Full Schedule

8:00 AM – 9:00 AM ET

Advisory Groups as Protagonists in Research and Evaluation

Location: Room 102

Presenter: – Public Policy Associates

Location: Room 102

Qualitative Methods

8:00 AM – 9:00 AM ET

Better Together: Building Local, Community-Wide Evaluation Capacity

Location: Room 206

Presenter: – Steuck & Associates LLC

Location: Room 206

Community Development

8:00 AM – 9:00 AM ET

Culturally Responsive and Equitable Evaluation Stories from Evolving Evaluation

Location: Room 204

Author: – Change Matrix

Chair: – Change Matrix

Disscussant: – Change Matrix

Presenter: – Change Matrix

Presenter: – University of the Incarnate Word

Presenter: – North Carolina A&T State University

Location: Room 204

Research on Evaluation

8:00 AM – 9:00 AM ET

Developing Utilization Focused Theories of Change

Location: White River Ballroom A

Presenter: – ECMC Foundation

Chair: – ECMC Foundation

Presenter: – Education Northwest

Presenter: – Equivolve

Location: White River Ballroom A

Organizational Learning & Evaluation Capacity Building

8:00 AM – 9:00 AM ET

Equity-focused and trauma-informed data collection in evaluation research: Telling a powerful story

Location: Room 201

Presenter: – Abt Associates

Location: Room 201

Disabilities and Underrepresented Populations

8:00 AM – 9:00 AM ET

Evaluating the Design and Implementation of DEIA Strategies in a Federal Health Agency

Location: Room 209

Presenter: – Centers for Disease Control and Prevention

Presenter: – Deloitte Consulting, LLP

Author: – Deloitte Consulting, LLP

Location: Room 209

Leadership and Organizational Performance

8:00 AM – 9:00 AM ET

From Blah to Bling! Using Canva to design evaluation reports

Location: Grand Ballroom 2

Presenter: – HACC, Central Pennsylvania's Community College

Location: Grand Ballroom 2

Data Visualization and Reporting

8:00 AM – 9:00 AM ET

Improving our Collective Story through Greater Inclusion in Publishing

Location: Room 309/310

Chair: – McGill University

Chair: – Pact

Disscussant: – Department of Social Welfare, UCLA

Disscussant: – University of Connecticut

Disscussant: – The University of Mississippi

Disscussant: – Abt Associates

Disscussant: – University of Illinois at Chicago

Disscussant: – University of Ottawa

Disscussant: – Western Michigan University

Disscussant: – Southern Hemisphere

Disscussant: – University of Naples “Federico II”

Location: Room 309/310

Use and Influence of Evaluation

8:00 AM – 9:00 AM ET

Leveraging Trauma-informed Approaches to Conduct More Inclusive Evaluations

Location: Room 202

Disscussant: – International Republican Institute

Presenter: – Effect X

Presenter: – International Republican Institute

Presenter: – RJAE Consulting

Social Work

8:00 AM – 9:00 AM ET

Making evaluation useful: How evaluators at the Cleveland Museum of Art are partnering with their colleagues to strengthen the museum’s culture of evaluation use

Location: Room 205

Presenter: – Sarah Lee Consulting

Presenter: – The Cleveland Museum of Art

Location: Room 205

Arts, Culture, and Museums

8:00 AM – 9:00 AM ET

Reducing Stigma in Behavioral Health: ECHO Project case-based learning as storytelling

Location: Room 208

Presenter: – MCD Global Health

Author: – MCD Global Health

Location: Room 208

Behavioral Health

8:00 AM – 9:00 AM ET

Strategic Storytelling for Sustainability and Systems Change: Lessons from the National Science Foundation’s Eddie Bernice Johnson INCLUDES Initiative for STEM Equity

Location: Room 301

Presenter: – Equal Measure

Presenter: – Education Development Center (EDC)

