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Communication and reporting - how to increase the impact and utility of your evaluation

Lernziele

During the workshop, participants will:

- Understand the importance of effective evaluation reporting and how it relates to the evaluation cycle

- know the essential elements that underpin effective evaluation communication, dissemination and reporting and organizational learning

- Discover how to leverage organizational learning approaches and feedback loops to strengthen stakeholder buy-in.

Inhalte

Effective reporting and dissemination play a critical role in driving the utility of evaluations. Unfortunately, the reality is that many evaluation findings seldom make it beyond the desks of policymakers and other key stakeholders, resulting in missed opportunities for strengthening accountability and learning. In a 2006 survey of American Evaluation Members, 68 percent reported that their evaluation results were not used or did not lead to significant action on the part of their key stakeholders and clients.

Monitoring and Evaluation professionals, therefore, need to master the skills necessary to disseminate evaluations in ways that can increase the likelihood that key stakeholders will absorb and act on the findings. This requires strong feedback and learning loops and an understanding of the ‘demand and supply’ factors that drive evaluation utility and impact.

The workshop will explore the critical role that feedback loops, learning, reporting and dissemination play throughout the monitoring and evaluation cycle, and the essential elements that underpin good practices in this area.

Kompetenzbereiche
  • Methodenkompetenzen / Methodische Kenntnisse
Durchführende Person/en bzw. Institution/en (inkl. kurzer Vorstellung)

Allison Malkin

Umfang (Dauer)

2.5 days long

Zielgruppe(n)

- Program Managers, Government Officials, Donors, and others, who commission evaluations or use evaluations as part of their work

- Evaluators who are looking to strengthen how they engage key stakeholders and communicate evaluation findings

Sonstige Angaben

This workshop covers the fundamentals of evaluation communication and reporting, as well as how to leverage feedback loops to increase evaluation utility. The workshop requires that participants have, at least, some experience working in an organizational setting and a basic understanding of the role of monitoring and evaluation in the project or program cycle.

Teilnahmevoraussetzungen

- An understanding of basic monitoring and evaluation practices

- Prior experience commissioning and/or conducting evaluations would be useful and will help participants bring real-life perspectives to the workshop.