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.

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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

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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

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