Program Evaluation – Assessing and Measuring Your Program’s Performance
Effective organizations plan for success. Learn the basic concepts and practices of planning and evaluating your programs to ensure sustained effectiveness. In this interactive session, the presenters will demonstrate Innovation Network's Point K, a suite of free tools recently featured by SocialEdge as a Web 2.0 tool for planning and measuring effectiveness in the social sector. The presenters will highlight new ways of engaging with funders and other stakeholders that support more formative, participatory approaches to planning, monitoring, and assessing program performance. The session will feature real case studies of how Point K community members are leveraging the tools, and the implications and possibilities for organizations to share and collaborate with a broader network as a means to articulate, measure, and communicate the impact of their work.
Takeaways:
- Learn the fundamentals of planning effective programs
- Gain practical tips and know-how to articulate, measure and communicate about your program
- Leverage practical, Web 2.0 tools for collaborating and sharing your program with multiple stakeholders
Speaker List:
- Jennifer Bagnell Stuart / Innovation Network, Inc. (InnoNet)
- Veena Pankaj / Innovation Network, Inc. (InnoNet)
- Ehren Reed / Innovation Network, Inc. (InnoNet)