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  • Monday, Oct 9th
    9:00 AM – 4:00 PM ET
    1 - Principles-Focused Developmental Evaluation
    Location: White River Ballroom C
    PD Workshop Presenter: Michael Q. Patton, PhD (he/him/his) – Utilization-Focused Evaluation
    Organizational Learning & Evaluation Capacity Building
  • Monday, Oct 9th
    9:00 AM – 4:00 PM ET
    2 - Building Evaluation Capacity in Organizations
    Location: White River Ballroom D
    PD Workshop Presenter: Leslie A. Fierro, PhD, MPH (she/her/hers) – McGill University
    PD Workshop Presenter: Heather D. Codd, PhD – Pyxis Management, Inc.
    PD Workshop Presenter: Ann Marie Castleman, MPH, MA – University of Cincinnati Evaluation Services Center
    Organizational Learning & Evaluation Capacity Building
  • Tuesday, Oct 10th
    9:00 AM – 4:00 PM ET
    1 - Principles-Focused Developmental Evaluation
    Location: White River Ballroom C
    Organizational Learning & Evaluation Capacity Building
  • Tuesday, Oct 10th
    9:00 AM – 4:00 PM ET
    2 - Building Evaluation Capacity in Organizations
    Location: White River Ballroom D
    Organizational Learning & Evaluation Capacity Building
  • Tuesday, Oct 10th
    9:00 AM – 4:00 PM ET
    19 - Once upon a program: Using the the SCM to tell a program's story
    Location: 314
    PD Workshop Presenter: Daniela Schroeter, PhD (she/her/hers) – Western Michigan University
    PD Workshop Presenter: Daniela Zahn, PhD (she/her/hers) – Brinkerhoff Evaluation Institute
    Organizational Learning & Evaluation Capacity Building
  • Tuesday, Oct 10th
    9:00 AM – 4:00 PM ET
    20 - Facilitation Matters: Techniques for Evaluators
    Location: 310
    PD Workshop Presenter: Rachel H. Scott, n/a – Center for Research Evaluation
    Organizational Learning & Evaluation Capacity Building
  • Wednesday, Oct 11th
    8:00 AM – 10:45 AM ET
    35 - That’s not my job: the role of evaluation for organizational change in service of racial equity.
    Location: White River Ballroom C
    PD Workshop Presenter: Jasmine N. Williams-Washington, Ph.D, MPA – Community Science
    PD Workshop Presenter: Amber Trout, PhD, MPH – Community Science
    Organizational Learning & Evaluation Capacity Building
  • Wednesday, Oct 11th
    11:30 AM – 2:15 PM ET
    31 - Introduction to Communities of Practice: Engaging Individual and Collective Knowledge and Stories to Advance and Evaluate Learning
    Location: Grand Ballroom 10
    PD Workshop Presenter: Leah Neubauer, EdD, MA – Northwestern University
    PD Workshop Presenter: Thomas Archibald, PhD (he/him/his) – Virginia Tech
    Organizational Learning & Evaluation Capacity Building
  • Wednesday, Oct 11th
    11:30 AM – 2:15 PM ET
    49 - Captivate your Crowd: Audience Engagement Strategies for On-site or Online
    Location: 205
    PD Workshop Presenter: Sheila B. Robinson, n/a – Custom Professional Learning LLC
    Organizational Learning & Evaluation Capacity Building
  • Wednesday, Oct 11th
    4:15 PM – 5:15 PM ET
    Centering partners in assessment: Using storytelling to understand organizational and network capacity strengthening
    Location: Room 204
    Presenter: Carlisle Levine, PhD (she/her/hers) – BLE Solutions
    Facilitator: Hippolyt Akow Saamwan Pul, PhD (he/him/his) – Institute for Peace and Development
    Presenter: Toyin Akpan, PhD – Auricle Services
    Facilitator: Rhonda Schlangen, MA (she/her/hers) – Rhonda Schlangen Consulting, LLC
    Presenter: Jeff Krentel, MA – Conrad N. Hilton Foundation
    Organizational Learning & Evaluation Capacity Building
  • Wednesday, Oct 11th
    5:30 PM – 7:00 PM ET
    Organizational Learning & Evaluation Capacity Building Poster Viewing
