Great information. Jara explained the material so clearly. Great humor, too. Who knew there could be humor in evaluation?
— participant in Creating a Blueprint workshop, November 2009
Great information. Jara explained the material so clearly. Great humor, too. Who knew there could be humor in evaluation?
— participant in Creating a Blueprint workshop, November 2009
The tools we use include:
Stages of organizational development
Other tools: surveys, interviews, focus groups, discussion groups, etc.
We share our learning through presenting at conferences, offering workshops to groups of organizations and conducting training for groups and individuals both in person and through webinars. We design workshops in our areas of expertise based on clients’ needs.
jdcPartnerships’ team members often present at conferences and convenings. Examples include, partnering with First Five Marin to lead a discussion of our Sustainable Community System Change model at the 2009 Annual Meeting of the American Public Health Association and again at the 2010 Annual Meeting to share how the framework applies to the emerging Community Enhancement Initiative For the Silicon Valley/Peninsula NonProfit Forum, a collaborative effort by CEN, CompassPoint, SVCN and Thrive, we presented Is Your Mission Statement Enough? Making a Stronger Case about Your Impact. And in August 2011, at the 13th Annual Spin Academy where we met with communication specialists to discuss the value of organizational evaluation and its connection to communication strategy.
These offer an opportunity for interaction and hands-on learning, tailored to participants’ work. Our Evaluation 101 workshop provides a basic overview of our approach to evaluation. We also offer in-depth workshops on evaluative inquiry, organizational assessment, and developing and using theory of change and logic models. If you are interested in a customized workshop for your organization or for a group of organizations, please contact us. For an example of our work in this area, read our client story.
Training is often a component of our client projects. For example, at the end of an evaluation process, we may provide training in data collection and analysis. Six-months or a year post-evaluation, a client may engage us to provide technical assistance to support them in assessing their data collection processes or in analyzing information and determining how to apply the learnings.