Planning for Meaningful Evaluation

 

Wednesday and Thursday, May 12-13, 2010 from 8:30 a.m. to 4:30 p.m.

Laishley Community Room in Punta Gorda

 

The Charlotte Harbor National Estuary Program (CHNEP) is pleased to host “Planning for Meaningful Evaluation.” This training is offered to help its partners in their efforts to protect the natural environment and fulfill the Program management plan. CHNEP is a partnership program working to protect the natural environment from Venice to Bonita Springs to Winter Haven.

 

The NOAA Coastal Services Center will teach the course, the City of Punta Gorda is providing the facility and CF Industries will help provide refreshments and lunches.

 

Designed to educate about program or project evaluation, this training is for those planning an internally or externally conducted evaluation or setting evaluation guidelines. The content, examples, resources, and use of logic models make this course well suited for coastal resource professionals. Each participant’s program or project will be the basis for course activities. Therefore, sending more than one representative from the program or project can improve the quality of the evaluation plan, augment the transfer of skills and increase the probability of implementation in the workplace.

 

Please share this message with others you think may be interested in participating, especially if they are or might help implement CHNEP’s management plan. This information is available as a PDF file.

Course Overview

This course addresses the increasing demand for evidence of program or project accountability and impact by preparing participants for a program or project evaluation. Participants will create a comprehensive evaluation plan. Not intended to train participants to be professional evaluators, the purpose of this course is to provide an understanding of the elements of evaluation, so that participants are able to make informed choices to create fundamentally sound evaluation plans.

 

Whether planning for an in-house or contracted evaluation, participants will critically analyze their evaluation priorities and address the myriad of issues that can hamper evaluation efforts and undermine the usefulness of evaluation results. Participants will also gain insights on data collection, analysis options, and reporting considerations. By the end of this training, participants will have created draft plans for efficient and meaningful evaluation of their programs or projects.

 

Course Goal

Participants will create a draft evaluation plan and have an improved ability to plan for a project or program evaluation that is efficient, effective and yields meaningful results.

 

Learning Objectives

By the end of this workshop, participants will be able to:

·         Determine the evaluation question.

·         Create a context description.

·         Identify logic model components appropriate to the evaluation question.

·         Assess plausibility using strategies from social science models.

·         Identify external influences that can help or hinder the evaluation.

·         Create effective performance measures that support the evaluation question.

·         Select appropriate data collection instruments.

·         Analyze the strengths and weaknesses of an evaluation plan.

 

Registration

The $20 registration fee includes refreshment breaks and lunches. If you wish to attend but are unable to pay the registration fee, please contact Maran Hilgendorf. Refunds will not be issued. To register, please. . .

  1. Complete and submit the on-line registration form by Friday, April 9, 2010, to reserve a seat. Make two copies of the completed form. Keep one copy for your files and include the other copy with your payment. Because this isn’t an error-proof process, please also either copy and paste your completed registration form into the body of an email message to mhilgendorf@swfrpc.org or fax it to 239/338-2560 ATTN: Maran.

  2. By April 9, please also mail one copy of the completed on-line registration form, along with a check made payable to SWFRPC, to:

 Maran Hilgendorf, Communications Manager

 Charlotte Harbor National Estuary Program

 1926 Victoria Ave, Fort Myers FL 33901-3414

At this time the SWFRPC is not able to accept payment by credit card or PayPal.

 

We must have 25 people registered to offer the workshop. If more than 30 people register, priority will be given to those who are helping to implement CHNEP’s management plan.

Complete this online form to register for two-day course Planning for Meaningful Evaluation. (Move from one field to another by using the tab or arrow keys. Use "enter" only after you've completed the form and print a copy of the form to include with payment.)

 

By submitting this form, a seat will be reserved for you at this workshop.

 

Please send an email message to mhilgendorf@swfrpc.org if you find you need to send an alternate or cancel your registration.

 

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I understand that completing this online form will reserve a seat for me until payment is received. We must have 20 people registered in order to offer the workshop. If more than 30 people register, priority will be given to those who are helping to implement CHNEP’s management plan. An email message will be sent to you after the reservation is received and after the payment is received.

 

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More Details

Details on the meeting facility, lunch options, hotel suggestions and additional information will be posted on this website as they are known.

 

Lodging: There are two new hotels on Charlotte Harbor in Punta Gorda, both are within a block of the Laishley Community Room.

Sheraton Four Points Punta Gorda Harborside
33 Tamiami Trail, Punta Gorda, FL 33950, 941-637-6770

For a discounted rate of $79, mention the PME course or CHNEP.

 

Wyvern Hotel
101 E. Retta Esplanade, Punta Gorda, FL 33950, 941-639-7700

For a discounted rate of $99, mention the PME course or CHNEP.

Please visit the Charlotte County Convention & Visitor Bureau for other nearby lodging options.

 

Maran Brainard Hilgendorf, Communications Manager

mhilgendorf@swfrpc.org, www.CHNEP.org

Charlotte Harbor National Estuary Program

1926 Victoria Ave, Fort Myers FL 33901-3414

239/338-2556, Toll-Free 866/835-5785

Fax 239/338-2560

Working together to protect estuaries and watersheds from Venice to Estero Bay to Winter Haven