    Location: Griffin Hall
    Organizational Learning & Evaluation Capacity Building
  • Wednesday, Oct 11th
    5:30 PM – 7:00 PM ET
    128 - Putting Down Our Pens: Locally Led Development
    Location: Griffin Hall
    Presenter: Tanya Hurst – DevTech Systems
    Chair: Tanya Hurst – DevTech Systems
    Presenter: Adrienne Uselman, MSc – DevTech Systems
    Organizational Learning & Evaluation Capacity Building
  • Wednesday, Oct 11th
    5:30 PM – 7:00 PM ET
    129 - An Evaluation of the Lawmaking Process with effect of the 19th Amendment to the Constitution of Sri Lanka
    Location: Griffin Hall
    Presenter: Mohammed Ajiwadeen, M.Phil. PGD in M&E (he/him/his) – Parliament of Sri Lanka
    Organizational Learning & Evaluation Capacity Building
  • Wednesday, Oct 11th
    5:30 PM – 7:00 PM ET
    130 - Shifting metaphors, shifting perspectives: the tension of expansion and constraint in using metaphors
    Location: Griffin Hall
    Organizational Learning & Evaluation Capacity Building
  • Wednesday, Oct 11th
    5:30 PM – 7:00 PM ET
    131 - Zoom Out Before Zooming in: Building Evaluation Capacity in a School District by Telling the Story of Implementation
    Location: Griffin Hall
    Presenter: Nora Phelan, MPA (she/her/hers) – Measurement Incorporated
    Presenter: Lily Corrigan, MS – Measurement Incorporated
    Organizational Learning & Evaluation Capacity Building
  • Wednesday, Oct 11th
    5:30 PM – 7:00 PM ET
    132 - What Kind of Story Can Be Told By Your Organization’s Demographics?: Overcoming Challenges to Effectively Collect and Use Organizational Demographic Data
    Location: Griffin Hall
    Presenter: Amy Lippincott (she/her/hers) – TCC Group
    Organizational Learning & Evaluation Capacity Building
  • Wednesday, Oct 11th
    5:30 PM – 7:00 PM ET
    134 - Effective Use of Surveys in Evaluation: Designing and Planning Surveys to Collect Valid Data and Address Data and Time Constraints
    Location: Griffin Hall
    PD Workshop Presenter: Gary Miron, Ph.D. – Western Michigan University
    Author: Gary Miron, Ph.D. – Western Michigan University
    PD Workshop Presenter: Najat Elgeberi, PhD – University of Nevada Reno
    Author: Najat Elgeberi, PhD – University of Nevada Reno
    PD Workshop Presenter: Fanny Hernandez De Alvarez, Ph.D. Candidate – Western Michigan University
    Author: Fanny Hernandez De Alvarez, Ph.D. Candidate – Western Michigan University
    Organizational Learning & Evaluation Capacity Building
  • Wednesday, Oct 11th
    5:30 PM – 7:00 PM ET
    135 - Building Accessible, Equitable, and Actionable Evaluation Systems
    Location: Griffin Hall
    Presenter: Lexi Jones, MS – South Carolina First Steps
    Organizational Learning & Evaluation Capacity Building
  • Wednesday, Oct 11th
    5:30 PM – 7:00 PM ET
    136 - Tapping into the Power of Communicating Data Effectively for Meaningful Action: Lessons Learned from the CDC’s Overdose Data to Action Program
    Location: Griffin Hall
    Presenter: Adreana Tipton, MPH – Centers for Disease Control and Prevention
    Facilitator: Adreana Tipton, MPH – Centers for Disease Control and Prevention
    Facilitator: Nida Ali, PhD, MPH (she/her/hers) – Centers for Disease Control and Prevention
    Facilitator: Marissa Roberts, DrPH, MPH, CHES – Centers for Disease Control and Prevention
    Facilitator: Lawrence Scholl, PhD, MPH – Centers for Disease Control and Prevention
    Presenter: Nida Ali, PhD, MPH (she/her/hers) – Centers for Disease Control and Prevention
    Organizational Learning & Evaluation Capacity Building
  • Wednesday, Oct 11th
    5:30 PM – 7:00 PM ET
    137 - Documenting Learning Stories: How we’ve tackled harmonizing local and global needs through a learning agenda on a multi-country USAID program
