Methods and tools for self-evaluation

Thursday 21 February 2008

Thursday 21 February 2008

10 a.m.

4 p.m.

NICVA- 61 Duncairn Gardens- Belfast

£100 pp (voluntary/community) £175 pp (other)

Event

This course is for those who wish to introduce or improve the quality and use of monitoring and self-evaluation tools and methods within their organisation. It is designed to help participants understand different approaches to evidence gathering.

Participants will be introduced to some creative methods of recording feedback and explore the value of on-going recording of activities. The session will also incorporate discussion on capturing project outcomes including examples of baseline tools for evaluation.

Course objectives:

• To raise awareness of the purpose and benefits of evidence gathering to capture different aspects of participants’ work e.g. outputs, outcomes, the quality of the service
• To enable participants to distinguish between qualitative and quantitative methods of evaluation
• To increase awareness of the range of methods available for self-evaluation and the pros and cons of particular approaches
• To enable participants to consider the methods which are most appropriate for gathering evidence from specific client groups
• To consider good practice issues in integrating evaluation methods into daily work

The course will use examples and tools and provide structured input, discussion and case studies to support participants with the development of evaluation tools.