Presenter: – Equal Measure

Location: Room 301

STEM Education and Training

8:00 AM – 9:00 AM ET

Telling the Changing Story of Evaluation

Location: Room 203

Presenter: – Guilford Press

Presenter: – Susan Wolfe and Associates, LLC

Presenter: – International Evaluation Consultant

Chair: – Gallaudet University

Disscussant: – Gallaudet University

Location: Room 203

Teaching of Evaluation

8:00 AM – 9:00 AM ET

Discussant: Changing Story of Evaluation: An Author's Perspective

Presenter: – Gallaudet University

8:00 AM – 9:00 AM ET

Evaluation Then and Now: Preparing Evaluators in a Changing World

Presenter: – Guilford Press

8:00 AM – 9:00 AM ET

The changing story of evaluating coalitions and community engagement

Presenter: – Susan Wolfe and Associates, LLC

8:00 AM – 9:00 AM ET

The changing story of evaluation practice in the Latin America and Caribbean region: New actors, needs and opportunities

Presenter: – International Evaluation Consultant

8:00 AM – 9:00 AM ET

Telling the Story of Parent Power: Evaluating Transformative Advocacy to Center Parent Voice

Location: Grand Ballroom 7

Chair: – Center for Evaluation Innovation

Facilitator: – Center for Evaluation Innovation

Presenter: – Center for Evaluation Innovation

Presenter: – Center on the Ecology of Early Development

Presenter: – PlayCousins Collective

Location: Grand Ballroom 7

Advocacy and Policy Change

8:00 AM – 9:00 AM ET

The Power and Limitations of Using Success Stories in Evaluation: A Case Study and Collaborative Discussion

Location: Grand Ballroom 10

Presenter: – CDC

Author: – CDC

Facilitator: – CDC

Author: – CDC

Facilitator: – CDC

Author: – CDC

Location: Grand Ballroom 10

Government Evaluation

8:00 AM – 9:00 AM ET

The story of an RCT: Challenging assumptions about “control” in social programming

Location: Room 103

Presenter: – Blueprint

Design and Analysis of Experiments

8:00 AM – 9:00 AM ET

The evolving story of an RCT: Emerging perspectives of program delivery partners and researchers

Presenter: – Blueprint

8:00 AM – 9:00 AM ET

The evolving story of an RCT: Emerging perspectives of program participants and researchers

Presenter: – Blueprint

8:00 AM – 9:00 AM ET

Translating patients' lived experiences into programmatic actions to improve cancer early detection

Location: White River Ballroom B

Presenter: – American Cancer Society

Author: – American Cancer Society

Location: White River Ballroom B

Health Evaluation

8:00 AM – 9:00 AM ET

Using multiple methods to tell whole stories within complex systems: A tale of three community-driven, mixed-methods evaluations of gender-based violence prevention and response efforts

Location: Room 105

Presenter: – University of Illinois Chicago

Chair: – University of Illinois Chicago

Presenter: – DePaul University

Presenter: – University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign

Location: Room 105

Community Psychology

8:00 AM – 9:00 AM ET

Identifying multi-level concerns for action: Mixed-methods exploration and evaluation in a public housing violence prevention planning grant

Presenter: – University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign

Presenter: – Safe Journeys

Presenter: – Peabody College, Vanderbilt University

8:00 AM – 9:00 AM ET

Mandatory reporting and adolescent sexual assault: Using a mixed-methods evaluation to tell adolescent survivors' stories

Presenter: – University of Illinois Chicago

Presenter: – DePaul University

8:00 AM – 9:00 AM ET

Using community expertise to sharpen the evaluation focus: A mixed-methods participatory evaluation

Presenter: – DePaul University

8:00 AM – 9:00 AM ET

Creating New Stories and Processes to Help Foster Change

Location: Grand Ballroom 3

Location: Grand Ballroom 3

Internal Evaluation

8:00 AM – 9:00 AM ET

Lessons Learned from Introducing Structural Change to a Change Adverse, Complex Environment

Location: Grand Ballroom 3

Presenter: – Oklahoma State University

Internal Evaluation

8:00 AM – 9:00 AM ET

Let the Team Tell Its Own Story: An Internal Evaluation of Agile Processes for Test Development

Location: Grand Ballroom 3

Presenter: – American University, Measurement and Evaluation Alum, 2023

Internal Evaluation

8:00 AM – 9:00 AM ET

Survey of Current Work in Health Professions Education Evaluation & Research

Location: Grand Ballroom 1

Chair: – University of Ibadan

Location: Grand Ballroom 1

Health Professions Education Evaluation and Research

8:00 AM – 9:00 AM ET

Success stories: a mixed method case study exploring the long-term impact of a global faculty development program for health professions educators.

