MESI Spring Training

March 6 8, 2013 Pre-Conference Workshops: March 4 & 5, 2013

Learning By Doing: Bridging Evaluation Theory And Practice

March 4 & March 5: Pre-Conference Workshops

One Day Workshops Two Day Workshop

Monday March 4, 2013 Workshops

Qualitative Evaluation Utilization Focused Using NVivo To Methods Evaluation Analyze Qualitative With Richard Krueger With Michael Quinn Data and Mary Anne Casey Patton With Randi Nelson

Using R For Data Analysis Introduction To Evaluation With Stacey Stockdill

Tuesday March 5, 2013 Workshops

Conflict Management With Jeanne Zimmer

Developmental Evaluation With Michael Quinn Patton

Data Visualization With Susan Kistler

Using Excel To Analyze Survey Data With Beverly Dretzke

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Learning By Doing: Bridging Evaluation Theory And Practice

Wednesday March 6, 2013 Conference Day 1

8:00 - 8:45 9:00 - 10:00 Registration And Continental Breakfast Keynote: Glenda Eoyang

10:00 - 10:20 10:20 - 10:35 10:35 - 11:30 11:30 -12:30 Session Themes

Reflections/ Questions Break Panel Response To Keynote And Discussion Lunch Theme 1: Interactive Evaluation Practice Theme 2: Methods Theme 3: Software & Technology Theme 4: MESI Caf & IGNITE (Room 83) MESI Cafe With The CEHD Fellows: The Speed Dating Of Apps

12:30 - 2:30 Concurrent Sessions #1 2:30 - 2:45 2:45 - 4:30 Concurrent Session #2

Evaluation 101

Impact Evaluation

Advanced Data Analysis Using R Break

Negotiating Relationships In International Development Evaluation

Evaluating Networks: Ripple Effect Mapping

25 Low-Cost/ No-Cost Tools For Program Evaluation

What You Need To Know To Be An Independent Consultant

4:30 - 4:40 4:40 - 5:30

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Break Speed Networking And Conversation (Room 83)

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Thursday March 7, 2013 Conference Day 2

8:00 - 8:45 8:45 - 9:45

Registration And Continental Breakfast Keynote: The Revolution Will Not Be Culturally Competent With Vidhya Shanker

9:45 - 10:15 10:15 - 10:30

Reflections And Questions Break Theme 1: Interactive Evaluation Practice Theme 2: Methods Theme 3: Software & Technology Theme 4: MESI Caf & IGNITE (Room 83) MESI Cafe: Research On Evaluation & How To Get Published

Session Themes

10:30 - 11:30 Concurrent Session #3 11:30 -12:30 12:30-2:30

Meaningful And Accessible, Presenting Evaluation Results

When Bad Things Happen To Good Evaluators

Quantitative Updates: Latest And Greatest Lunch

Culture And Evaluation

Concurrent Session #4 2:30 - 2:45 2:45 - 4:45 Concurrent Session #5
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Evaluating Programs With Vulnerable Populations

Telling Policy Stories with Numbers: Data Visualization Break

MESI Cafe: Fail Fest: What I Tried That Didnt Work For Me

Evaluating Complex Systems

10 Facilitation Techniques You Need To Know

Online Focus Groups

MESI IGNITE: A Cool Technique That Worked For Me

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Friday March 8, 2013 Conference Day 3

8:00-8:45 Session Themes Theme 1: Interactive Evaluation Practice Registration And Continental Breakfast Theme 2: Methods Theme 3: Software & Technology Theme 4: MESI Caf & IGNITE (Room 83)

8:45-10:15 Concurrent Session #6

Evaluation Theory Why Should I Care?

Advanced Focus Groups

Advanced Data Analysis Using SPSS

MESI Caf: Student Showcase

10:15-11:30 11:30 11:45 11:45-12:00

Conference Reflection With Michael Quinn Patton Break Closing Remarks And Announcement Of 2013 MESI Top Ten List