    Location: Griffin Hall
    Presenter: Meagan Meekins, MPH (she/her/hers) – RTI International
    Organizational Learning & Evaluation Capacity Building
  • Wednesday, Oct 11th
    5:30 PM – 7:00 PM ET
    138 - Sharing Stories of Growing Evaluation Capacity
    Location: Griffin Hall
    Presenter: Judi Magaldi – Indiana Department of Health
    Presenter: Maureen Wilce, n/a – National Asthma Control Program/CDC
    Presenter: Abbigayle Brooks (she/her/hers) – Indiana Department of Health
    Presenter: Sarah Gill, MA – CDC
    Organizational Learning & Evaluation Capacity Building
  • Wednesday, Oct 11th
    5:30 PM – 7:00 PM ET
    139 - Let's Share Our Stories: Growing a Community of Evaluators to Enhance Evaluation Practice
    Location: Griffin Hall
    Presenter: Faiza Haq, MHA (she/her/hers) – Deloitte Consulting
    Presenter: Molly Linabarger, MPH – Deloitte Consultant
    Organizational Learning & Evaluation Capacity Building
  • Wednesday, Oct 11th
    5:30 PM – 7:00 PM ET
    140 - Building Capacity for Focus Group Facilitation in Community Organizations
    Location: Griffin Hall
    Presenter: Taylor swenski, M.A. – DePaul University
    Author: Kenneth Varner, B.A. – Healthy Schools Campaign, Chicago Grows Food
    Author: Howard Rosing, PhD – DePaul University
    Organizational Learning & Evaluation Capacity Building
  • Thursday, Oct 12th
    10:15 AM – 11:15 AM ET
    Creative Practices to (Re)Examine the Stories We Tell Ourselves
    Location: White River Ballroom I
    Presenter: Chantal Hoff, MPH (she/her/hers) – MXM Research Group
    Presenter: Kayla Benitez Alvarez, MA – MXM Research Group
    Organizational Learning & Evaluation Capacity Building
  • Thursday, Oct 12th
    10:15 AM – 11:15 AM ET
    Multicultural Reflections on Evaluation Capacity
    Location: Grand Ballroom 4
    Organizational Learning & Evaluation Capacity Building
  • Thursday, Oct 12th
    10:15 AM – 11:15 AM ET
    Supported Storytelling: Building a Learning Culture for the Equitable Use of Data
    Location: Room 206
    Presenter: Stephanie Hood, MSW – Kaye Implementation & Evaluation
    Presenter: Indra Amaro Gomez, MPH – Kaye Implementation & Evaluation
    Presenter: Leah Bartley, PhD, MSW – Kaye Implementation & Evaluation
    Disscussant: Jaymie Lorthridge, PhD, MSW (she/her/hers) – Kaye Implementation & Evaluation
    Organizational Learning & Evaluation Capacity Building
  • Thursday, Oct 12th
    10:15 AM – 11:15 AM ET
    Achieving Greater Educational Equity through Family and Community Engagement: The Power and Story of Trust-Based and Reflexive Partnerships
    Location: Grand Ballroom 4
    Presenter: Jeanette Au, MDP (she/her/hers) – Creative Research Solutions
    Presenter: Rachel Messer, PhD (she/her/hers) – Creative Research Solutions, LLC
    Presenter: Kelly Casey, MPhil – Hartford Foundation for Public Giving
    Presenter: Johana Rendon Ledesma (she/her/hers) – Hartford Foundation for Public Giving
    Presenter: Nivedita Ranade, PhD – Creative Research Solutions
    Organizational Learning & Evaluation Capacity Building
  • Thursday, Oct 12th
    10:15 AM – 11:15 AM ET
    Building capacities of VOPEs in East Africa through Peer-to-Peer learning: The story of Uganda Evaluation Association
    Location: Grand Ballroom 4
    Presenter: Josephine Watera, n/a – Parliament Of Uganda
    Organizational Learning & Evaluation Capacity Building
  • Thursday, Oct 12th
    10:15 AM – 11:15 AM ET
    Integrating Culturally Responsive and Systems Thinking Lens in Organizational Evaluation Capacity: Findings from a Scoping Review
    Location: Grand Ballroom 4