Location: Grand Ballroom 1

Presenter: – Foundation for Advancement of International Medical Education and Research

Author: – Foundation for Advancement of International Medical Education and Research

Health Professions Education Evaluation and Research

8:00 AM – 9:00 AM ET

The Stories Behind Teaching of Evaluation

Location: Grand Ballroom 9

Chair: – Temple University

Location: Grand Ballroom 9

Teaching of Evaluation

8:00 AM – 9:00 AM ET

A different kind of story: Answering the question “What design should I use?”

Location: Grand Ballroom 9

Presenter: – University of Delaware

Teaching of Evaluation

8:00 AM – 9:00 AM ET

Evaluator Education at the Undergraduate Level: Stories from the Community-based Assessment and Evaluation (CBAE) Program

Location: Grand Ballroom 9

Presenter: – St. Mary's University

Presenter: – University of Michigan

Teaching of Evaluation

8:00 AM – 9:00 AM ET

Research on Evaluation Practice

Location: Grand Ballroom 4

Chair: – University of Illinois Chicago

Location: Grand Ballroom 4

Research on Evaluation

8:00 AM – 9:00 AM ET

Challenges and opportunities for an independent and influential evaluation practice: Findings of an exploratory study into the dynamics of evaluation professionalization in the Global South

Location: Grand Ballroom 4

Presenter: – Western Michigan University

Research on Evaluation

8:00 AM – 9:00 AM ET

Meta-Evaluation: Exploring Quality Assurance Processes in Evaluation Practice

Location: Grand Ballroom 4

Presenter: – WSTERN MICHIGAN UNIVERSITY

Author: – WSTERN MICHIGAN UNIVERSITY

PD Workshop Presenter: – Western Michigan University

Research on Evaluation

8:00 AM – 9:00 AM ET

The Story Behind an Evaluation Practice Survey: Insights from Cognitive Interviews

Location: Grand Ballroom 4

Presenter: – University of Connecticut

Research on Evaluation

8:00 AM – 9:00 AM ET

Trends in Program Evaluation Methods: An Empirical Investigation

Location: Grand Ballroom 4

Author: – Schultz Patel Evaluation

Research on Evaluation

8:00 AM – 9:00 AM ET

Empowerment Evaluation and Stakeholder Involvement: Insights, Reflections, and Implications

Location: Grand Ballroom 8

Chair: – Florida SouthWestern Collegiate

Presenter: – Florida SouthWestern Collegiate

Location: Grand Ballroom 8

Collaborative, Participatory & Empowerment Evaluation

8:00 AM – 9:00 AM ET

How can we shift power through our evaluation approach?

Location: Grand Ballroom 8

Presenter: – Michigan Public Health Institute

Author: – Michigan Public Health Institute

Collaborative, Participatory & Empowerment Evaluation

8:00 AM – 9:00 AM ET

Improving quality of training based on evidence from evaluation – lessons learned from Kosovo and Ethiopia

Location: Grand Ballroom 8

Presenter: – Spectrum Solutions International

Author: – Spectrum Solutions International

Collaborative, Participatory & Empowerment Evaluation

8:00 AM – 9:00 AM ET

White Defensiveness in a Community-Based Couple Relationship Education Evaluation

Location: Grand Ballroom 8

Presenter: – Gregson Consulting

Author: – Auburn University, Dept. of Human Development and Family Science

Collaborative, Participatory & Empowerment Evaluation

9:15 AM – 10:15 AM ET

“It’s a long story” - Evaluation Capacity Building in Trust-Based Philanthropy

Location: Room 204

Presenter: – Public Profit

Facilitator: – The Ford Family Foundation

Location: Room 204

Organizational Learning & Evaluation Capacity Building

9:15 AM – 10:15 AM ET

Evaluation Capacity Building at the Speed of Community

Presenter: – Public Profit

9:15 AM – 10:15 AM ET

Evaluation Capacity Building in Trust-Based Philanthropy - Reflections from an Internal Evaluation Leader

