MESI Spring Training 2016 Reconciling Equity and Accountability

MESI Spring Training 2016
Reconciling Equity and Accountability: Evaluation in an Unjust World
March 9 - 11, 2016
WEDNESDAY, MARCH 9, 2016
Track
Time
Keynote
8:15 to 9:15
Evaluation Basics
9:30 to 12:30
Evaluation: Beyond
the Basics
9:30 to 12:30
Social Justice in an
Era of Accountability
Current Topics
in Evaluation
Title
Presenter
Welcomes
Jean A. King, University of Minnesota
Reducing Evaluation
Fear and Loathing:
Avoiding 7 Common Potholes
Developing an Evaluation Plan: A
Practical Approach to Evaluation
Focus and Design
Tom Chapel, Centers for Disease Control
and Prevention
Room
135 (upper level)
Tom Chapel, Centers for Disease Control
and Prevention
135 A&C (upper level)
Top 10 Technology Tools
for Evaluators
Susan Kistler, iMeasureMedia
83 (lower level)
9:30 to 12:30
Advancing Social Justice
as an Evaluator
Amy Hilgendorf, University of Wisconsin
135 B&D (upper level)
9:30 to 12:30
Systems Approach- Adaptive Action
Royce Holladay, Human Systems Dynamics Institute
155 (upper level)
LUNCH - "Birds of a Feather" & "Bird Watchers"
Courtyard Dining Room
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)
Wednesday Ends
2/16/16
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MESI Spring Training 2016
Reconciling Equity and Accountability: Evaluation in an Unjust World
March 9 - 11, 2016
THURSDAY, MARCH 10, 2016
Track
Time
Title
Presenter
Room
Keynote
8:30 to 9:15
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
9:30 to 11:30
Collective Impact Frameworks
Lori Bakken, University of Wisconsin
83 (lower level)
9:30 to 11:30
Building Evaluation Capacity
Laura Pejsa & Emily Goff, Goff-Pejsa Associates
135 B&D (upper level)
9:30 to 11:30
Public Health Evaluation
Boris Volkov, University of Minnesota
155 (upper level)
Evaluation: Beyond
the Basics
Social Justice in an
Era of Accountability
Current Topics
in Evaluation
LUNCH
Evaluation Basics
Evaluation: Beyond
the Basics
Social Justice in an
Era of Accountability
Current Topics
in Evaluation
12:30 to 2:30
Creative Data Collection Techniques
12:30 to 2:30
Realist Impact Evaluation
Sanjeev Sridharan, University of Toronto
83 (lower level)
12:30 to 2:30
Conflict Resolution for Evaluators
Jeanne Zimmer, University of Minnesota
135 B&D (upper level)
Big Data: What Should Evaluators
Know or Care About?
BREAK
Erik Erickson & Tamra Boyce,
Hennepin County Government
155 (upper level)
Logic Models
Ellen Iverson, Carlton College
12:30 to 2:30
Evaluation Basics
2:45 to 4:30
Evaluation: Beyond
the Basics
2:45 to 4:30
Social Justice in an
Era of Accountability
2:45 to 4:30
Current Topics
in Evaluation
2:45 to 4:30
135A&C
Lobby
Ripple Effects Mapping: A Participatory
Strategy for Measuring Program
Scott Chazdon, University of Minnesota Extension
Impacts
Mary McEathron, Cate Bosserman, Katie Fritz Fogle,
Accountable to Whom? Using
Chelsea Matson, Razeena Shrestha, Gifty Amarteifio,
Evaluation to Advance
Rainbow Research
an Equity Agenda
Evaluation in the Context of Public
Policy: Implications, Strategies,
Jodi Sanfort, University of Minnesota
Challenges
NETWORKING & SOCIAL TIME
2/16/16
Courtyard Dining Room
Leah Goldstein Moses, Kylie Nicholas,
& Danielle Dryke The Improve Group
Thursday Ends
135 A&C
83 (lower level)
135 B&D (upper level)
155 (upper level)
Upper Level Lobby
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MESI Spring Training 2016
Reconciling Equity and Accountability: Evaluation in an Unjust World
March 9 - 11, 2016
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 (upper level)
Current Topics
in Evaluation
8:15 to 10:15
Randomized Controlled Trials
Mark Davison, University of Minnesota
155 (upper level)
10:30 to noon
Evaluation's Role in an
Unjust World: What Do
Evaluators Need to Know?
Reflections,
& Top 10 List
Keynote
Jean A. King, University of Minnesota
135
Michael Quinn Patton, Utilization-Focused Evaluation
SAVE THE DATE: MESI 2017
March 20-24, 2017
Continuing Education and Conference Center
St. Paul campus of the University of Minnesota
2/16/16
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