    Presenter: Omodolapo Somo-Aina, MS – University of North Carolina at Greensboro
    Organizational Learning & Evaluation Capacity Building
  • Thursday, Oct 12th
    10:15 AM – 11:15 AM ET
    The Evaluation Capacity of Czech Social Services Organizations
    Location: Grand Ballroom 4
    Presenter: Salvatore Alaimo, PhD – Grand Valley State University
    Author: Salvatore Alaimo, PhD – Grand Valley State University
    Organizational Learning & Evaluation Capacity Building
  • Thursday, Oct 12th
    11:30 AM – 12:30 PM ET
    From the Field: How Local Teams Improved their Storytelling to Increase their Impact
    Location: White River Ballroom H
    Chair: Julie Younes, MA (she/her/hers) – Social Impact
    Presenter: Brooke Hill, MIA (she/her/hers) – Social Impact
    Presenter: Amy Zangari, n/a – Social Impact
    Presenter: Carla Trippe
    Organizational Learning & Evaluation Capacity Building
  • Thursday, Oct 12th
    11:30 AM – 12:30 PM ET
    Invisible until it's exercised: Defining and measuring the results of evaluation capacity strengthening with local stakeholders in low- and middle-income countries
    Location: Room 204
    Presenter: Tory M. Taylor, MPH (she/her/hers) – Data for Impact
    Author: Emmanuel Adegbe, n/a – Data for Impact
    Author: Adekunle David Fasiku, n/a – Data Research and Mapping Consult, Ltd. (DRMC)
    Author: David Hotchkiss, n/a – Data for Impact
    Author: Siân Curtis, PhD – Data for Impact
    Author: Titus Ojewumi, n/a – USAID/Nigeria
    Author: Liz Millar, n/a – Data for Impact
    Author: Justus Uzim, n/a – USAID/Nigeria
    Presenter: Janna Wisniewski, PhD (she/her/hers) – Data for Impact / Tulane University
    Presenter: Samson Babatunde Adebayo, PhD – Data Research and Mapping Consult, Ltd. (DRMC)
    Author: Paul-Samson Lusamba-Dikassa, PhD – Kinshasa School of Public Health
    Author: Jessica Fehringer, PhD (she/her/hers) – Data for Impact
    Organizational Learning & Evaluation Capacity Building
  • Thursday, Oct 12th
    2:30 PM – 3:30 PM ET
    Toward Equitable and Ethical Data Use in Evaluation: An Ethical Thinking Workshop
    Location: Room 205
    Presenter: AnnJanette Rosga, PhD – Informing Change
    Presenter: Caitlin Stanton, MPA (she/her/hers) – Informing Change
    Presenter: Andrea Lozano, Evaluation and Learning Officer – The Packard Foundation
    Organizational Learning & Evaluation Capacity Building
  • Thursday, Oct 12th
    2:30 PM – 3:30 PM ET
    Using Stories to Create Practical Tools that Support M&E Resource Allocation
    Location: White River Ballroom A
    Presenter: Jennifer Heettner, MPP – Peter G. Peterson Foundation
    Presenter: Arun Karpur, MD, MPH – Peterson Center on Healthcare
    Presenter: Sarah Berk, MPH – Peterson Center on Healthcare
    Organizational Learning & Evaluation Capacity Building
  • Thursday, Oct 12th
    3:45 PM – 4:45 PM ET
    Creative and engaging strategies to promote evaluation capacity-building in Cooperative Extension
    Location: Room 204
    Presenter: Madeleine deBlois, Sc.D. (she/her/hers) – University of Arizona
    Presenter: Rachel Leih, MPH, MEd – University of Arizona
    Presenter: Terrace Ewinghill, ABD, M.Ed (they/them/theirs) – University of Arizona
    Presenter: Rachel Gildersleeve, MPH (she/her/hers) – University of Arizona
    Presenter: Deirdre Avery, MPH – University of Arizona
    Presenter: Kara Haberstock Tanoue, MA (she/her/hers) – University of Arizona
    Organizational Learning & Evaluation Capacity Building
  • Thursday, Oct 12th
    3:45 PM – 4:45 PM ET
    Going with the flow: How letting go of outcomes can improve your evaluation practice
    Location: Room 209
    Presenter: Shannon Wichlacz, PhD – CCNY, Inc.