Presenter: – The Ford Family Foundation

9:15 AM – 10:15 AM ET

Learning Alongside an Innovative, Fast Growing Foundation

Presenter: – Public Profit

9:15 AM – 10:15 AM ET

Advancing Racial Equity and Justice: Narratives on the Influence of Evaluators’ Identities

Location: Room 103

Presenter: – University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign

Presenter: – University of Illinois Chicago

Presenter: – University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign

Presenter: – University of Illinois Chicago

Presenter: – University of Illinois Urbana Champaign

Location: Room 103

Multiethnic Issues in Evaluation

9:15 AM – 10:15 AM ET

But I’m not a climate scientist!: Evaluators responding to the emergent and urgent demands of climate change

Location: Room 201

Facilitator: – CDC

Facilitator: – Climate and Health Program, CDC

Facilitator: – Green Health Analytics

Facilitator: – National Asthma Control Program, CDC

Facilitator: – CDC

Presenter: – CDC

Presenter: – Climate and Health Program, CDC

Presenter: – National Asthma Control Program, CDC

Presenter:

Location: Room 201

Environmental Program Evaluation

9:15 AM – 10:15 AM ET

Challenges and Opportunities for Evaluating Business Accelerator Programs across Africa: The case of Tony Elumelu Foundation

Location: White River Ballroom A

Presenter: – ORB International

Author: – ORB International

Location: White River Ballroom A

International and Cross Cultural Evaluation

9:15 AM – 10:15 AM ET

Engaging Your Audience: Mapping the Plot of Your Evaluation Story

Location: Grand Ballroom 7

Presenter: – CYBER.ORG

Facilitator: – FlowStream Management LLC

Location: Grand Ballroom 7

Internal Evaluation

9:15 AM – 10:15 AM ET

Equitable Communication – Don’t Let Equity End with Your Evaluation Report

Location: Room 202

Presenter: – Innovation Network

Presenter: – Elizabeth Grim Consulting

Presenter: – Urban Institute

Presenter:

Location: Room 202

Data Visualization and Reporting

9:15 AM – 10:15 AM ET

Evaluating in Emergencies: Shedding light on challenges and (hopefully!) solutions for collecting evaluation data for humanitarian assistance programs

Location: Room 205

Presenter: – USAID, Social Solutions International

Location: Room 205

Disaster & Emergency Management Evaluation

9:15 AM – 10:15 AM ET

Evaluation as a Creative Pursuit: Shifting the Learning Paradigm to Promote Divergent Thinking and Empower Individual Stories

Location: Grand Ballroom 3

Presenter: – Northwestern University

Presenter: – CAI (Cicatelli Associates, Inc.)

Presenter: – Oregon Community Foundation

Location: Grand Ballroom 9

Collaborative, Participatory & Empowerment Evaluation

9:15 AM – 10:15 AM ET

Evaluation in the story of change: Reshaping design to center racial equity and parent leadership

Location: Grand Ballroom 9

Presenter: – RAND Corporation

Presenter: – Greater Rochester Health Foundation

Disscussant: – The Children's Agenda

Presenter: – Easthouse Corporation

Location: Grand Ballroom 9

Collaborative, Participatory & Empowerment Evaluation

9:15 AM – 10:15 AM ET

Panel Discussion: Discussant

Presenter: – National Parent Leadership Institute Inc.

9:15 AM – 10:15 AM ET

Panel discussion: Evaluator perspective

Presenter: – RAND Corporation

9:15 AM – 10:15 AM ET

Panel discussion: Funder perspective

Presenter: – Greater Rochester Health Foundation

9:15 AM – 10:15 AM ET

Panel discussion: Parent leader perspective

Presenter: – The Children's Agenda

9:15 AM – 10:15 AM ET

Evaluation Influence Models as a Guide to Research on Evaluation’s Consequences

Location: Room 203

Presenter: – Penn State University

Chair: – Penn State University

Presenter: – University of Illinois

Presenter: – University of South Australia

Disscussant: – Syracuse University, School of Social Work

Research on Evaluation

9:15 AM – 10:15 AM ET

Discussion

Presenter: – Syracuse University, School of Social Work

9:15 AM – 10:15 AM ET

Research on Evaluation Influence: Methods and Questions

Presenter: – Penn State University

9:15 AM – 10:15 AM ET

Telling a Story about How and Why Evaluation Matters: A Framework for Research on Evaluation Influence

