Presentations

American Evaluation Association,  Evaluation 2011

What does it really mean to treat participants in evaluation studies fairly, equitably and with the utmost respect? For those without a deep research background who commission evaluations, it is vital to understand whether evaluators are taking appropriate steps to protect the human subjects in their work. Does every study require an Institutional Review Board (IRB) process? When is this not necessary? Where do you begin if an IRB process is warranted? At this year’s American Evaluation Association 2011 Annual Conference, BTW Principal Ellen Irie will hold a demonstration session on a toolkit to address these issues. Relevant for those responsible for evaluation and research studies, this go-to resource provides easy-to-follow decision trees, guidelines and descriptive resources for spotting potential areas to consider and then determining next steps to ensure ethically sound evaluations.

November 3, 2011

4:30–6:00 p.m.

American Evaluation Association Annual Conference

Hilton Anaheim, Oceanside

Anaheim, CA

Registration is now open for members and non-members.

American Evaluation Association, Evaluation 2011

BTW’s Director of Evaluation & Organizational Learning Kim Ammann Howard, Claire Reinelt from the Leadership Learning Community and Melanie Moore from See Change have been selected to present at the annual conference of the American Evaluation Association. They will present the promising practices and unique challenges of three different network evaluations during their session “Evaluating Networks: The Evolving Practices, Their Promises and Perils.” This will include a discussion of the pros and cons of different data collection and analysis methods, value creation strategies for network learning processes, and the role of sponsors, facilitators and evaluators in these processes. Kim will focus on The California Endowment and Tides four-year, $10 million effort to build on community clinics’ strengths and encourage them to form multi-sector networks to more effectively promote community health. In her presentation, Kim will describe her experience evaluating the variety of approaches undertaken by the program’s 26 grantees to address a wide range of community health issues throughout California, and the resulting impacts.

November 5, 2011

2:20–3:50 p.m.

American Evaluation Association Annual Conference

Hilton Anaheim, Pacific D

Anaheim, CA

Registration is now open for members and non-members.

APHA 139^th Annual Meeting and Exposition

BTW’s Director of Evaluation & Organizational Learning Kim Ammann Howard has been invited to present at the American Public Health Association’s 139^th Annual Meeting. Kim’s session, entitled Building Capacity to Promote Community Health”, highlights BTW’s ongoing evaluation of the Community Clinics Initiative, a joint project of The California Endowment and Tides. The evaluation is focusing on the Community Clinics Initiative’s effort to enhance the capacity of California community clinics to become “Centers for Community Health.” The presentation will feature lessons learned about supporting capacity building that are applicable to those who design, implement and support community health efforts.

Tuesday, November 1, 2011

Presentation: 11:42 a.m.

APHA 139^th Annual Meeting and Exposition

Washington, DC

For more information or to register for the conference, visit the APHA Web site.

California Workforce Association  Annual Spring Workforce Practitioner’s Conference

Ever wonder about the results of large philanthropic partnerships supporting employment training programs? Join Managing Director, Lande Ajose and Senior Associate, Kris Helé, for a workshop focusing on these results. Their session, entitled “Measuring the Effectiveness of Workforce Development Programs: The Case of the Bay Area Workforce Funding Collaborative (BAWFC),” will focus on BAWFC’s ambitious efforts to promote a sector-based, dual-customer, career path approach to workforce development. The presentation will include compelling stories about project outcomes, grantees’ use of data and an approach to system change that demonstrate BAWFC’s results and illuminate common challenges to measuring success.

April 21, 2011

10:30 a.m. – 12:00 p.m.

San Diego Marriott Hotel & Marina

San Diego, California

Registration is open for members and non-members.

In late 2010, BTW Managing Director Lande Ajose was invited to host a session at the W. Clement and Jessie V. Stone Foundation’s education grantee convening. The overall intention of the convening was to share evaluation practices to improve programs and increase impact. Lande’s presentation, “Evaluation: Do you have what it takes?” urged grantees to engage in evaluations that are useful to their organizations. She provided grantees with tangible advice to consider when deciding if an evaluation is likely to be effective for their organizations. Lande’s presentation is highlighted in the Convening report.

November 4, 2010

8:30 a.m.–3:30 p.m.

W. Clement and Jessie Stone Foundation’s Education Grantee Convening

Westin O’Hare

Rosemont, Illinois

American Evaluation Association 2010 Annual Conference

At this year’s American Evaluation Association 2010 Annual Conference, BTW Managing Director Lande Ajose and Kristi Kimball, Education Program Officer at The William and Flora Hewlett Foundation will hold a demonstration session on how to use the Evaluation Capacity Diagnostic Tool to help organizations assess their readiness to take on many types of evaluation activities. In a second panel session, Lande and Kristi will present highlights from “Measuring the Immeasurable: Lessons for Building Grantee Capacity to Evaluate Hard-to-Assess Efforts.” John Affeldt of Public Advocates will speak about how his organization has used the tool to improve their ability to track outcomes and adjust programs.

November 11, 2010

9:15 a.m – 12:25 p.m.

American Evaluation Association Annual Conference

Grand Hyatt San Antonio

San Antonio, Texas

Open to: Registration is now open for members and non-members

Grantmakers for Education 2010 Annual Conference

BTW Managing Director Lande Ajose and Kristi Kimball, Education Program Officer at The William and Flora Hewlett Foundation, will present highlights from the newly published monograph “Measuring the Immeasurable: Lessons for Building Grantee Capacity to Evaluate Hard-to-Assess Efforts” at the 2010 Grantmakers for Education Annual Conference. Session participants will hear from a funder, an evaluator and a grantee about a newly developed tool and how this approach to evaluation capacity building enables grantee organizations to reflect on and improve their work.

October 27, 2010

1:30 – 3:00 p.m.

Grantmakers for Education Annual Conference

The Ritz-Carlton Hotel

New Orleans, Louisiana

Open to: Conference attendees are limited to education grantmakers. To register, visit GFE’s 2010 conference Web page.

California Primary Care Association 2010 Annual Conference

BTW’s Director of Evaluation & Organizational Learning Kim Ammann Howard held a session at the California Primary Care Association’s Annual Conference in October 2010. Along with Marissa Tirona of CompassPoint Nonprofit Services and Brenda Shipp of Lifelong Medical Clinic, Kim presented highlights from recent research on the next generation of community clinic leaders, an especially important topic as the state implements health care reform. This session drew on recent studies that assessed the state of leadership among CEOs and emerging leaders in the California community clinic field as well as the evaluation findings of the Blue Shield of California Foundation’s Clinic Leadership Institute (CLI).

October 7, 2010

10:15 – 11:45 a.m.

California Primary Care Association Annual Conference

Sacramento Convention Center

Sacramento, California

For more information, visit the CPCA’s 2010 conference Web page.

In a session designed for the Robert Wood Johnson Foundation’s (RWJF) Evaluation Fellows at the conclusion of their year-long program, BTW’s Managing Director Lande Ajose, Ph.D, provided the emerging evaluation professionals with an overview of trends, settings and methods in social impact evaluation, with a special emphasis on what it means to conduct culturally responsive evaluation. Dr. Ajose engaged the RWJF fellows in exploring the choices and principles involved in determining their own professional paths as they sharpen their evaluation practice for the next stage of their careers.

February 10, 2010

9:00a.m.-12:00p.m.

The David and Lucile Packard Foundation

300 Second Street

Los Altos, California 94022

Open to: RWJF Evaluation Fellows