    Organizational Learning & Evaluation Capacity Building
  • Thursday, Oct 12th
    5:00 PM – 6:00 PM ET
    Evaluating Evaluation Readiness Needs: Results from a Workshop on Evaluation Capacity
    Location: Room 208
    Presenter: Theresa N. Melton, PhD – Clemson University
    Author: Theresa N. Melton, PhD – Clemson University
    Presenter: Edmond P. Bowers, Ph.D. – Clemson University
    Author: Edmond P. Bowers, Ph.D. – Clemson University
    Presenter: Amanda Teye, PhD – James Madison University
    Author: Amanda Teye, PhD – James Madison University
    Organizational Learning & Evaluation Capacity Building
  • Thursday, Oct 12th
    5:00 PM – 6:00 PM ET
    From KPIs to systems change: Reimagining organizational learning
    Location: White River Ballroom B
    Presenter: Irene Guijt, PhD – Oxfam Great Britain
    Presenter: Katrina Barnes, n/a – Oxfam Great Britain
    Presenter: Chipo Peggah, n/a – Oxfam Great Britain
    Organizational Learning & Evaluation Capacity Building
  • Thursday, Oct 12th
    5:00 PM – 6:00 PM ET
    Knowledge is Power: How to Transform Tacit Knowledge into Powerful Stories that Promote Learning and Adaptive Management
    Location: Room 305
    Organizational Learning & Evaluation Capacity Building
  • Thursday, Oct 12th
    5:00 PM – 6:00 PM ET
    Locally-Led Storytelling: Re-imagining Power in Stories to Learn from Lived Experience
    Location: Room 305
    Organizational Learning & Evaluation Capacity Building
  • Friday, Oct 13th
    10:15 AM – 11:15 AM ET
    Grassroots to Grasstops: Strengthening Evaluation Capacity at a Large Scale
    Location: Room 105
    Facilitator: Jennifer Nulty- Marsack, MSW – Pivot Data Design
    Facilitator: Martena Reed, MSW – Reflective Evaluation
    Presenter: Brita Blesi
    Presenter: Brittany Fitz
    Organizational Learning & Evaluation Capacity Building
  • Friday, Oct 13th
    11:30 AM – 12:30 PM ET
    Building Evaluation Capacity to Tell a Foundation’s Story of Systems Change
    Location: Room 104
    Presenter: Margaret B. Hargreaves, M.P.P. – NORC at the University of Chicago
    Presenter: Freya Bradford, MSW – Rotary Charities of Traverse City
    Disscussant: Brandon Coffee-Borden, MPP (he/him/his) – NORC at the University of Chicago
    Presenter: Jessica Conrad
    Organizational Learning & Evaluation Capacity Building
  • Friday, Oct 13th
    1:00 PM – 2:00 PM ET
    3 - Cultivating Capacity for Evaluation
    Location: White River Ballroom E
    Presenter: Tanha Patel, MPH (she/her/hers) – CDC Foundation
    Facilitator: Tanha Patel, MPH (she/her/hers) – CDC Foundation
    Presenter: Sarah Myer, MPH, MCHES – Cultivate Capacity LLC
    Facilitator: Sarah Myer, MPH, MCHES – Cultivate Capacity LLC
    Organizational Learning & Evaluation Capacity Building
  • Friday, Oct 13th
    1:00 PM – 2:00 PM ET
    9 - Leading Learning Agendas: Effective Practices to Maximize Impact
    Location: White River Ballroom E
    Presenter: Joaquina Kankam, PhD (she/her/hers) – Joaquina Scott Kankam, Ph.D
    Organizational Learning & Evaluation Capacity Building
  • Friday, Oct 13th
    1:00 PM – 2:00 PM ET
    15 - Strengthening MEL capacity at your organization: Sharing examples and best practices
    Location: White River Ballroom E
    Presenter: Artie S. Maharaj, Ph.D (she/her/hers) – TSNE