Presenter: – University of Illinois

9:15 AM – 10:15 AM ET

What Happens After the Final Report? Improving Evaluation Practice by Considering How Evaluation Influences People and Organisations

Presenter: – University of South Australia

9:15 AM – 10:15 AM ET

From antagonists to sidekicks: switching the role of evaluands in the evaluation process through storytelling techniques to increase their engagement and commitment

Location: Room 309/310

Presenter: – WIPO

Location: Room 309/310

Use and Influence of Evaluation

9:15 AM – 10:15 AM ET

From Data to Dialogue: Storytelling's Role in Localized Development Evaluation

Location: Room 206

Presenter: – Nuru International

Presenter: – Kansas State University

Presenter: – University of Texas Austin, Ray Marshall Center for the Study of Human Resources

Location: Room 206

Community Development

9:15 AM – 10:15 AM ET

Nuru International Data Collection; What makes it unique, and how does Nuru incorporate local design in evaluation?

Presenter: – Nuru International

9:15 AM – 10:15 AM ET

Paint by number: how mixed methods research enriches quantitative data with qualitative stories to tell us more in fragile, complex environments

Presenter: – Kansas State University

9:15 AM – 10:15 AM ET

Qualitative evaluation of resilience; How to incorporate story-driven data into advanced social science evaluation

Presenter: – University of Texas Austin, Ray Marshall Center for the Study of Human Resources

9:15 AM – 10:15 AM ET

How Can I Help You Grow? Building a Meaningful Partnership Using Evaluation Capacity Building

Location: Room 209

Location: Room 209

Organizational Learning & Evaluation Capacity Building

9:15 AM – 10:15 AM ET

Impact Management as an effective base for multi-level evaluation and storytelling: practical experience from a funder of public research and health, education and social projects

Location: Grand Ballroom 8

Chair: – Novo Nordisk Foundation

Presenter: – Novo Nordisk Foundation

Location: Grand Ballroom 8

Research, Technology & Development Evaluation

9:15 AM – 10:15 AM ET

Building a unified data solution that supports and shapes storytelling in a large funding organization

Presenter: – Novo Nordisk Foundation

9:15 AM – 10:15 AM ET

How a unified impact management approach can benefit mission storytelling of an organization

Presenter: – Novo Nordisk Foundation

9:15 AM – 10:15 AM ET

Impact frameworks do not only benefit the ex post evaluation mindset of applicants - they can also improve narratives in applications for funding

Presenter: – Novo Nordisk Foundation

9:15 AM – 10:15 AM ET

Introduction to the session by the chair

Presenter: – Novo Nordisk Foundation

9:15 AM – 10:15 AM ET

It’s a different story: assessment and evaluation with social movements

Location: Room 102

Chair: – Pact

Presenter: – AJWS

Presenter: – State Department, Bureau of Democracy, Human Rights, and Labor; Office of Global Programs

Location: Room 102

Democracy and Governance

9:15 AM – 10:15 AM ET

Let’s Talk About How Labeling and Categorization Ruin Stories

Location: Room 208

Presenter: – University of the Incarnate Word

Facilitator: – University of the Incarnate Word

Location: Room 208

Latinx Responsive Evaluation Discourse

9:15 AM – 10:15 AM ET

Protagonists, not perpetual protégés: Evaluators at the intersections writing ourselves into existence

Location: Room 105

Presenter: – Center for Evaluation Innovation

Facilitator: – The Everly Collective, Prevention at the Intersections, Nonprofit Network

Presenter: – Intention 2 Impact

Facilitator: – CES Credentialing Board

Facilitator: – Viable Insights

Presenter: – Bowman Performance Consulting

Presenter: – data2insight

Presenter: – The Everly Collective, Prevention at the Intersections, Nonprofit Network

Location: Room 105

Feminist Issues in Evaluation

9:15 AM – 10:15 AM ET

Storytelling and High Impact Evaluative Practices (Agency, Voice, Accountability, Empowerment): Emerging Lessons Learned from the AfrEA and AEA Democracy, Rights & Governance (DRG) TIG Sister Collaboration on High Impact Evaluative Practices.

