Date and time: Wednesday 7 June 2023, 12.00 - 1.00pm AWST
Topic: A rose by any other name: the many identities of evaluation
Presenters:  Dr Ali Mollinger-Sahba, Senior Consultant in Communities and Social Performance with WSP Australia; Dr Mariana Atkins, Senior Research Fellow from the Centre for Social Impact, UWA; Brenden Huntley, Senior Internal Auditor from Department of Primary Industries and Regional Development
Venue: Via Zoom. Details will be emailed to registrants just prior to the start time
Register online by: Tuesday 6 June 2023

Event overview

A rose by any other name: the many identities of evaluation

Professionals across diverse roles and industries increasingly find themselves called on to bring evaluative thinking to their work. The rise of ‘social value’ discourse in marketing and external affairs and the push for ESG reporting and narratives in the corporate world has drawn evaluation out of its traditional role in social services and public policy, rebranding it by many other names. As Shakespeare says, ‘a rose by any other name would smell as sweet’. As practitioners, we are coming together at this panel event to reflect on re-brandings of evaluation and how to make sense of this changing landscape.

Join our panel discussion on the many identities of evaluation across modern public, private and not-for-profit work.

Presenters details

• Dr Ali Mollinger-Sahba, Senior Consultant in Communities and Social Performance with WSP Australia

• Dr Mariana Atkins, Research Assistant Professor from the UWA Centre for Social Impact

• Brenden Huntley, Senior Internal Auditor from Department of Primary Industries and Regional Development

• Facilitated by Co-Convenors of the WA Branch of the Australian Evaluation Society: Lisette Kaleveld and Janet Conte

If this seminar will be recorded, it will be available on the AES YouTube channel approximately four weeks after the date. We suggest you subscribe to the AES YouTube channel to be notified when new recordings are added. 

Seminar start times

• WA: 12.00pm

• VIC, NSW, ACT, TAS, QLD: 2.00pm

• SA, NT: 1.30pm

• New Zealand: 5.00pm

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