA, AES members should email Amy Bouckley at IPAA to register at the IPAA member rate of $275. Her email address is amy.bouckley@ipaawa.org.au
Monday 30th January, 2012 |
WA AES branch meeting to plan the lunch time seminar program for 2012 and discuss potential AES workshops. All members are welcome to come along and contribute. Time: January 3.00-4.30 Where: Rangelands NRM WA (Head Office), Oasis House Suite 3, 37 Hampden Road, Nedlands (in the conference room) Please RSVP Carina Calzoni at carina@clearhorizon.com.au or Afternoon tea will be provided |
2011 Program
17 May |
Workshop: Actionable Evaluation for Real World Decision Makers
|
6 September |
Workshop: Assessing the Impact of Research and Evaluation Studies
|
| Friday 5 March | Discussion: The Use of Theories of Change Models Download flyer |
| Tuesday 25 May | Discussion: Evaluation and International Development: Tales From the Front |
Wednesday 21 July |
Workshop: Introduction to Monitoring and Evaluation |
Monday 30 August |
Discussion: Experiences in International Development Evaluations:
the Good, the Bad and the Ugly |
Friday 15 October |
Workshop: Linking Evaluation and Social Justice |
| Friday 26 November | Discussion: Evaluating Crime Prevention Raiyana Pavan, WA Office of Crime Prevention Download flyer Download Presentation |
Monday 6 December |
Christmas celebration drinks and nibbles |
2009 Program
Thursday 28 May |
Seminar |
Wednesday 3 & Thursday 4 June |
Two Day Workshop |
| Tuesday 27 October | Seminar Evaluation in an Aboriginal Context Associate Professor Dawn Bessarab & Dr Pat Dudgeon Download flyer |
2008 Program
Wednesday 12th March |
Evaluating Outcomes in the Complex, Non-linear Environment of Indigenous Affairs in Western Australia |
Thursday 3 July |
Indigenous Employment, Training and Enterprise Initiatives: What Works and What Doesn't in the Pilbara? CANCELLED |
Friday 8 August |
Evaluating the WA Aboriginal Justice Agreement: Who's doing what and how do we measure it? |
Monday 8th – |
AES International Conference |
2009
Two Day Workshop
Getting Real(ist) About Evaluating Community Services: Two day workshop
Dates: Wednesday 3 & Thursday 4 June
Presenter: Dr Gill Westhorp
Workshop fees: $600 AES members and those from non-government not-for-profit organisations, $886 non-members (incl. GST) 50% Discount for full time students
Download Flyer
2007
Principles and Method for Inclusive Community-Based Evaluation
Presenter: Dr Ross Conner
One day workshop
9.00 am – 4.30 pm
Monday 17 September 2007
Presentation
A presentation from a past lunch time seminar is available below.
Formative Evaluation as Community Development
Daniela Stehlik
Alcoa Research Centre for Stronger Communities
Curtin University of Technology
Lesley Chenoweth
School of Social Work & Applied Human Sciences
The University of Queensland
Carina Calzoni
(WA Rep)
Consultant
Carina Calzoni Consulting
email
Rosemary Cant
Director
SSE
email
Alan Charlton
Office of Auditor General
email
Rick Cummings
Professor
Murdoch University
email
Gaye Mackenzie
Consultant
Mahea Consulting
email
Lesley Millar
Project Manager
Victoria University
email
Theo Nabben
Department of Agriculture & Food
email
Vicki Williams
Senior Social Scientist
URS
email