    Presenter: Romita Mitra, Ph.D – MIT Local Innovation Group
    Organizational Learning & Evaluation Capacity Building
  • Friday, Oct 13th
    1:00 PM – 2:00 PM ET
    16 - The growing challenge to keep evaluation going in the face of disruption
    Location: White River Ballroom E
    Presenter: Samuel Dunklin, MPH (he/him/his) – National Asthma Control Program, CDC
    Presenter: Evan Mallen, MUP, PhD (he/him/his) – Climate and Health Program, CDC
    Presenter: Kat Sisler, MPH, MPAff (she/her/hers) – Climate and Health Program, CDC
    Presenter: Jenifer M. Ballouk, MPH (she/her/hers) – National Asthma Control Program / CDC
    Presenter: Ana Paula Pohl Duarte, MPH, PMP – CDC
    Organizational Learning & Evaluation Capacity Building
  • Friday, Oct 13th
    2:30 PM – 3:30 PM ET
    Building Client Capacity and Confidence to Tell Their Story
    Location: White River Ballroom I
    Presenter: Sara Greller, MS (she/her/hers) – Education Development Center (EDC)
    Presenter: Erin Stafford, MA (she/her/hers) – Education Development Center (EDC)
    Organizational Learning & Evaluation Capacity Building
  • Friday, Oct 13th
    3:45 PM – 4:45 PM ET
    Facilitating the Logic Model Process with Stakeholders in a Complex Environment: A Demonstration Session
    Location: Room 104
    Presenter: Kate Clavijo, Ed.D. – Military Family Advisory Network
    Presenter: Gabby L’Esperance, Ph.D. – Military Family Advisory Network
    Presenter: Emily Warren, Ph.D – National Academies of Science, Engineering, and Medicine
    Presenter: Piper Grandjean Targos, M.A. – EdgeEval
    Organizational Learning & Evaluation Capacity Building
  • Friday, Oct 13th
    3:45 PM – 4:45 PM ET
    Leveraging the art of storytelling through dynamic and responsive evaluation peer-to-peer learning opportunities
    Location: White River Ballroom D
    Presenter: Jan K. Fields, EdD PhD (he/him/his) – Michigan DHHS
    Presenter: Chris Lysy, MA – Fresh Spectrum
    Presenter: Minda Reed, MD, MPH – Centers for Disease Control and Prevention
    Presenter: Kendra Wilson, DrPH, MS (she/her/hers) – CDC
    Presenter: Nida Ali, PhD, MPH (she/her/hers) – Centers for Disease Control and Prevention
    Organizational Learning & Evaluation Capacity Building
  • Saturday, Oct 14th
    8:00 AM – 9:00 AM ET
    Developing Utilization Focused Theories of Change
    Location: White River Ballroom A
    Presenter: Loraine Park, MSW – ECMC Foundation
    Chair: Loraine Park, MSW – ECMC Foundation
    Presenter: Ashlie Denton, PhD – Education Northwest
    Presenter: Nicole Jolly, MA (she/her/hers) – Equivolve
    Organizational Learning & Evaluation Capacity Building
  • Saturday, Oct 14th
    9:15 AM – 10:15 AM ET
    “It’s a long story” - Evaluation Capacity Building in Trust-Based Philanthropy
    Location: Room 204
    Presenter: Corey Newhouse, MPP (she/her/hers) – Public Profit
    Presenter: Taylor B. Anderson, MS (she/her/hers) – Public Profit
    Facilitator: Kasi Allen, PhD – The Ford Family Foundation
    Organizational Learning & Evaluation Capacity Building
  • Saturday, Oct 14th
    9:15 AM – 10:15 AM ET
    How Can I Help You Grow? Building a Meaningful Partnership Using Evaluation Capacity Building
    Location: Room 209
    Organizational Learning & Evaluation Capacity Building