QLD Interactive Session: Thinking Bee Evaluative Thinking Game and Networking Lunch (In person 20 November 2025)
Date and time: Thursday 20 November 2025, 12.30pm - 2.30pm AEST
Topic: Thinking Bee Evaluative Thinking Game and Networking Lunch
Location: Caloundra Library (Beerwah room), 1 Omrah Ave, Caloundra 4551
Hosts: Samantha Abbato | Visual Insights People & Laura Glynn | SIMNA
Register online by: 17 November 2025
Event description:
AES end-of-year interactive session and networking event.
Join us for a networking lunch in Caloundra, on the beautiful Sunshine Coast. Then play your way to better evaluative thinking with the Visual Insights' Thinking Bee game.
The interactive session combines recent writings on evaluative thinking with a wealth of current literature for establishing and strengthening a rigorous practice of thinking for professionals . All of this is distilled into a game that raises awareness and provides practice in eight different ways of thinking (e.g. contextual, creative, empathetic, evidence-based) for applying to evaluation problem-solving, evaluative reasoning, and evaluation use. This innovative game enables participants to identify their thinking strengths and actively address the challenges of thinking rigorously. And will leave you with a lot to discuss over networking.
Presenter details:
Dr. Samantha Abbato is an evaluator and director of Visual Insights People. Sam has a depth of expertise across various qualitative and quantitative disciplines. Her academic grounding in quantitative methods is built upon a Bachelor’s Degree in Mathematics and Physiology, a Masters in Biostatistics and a PhD in Epidemiology from the University of California at Berkeley. Sam is passionate about effective communication and evaluation capacity building. Over the past ten years, with the help of the multidisciplinary Visual Insights' team, Sam has created a range of games and activities to engage and motivate teams for strengthening evaluation capability and capacity.
This event has been organised by the QLD Regional Network of the AES in partnership with SIMNA (Social Impact Measurement Network Australia).
Please check your email address is correct on your registration form before submitting.
Event Information
| Event Date | 20 Nov 2025 12:30pm |
| Event End Date | 20 Nov 2025 2:30pm |
| Cut Off Date | 17 Nov 2025 4:00pm |
| Location | Caloundra Library |
| Categories | Queensland |
Venue Information - Caloundra Library
1 Omrah Avenue, Caloundra, QLD 4551
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