MESISpringTrainingandPre-Workshops2016
ReconcilingEquityandAccountability:EvaluationinanUnjustWorldPre-MESIWorkshops-March7&8,2016(Monday&Tuesday) 8:15–4:15eachday
MESISpringTraining-March9–11,2016(Wednesday,Thursday,&Friday)Wednesday&Thursday,March9&10:8:00a.m.to4:30p.m. Friday,March11:8:00a.m.toNoon
ContinuingEducationandConferenceCenterSt.PaulcampusoftheUniversityofMinnesota
Intendedaudience:Evaluationprofessionalseekingtoimproveknowledge,skillsandcompetencies.Professionalsfromorganizationswhoseektobuildandimproveevaluationcapacity.
Cost(registrationinformationandlinksbelow)
Pre-Workshops(March7&8) SpringTraining(March9-11) $340for2-dayWorkshops($360afterFebruary20) $350RegularRegistration($400afterFebruary20) $185foreach1-dayWorkshop($205afterFebruary20) $150Full-timeStudentRegistration($200afterFebruary20) $50foreach½-dayWorkshop($70afterFebruary20) $300GroupRegistration;perperson($330afterFebruary20)
MESISpringTraining-KeynoteSpeakers:
Wednesday,March9,2016
ThomasChapel,CentersforDiseaseControlandPreventionReducingEvaluationFearandLoathing:Avoiding7CommonPotholes
Thursday,March10,2016
SanjeevSridharan,UniversityofTorontoandSt.Michael’sHospitalBringingDiversityintoImpactEvaluation:TowardsaBroadenedViewofDesignandMethodsforImpactEvaluation
Friday,March11,2016
JeanA.King,UniversityofMinnesotaEvaluation'sRoleinanUnjustWorld:WhatDoEvaluatorsNeedtoKnow?MichaelQuinnPatton,Utilization-FocusedEvaluation,St.Paul,MNReflections
AbouttheTheme:ReconcilingEquityandAccountability:EvaluationinanUnjustWorld
TheU.N.-sponsoredInternationalYearofEvaluationendedDecember31,2015,evenasthepracticeofevaluationcontinueditsglobalexpansionanddevelopment.RecenteventsintheU.S.andaroundtheworldhavepointedtotheenormouschallengeshumankindfacesandtheroutineinjusticeofthecircumstancesinwhichsomanypeoplelive.Inlightofthecomplexityandseemingintractabilityofmanyproblems,evaluatorsmaybegintoquestionthelikelyinfluenceoftheirwork.Programsthattacklesocialproblemsareregularlyevaluatedusingdifferentstartingpoints.Ontheonehand,evaluators
MINNESOTAEVALUATIONSTUDIESINSTITUTE(MESI)
whosepracticeisanimatedbysocialjusticeconcerns—fairness,impartiality,anendtodiscriminationandprejudice—mayseekopportunitiestoevaluatesuchprogramsusinganequityframe.Ontheotherhand,thosewhofundevaluationsmayapplyanaccountabilityframeincommissioningstudies:Whatweretheoutcomes?Whatappearedtoworkinthatsetting?Howefficiently?Atwhatcost?
Inconstructingthisyear’sschedulefortraining,wewereagainremindedofthemultifacetedsocialsystemswithinwhichwepractice.Weinviteyoutojoinusforthe21thAnnualMESISpringTrainingastogetherweseek,bothasindividualsandasmembersofagrowingprofessionalcommunity,todevelopcompetenciesthatwillhelpevaluatorsembracebothequityandaccountabilityissuesinthe21stcentury.
Registration
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Pre-MESISpringTraining2016-Workshops
TwoDayWorkshops:MONDAY&TUESDAY,March7&8,2016
Day/Time Date Presenter Title Room
Monday&Tuesday8:45-4:15
March7&8
StaceyStockdill,CEOEnSearch,Inc.
FindingMagicinEvaluation:AnIntroductiontotheFieldofProgramEvaluation
32
Monday&Tuesday8:45-4:15
March7&8
DickKrueger&MaryAnneCasey,authorsofFocusGroups:APracticalGuideforAppliedResearch
DesigningandConductingFocusGroupInterviews 52
OneDayWorkshops:MONDAY,March7,2016
Day/Time Date Presenter Title
Monday8:45-4:15
March7
SusanKistler,ownerofiMeasureMediaandtheExecutiveDirectorEmeritusoftheAmericanEvaluationAssociation
IntroductiontoSurveyDevelopment 42A
Monday8:45-4:15
March7
TomChapel,ChiefEvaluationOfficer,CDC EvaluationMeetsStrategicPlanning 62
Monday8:45-4:15
March7
MichaelQuinnPatton,founder&directoroftheevaluationconsultingbusiness,Utilization-FocusedEvaluation
DevelopmentalEvaluation 83
OneDayWorkshops:TUESDAY,March8,2016
Day/Time Date Presenter Title
Tuesday8:45-4:15
March8
SusanKistler,ownerofiMeasureMediaandtheExecutiveDirectorEmeritusoftheAmericanEvaluationAssociation
DataVisualization 42A
Tuesday8:45-4:15
March8
MichaelQuinnPatton,founder&directoroftheevaluationconsultingbusiness,Utilization-FocusedEvaluation
GlobalSystemsChangeEvaluation:TheWorldastheEvaluand 83
HalfDayWorkshop:TUESDAY,March8,2016
Day/Time Date Presenter Title
Tuesday8:45-12:45
March8
ErinKonkle,Director,JandrisCenter,UniversityofMinnesota CoverYourAssets:UsingStrengthsFinder&AppreciativeListeninginYourPractice
62
MESISpringTraining2016–ConcurrentSessionsSchedule
WEDNESDAY, MARCH 9, 2016
Track Time Title Presenter Room
Keynote 8:15 to 9:15
Welcomes
Reducing Evaluation Fear and Loathing:
Avoiding 7 Common Potholes
