Archives: evaluation

Monday, April 11, 2016

Humans of CFICE: Brianna Salmon

by Amy Richardson, CFICE Communications RA The Community Environmental Sustainability (CES) hub at Community First: Impacts of Community Engagement (CFICE) works towards facilitating community-campus partnerships to increase environmental sustainability. The CES hub functions at the local level in three key communities across Ontario: Ottawa,... More

Friday, October 23, 2015

Upcoming Workshop: Evaluating Community Impact: Capturing and Making Sense of Community Outcomes

Tamarack Institute is hosting an upcoming workshop Oct. 27 - 29, 2015 in Montréal, Québec entitled Evaluating Community Impact: Capturing and Making Sense of Community Outcomes. This workshop is suited to those who have an interest and some basic knowledge and experience with evaluation and are eager to tackle the challenging but critical task... More

Thursday, December 4, 2014

2015 Evaluating Community Impact registration now open

Evaluating Community Impact: Capturing and Making Sense of Community Outcomes is an interactive, three-day workshop designed for leaders who want to discover how to capture, understand, and measure community outcomes and the impact of change initiatives on communities. This workshop will be co-led by me and my colleague, Mark Cabaj. Please... More

Tuesday, May 13, 2014

Free Webinar! Community Change: Six Simple Rules in Evaluating Collective Impact

The concept of Collective Impact has captured the imagination of would-be change makers who are eager to be more than the sum of their parts. There are examples of Collective Impact efforts across North America focusing on everything from nutrition, early childhood development, homelessness, poverty, and gang violence. The dramatic expansion in... More

Wednesday, April 23, 2014

Working Paper: Rigour in Methods and Evaluation of Community Engagement

Early in the CFICE project PhD candidate Chris Yordy took on the task of exploring evaluation of engagement options. Topics include: Rigour and the Multiple levels of quantitative and qualitative analysis Rigour in methods and post-positivist paradigm shifting, and evaluation and Rigour in defining theory of change Please view the full... More

Wednesday, March 12, 2014

Evaluating Community Impact: Capturing and Making Sense of Community Outcomes

Evaluating Community Impact: Capturing and Making Sense of Community Outcomes This June 2-4 the Tamarack Institute will host Evaluating Community Impact: Capturing and Making Sense of Community Outcomes, a multi-day interactive workshop in Halifax, NS, designed specifically for leaders who have basic evaluation training and a desire to take their... More

Wednesday, December 11, 2013

Community Evaluation Practice: Bridging Gaps

Jacques Chevalier and Daniel Buckles have recently completed  a support to a community of evaluation practice called "Bridging Gaps", sponsored by the International Development Research Centre (IDRC). It involved the usual suspects among Canadian INGOs (Cuso International, Canada World Youth, CECI, CESO-SACO, Crossroads International, Oxfam... More

Friday, October 25, 2013

Evaluation Article: Eyes Wide Open: Learning as Strategy Under Conditions of Complexity and Uncertainty

Eyes Wide Open: Learning as Strategy Under Conditions of Complexity and Uncertainty.  An article that explores "three common 'traps' that hinder foundations' capacity to learn and... More

Friday, September 6, 2013

KM Hub Co-Lead Co-Authors Evaluation Article

An article co-authored by Bessa Whitmore, Knowledge Mobilization Co-Lead, is being widely disseminated and appreciated. The article focuses on standards in collaborative inquiry in the evaluation process. Cousins, Bradley J., Whitmore. Elizabeth, Shulha, Lyn. Arguments for a Common Set of Principles for Collaborative Inquiry in Evaluation American... More

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