Location: White River Ballroom F

Presenter: – Strategic Research Concepts

Presenter: – International Initiative for Impact Evaluation (3ie)

Presenter:

Presenter: – African Policy Centre (APC)

Presenter: – Monitoring and Evaluation Professionals Association of Kenya

Chair: – International Initiative for Impact Evaluation (3ie)

9:15 AM – 10:15 AM ET

The Success Case Method: A hands-on lesson in rigorous storytelling and practical learnings

Location: White River Ballroom B

Presenter: – Unaffiliated

Facilitator: – World Vision US

Presenter: – World Vision US

Location: Grand Ballroom 10

Mixed Methods Evaluation

9:15 AM – 10:15 AM ET

Writing Impact Stories for Compelling Evaluation Reports

Location: Grand Ballroom 2

Presenter: – RMC Research Corp

Facilitator: – RMC Research Corp

Presenter: – RMC Research Corporation

Facilitator: – RMC Research Corporation

Facilitator: – RMC Research Corp

Location: Grand Ballroom 2

Data Visualization and Reporting

9:15 AM – 10:15 AM ET

Disseminating stories about the multidimensional impact of health research to diverse patient and community groups

Location: Grand Ballroom 4

Chair:

Location: Grand Ballroom 4

Translational Research Evaluation

9:15 AM – 10:15 AM ET

Aligning Dollars with Values: Community-engaged Grant Making for Health Equity

Location: Grand Ballroom 4

Presenter: – Vanderbilt University

Author: – Vanderbilt University

Presenter: – Vanderbilt University Medical Center

Author: – Vanderbilt University Medical Center

Author: – Vanderbilt University

Author: – Meharry Medical College

Author: – Vanderbilt University

Translational Research Evaluation

9:15 AM – 10:15 AM ET

Bibliometric analysis to tell the story of Susan G. Komen’s research funding impact

Location: Grand Ballroom 4

Presenter: – Susan G. Komen

Author: – Susan G. Komen

Translational Research Evaluation

9:15 AM – 10:15 AM ET

Longitudinal Evaluation of Federally Funded Agricultural Centers - A Case Study of Great Plains Center for Agricultural Health

Location: Grand Ballroom 4

Author: – University of Iowa

Translational Research Evaluation

9:15 AM – 10:15 AM ET

Using Digital Storytelling as an Evaluation Tool to Communicate COVID-19 Research Efforts

Location: Grand Ballroom 4

Author: – University of Southern Maine

Presenter: – University of Southern Maine

Author: – University of Southern Maine

Translational Research Evaluation

9:15 AM – 10:15 AM ET

Power of an Intersectional Story

Location: Grand Ballroom 1

Chair: – Rhonda Schlangen Consulting, LLC

Location: Grand Ballroom 1

International and Cross Cultural Evaluation

9:15 AM – 10:15 AM ET

Addressing inequality in climate change adaptation through using Intersectionality framework as an evaluation approach.

Location: Grand Ballroom 1

Presenter: – Centre for Learning on Evaluation and Results - Anglophone Africa

Author: – Centre for Learning on Evaluation and Results - Anglophone Africa

International and Cross Cultural Evaluation

9:15 AM – 10:15 AM ET

Co-creation: centering the stories of youth in Africa

Location: Grand Ballroom 1

Presenter: – Caribou Digital

Author: – Caribou Digital

Author: – Mastercard Foundation

Author: – Unveiling Africa Foundation | Mastercard Foundation

International and Cross Cultural Evaluation

9:15 AM – 10:15 AM ET

Developing Evaluation Capacity Building of Social-Smotional Learning in Latin American Youth-Serving Organizations

Location: Grand Ballroom 1

Presenter: – Hello Insight

Author: – Hello Insight

International and Cross Cultural Evaluation

10:30 AM – 12:00 PM ET

Plenary - The stories that we tell matter: The courage to show up.

Location: Grand Ballroom 5/6