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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

Utilization-Focused

Evaluation with Michael Quinn Patton

Qualitative Evaluation

Methods with Richard Krueger and Mary Anne Casey

Using NVivo to Analyze

Qualitative Data with Randi Nelson

Using R for Data

Analysis with Andy Zieffler

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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Wednesday March 6, 2013 – Conference Day 1

8:00 - 8:45 Registration and Continental Breakfast

9:00 - 10:00

Keynote Presentation: Adaptive Action: Options in Evaluation With Glenda Eoyang

10:00 - 10:20

Reflections/ Questions

10:20 - 10:40 Break

10:40 - 11:30

An Exercise in Systems Thinking and Doing

11:30 -12:30 Lunch

Session Themes

Theme 1: Interactive Evaluation Practice

Theme 2: Methods Theme 3: Software

& Technology

Theme 4: MESI Café & IGNITE

(Room 83)

12:30 - 2:30 Concurrent Sessions #1

Evaluation 101 Cindy Reich

Evaluating impact-ability

before impact: Three systems methods Tom Bartholomay

Evaluating Programs that Serve Vulnerable Youth

Josephine Pufpaff, Jarrett Gupton, Nora Murphy

MESI Cafe: The Speed Dating of Apps

Laura Pejsa

2:30 - 2:45 Break

2:45 - 4:30 Concurrent Session #2

Introduction to Culture and Evaluation

Vanessa McKendall- Stephens

Evaluating Networks: Ripple Effect Mapping

Scott Chazden

25 Low-Cost or No-Cost Tools for Program Evaluation

Susan Kistler

MESI Café: What You Need to Know To Be an

Independent Consultant Denise Roseland

4:30 - 4:40 Break

4:40 - 5:30 Speed Networking and Conversation (Room 83)

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Thursday March 7, 2013 – Conference Day 2

8:00 - 8:45 Registration and Continental Breakfast

8:45 - 9:45

Keynote Presentation: The Revolution Will Not Be Culturally Competent with Vidhya Shanker

9:45 - 10:15

Reflections and Questions

10:15 - 10:30 Break

10:30 - 11:30 Concurrent Session #3

From Thinking Evaluatively to Acting

Evaluatively Ruth Bowman

When Bad Things Happen to Good Evaluators

Jean A. King TBD

MESI Cafe: Research on Evaluation &

How to Get Published Frances Lawrenz

Stacie Toal Delia Kundin

Johnna Rohmer-Hirt

11:30 -12:30 Lunch

12:30-2:30 Concurrent Session #4

Evaluation Capacity Building at a Nonprofit

Anna Martin TBD

Telling Policy Stories with Numbers:

Data Visualization Gabriel Piña

MESI Cafe: “Fail” Fest: What I Tried That

Didn’t Work for Me Leah Goldstein Moses

2:30 - 2:45 Break

2:45 - 4:45 Concurrent Session #5

Evaluating Complex Systems

Pat Seppanen

Ice breakers. Energy boosters. Story

generators. Ideas, tips, and techniques

for how to work with groups

Richard Krueger and Mary Anne Casey

TBD

MESI & Cafe: A Cool Technique That Worked for Me Hanife Cakici

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Friday March 8, 2013 – Conference Day 3

8:00-8:45 Registration and Continental Breakfast

8:45-10:15 Concurrent Session #6

Evaluation Theory: Why Should I Care?

Jean A. King

Wisdom from the pros: Panel discussion Richard Krueger

Adding SPSS to Your Evaluation Toolkit

Stacie Toal

MESI Café: Student Showcase

Nora Murphy

10:15 – 10:30 Break

10:30-11:45

Conference Reflection with Michael Quinn Patton

11:45-12:00

Closing Remarks and Announcement of 2013 MESI Top Ten List

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