Jean A. King, University of Minnesota Tom Chapel, Centers for Disease Control
and Prevention
135 (upper level)
Evaluation Basics 9:30 to 12:30 Developing an Evaluation Plan: A Practical Approach to Evaluation Focus and Design
Tom Chapel, Centers for Disease Control and Prevention
135 A&C (upper level)
Evaluation: Beyond the Basics 9:30 to 12:30 Top 10 Technology Tools
for Evaluators Susan Kistler, iMeasureMedia 83 (lower level)
Social Justice in an Era of Accountability 9:30 to 12:30 Advancing Social Justice
as an Evaluator Amy Hilgendorf, University of Wisconsin 135 B&D
(upper level)
Current Topics in Evaluation 9:30 to 12:30 Systems Approach- Adaptive Action Royce Holladay, Human Systems Dynamics Institute 155
(upper
Evaluation Basics 1:30 to 4:30 Getting Reliable Information from Surveys
Melissa Chapman Haynes, Professional Data Analysts 135 A&C
Evaluation: Beyond the Basics 1:30 to 4:30 Story Telling for Capturing Program Complexity Dick Krueger & Mary Anne Casey,
University of Minnesota 83 (lower
level)
Social Justice in an Era of Accountability 1:30 to 4:30 The Basics of Cost Analysis in Three Hours or
Less Sheryl Lazarus & Lincoln Kallsen
University of Minnesota
135 B&D (upper level)
Current Topics in Evaluation 1:30 to 4:30 Creating Successful Interactions in Evaluation Jean A. King, University of Minnesota
155 (upper level)
THURSDAY, MARCH 10, 2016
Track Time Title Presenter Room
Keynote 8:15 to 9:15
Housekeeping Bringing Diversity into Impact Evaluation:
Towards a Broadened View of Design and Methods for Impact Evaluation
Sanjeev Sridharan, University of Toronto 135
Evaluation Basics 9:30 to 11:30 Evaluation Project Budgeting David Johnson & Eileen Harwood,
University of Minnesota, and Keith Miller, Terra Luna
135 A&C
Evaluation: Beyond the Basics 9:30 to 11:30 Collective Impact Frameworks Lori Bakken, University of Wisconsin 83 (lower
level) Social Justice in an
Era of Accountability 9:30 to 11:30 Building Evaluation Capacity Laura Pejsa & Emily Goff, Goff-Pejsa Associates 135 B&D
Current Topics in Evaluation 9:30 to 11:30 Public Health Evaluation Boris Volkov, University of Minnesota
155 (upper level)
Evaluation Basics 12:30 to 2:30 Creative Data Collection Techniques Leah Goldstein Moses, Kylie Nicholas, & Danielle Dryke, The Improve Group 135A&C
Evaluation: Beyond the Basics 12:30 to 2:30 Realist Impact Evaluation Sanjeev Sridharan, University of Toronto 83 (lower
level)
Social Justice in an Era of Accountability 12:30 to 2:30 Conflict Resolution for Evaluators Jeanne Zimmer, University of Minnesota
135 B&D (upper level)
Current Topics in Evaluation 12:30 to 2:30 Big Data: What Should Evaluators Know or Care
About? Erik Erickson & Tamra Boyce, Hennepin County Government
155 (upper level)
Evaluation Basics 2:45 to 4:30 Logic Models Ellen Iverson, Carlton College 135 A&C
Evaluation: Beyond the Basics 2:45 to 4:30 Ripple Effects Mapping: A Participatory Strategy
for Measuring Program Impacts Scott Chazdon, University of Minnesota Extension 83 (lower level)
Social Justice in an Era of Accountability 2:45 to 4:30
Accountable to Whom? Using Evaluation to Advance
an Equity Agenda
Mary McEathron, Cate Bosserman, Katie Fritz Fogle, Chelsea Matson, Razeena Shrestha, Gifty Amarteifio,
Rainbow Research
135 B&D (upper level)
Current Topics in Evaluation 2:45 to 4:30 Evaluation in the Context of Public Policy:
Implications, Strategies, Challenges Jodi Sanfort, University of Minnesota 155
FRIDAY, MARCH 11, 2016
Track Time Title Presenter Room
Evaluation Basics 8:15 to 10:15 Data Visualization Angie Ficek, Professional Data Analysts 135 A&C
Evaluation: Beyond the Basics 8:15 to 10:15 Integrating Evaluative Thinking into Ongoing
Program Development Jennifer Kushner & Larry Jones,
University of Wisconsin Extension 83 (lower
level)
Social Justice in an Era of Accountability 8:15 to 10:15
Social Justice & Accountability: Practical Experiences
in International Evaluation
Elizabeth Kruger, Margaret A. Cargill Philanthropies; Meredith Kos, Partners in Food Solutions;
Sara McGarraugh, Improve Group; Sandra Ayoo, University of Minnesota
135 B&D
Current Topics in Evaluation 8:15 to 10:15 Randomized Controlled Trials Mark Davison, University of Minnesota 155
Keynote 10:30 to noon
Evaluation's Role in an Unjust World: What Do
Evaluators Need to Know? Reflections,
& Top 10 List
Jean A. King, University of Minnesota
Michael Quinn Patton, Utilization-Focused Evaluation 135
SAVE THE DATE: MESI 2017 March 20-24, 2017
Continuing Education and Conference Center - St. Paul campus of the University of Minnesota
