BEGIN:VCALENDAR VERSION:2.0 PRODID:-//www.ndano.org//NONSGML kigkonsult.se iCalcreator 2.30.10// CALSCALE:GREGORIAN METHOD:PUBLISH UID:338cf9a5-3c70-4a2e-a5c2-39513247ba72 X-WR-CALDESC:Presenter: Minnesota Council of Nonprofits (MCN)\nCo st: $50 NDANO Members with code and $85 Nonmembers (Login to Members Only Portal for code)\n\nAre you concerned about the quality of evaluation data you are getting? Do you wish you had deeper in sights from your community and more authentic data? Evaluations frequently suffer from lack of depth around community engagement\, which can limit t he value of the findings. Over the years\, The Improve Group has developed a Community-Responsive Approach that embraces the unique perspectives of all stakeholders and community groups through every phase of the evaluatio n process.\n\nA key assumption in community-responsive evaluation is that people hold different kinds of expertise (community\, cultural\, technical \, issue-specific\, organizational\, etc.) that are all valuable to the ev aluation process. This approach helps organizations overcome traditional b arriers to evaluation\, such as negative experiences with extractive resea rch or distrust from community members. By being responsive to each commun ity’s distinct characteristics and by involving individual community stake holders in an evaluation design\, you are more likely to hear authentic ex periences\, concerns\, and results.\n\nThroughout this training we will di ve into the following questions you should consider when conducting evalua tion within your community.\n\n\nParticipants will walk away with tangible strategies for e ngaging their community in evaluation that build on their own knowledge an d experiences and are specific to their unique community contexts. \n\nSpeaker Information\nThis session will be led by The Improve Group’s experts in evaluation capacity building. The Improve Group is a St. Paul-b ased\, international consulting firm focused on research\, evaluation\, an d strategic planning. For nearly 20 years The Improve Group’s consultants have been helping nonprofits measure and demonstrate impact\, which in tur n leads to improved services\, innovation\, and increased support. The Imp rove Group team has worked with hundreds of nonprofits and helped many of them build their internal capacity for designing and carrying out evaluati ons. With a team approach to developing training\, The Improve Group draws on a broad range of on-the-ground experiences\, providing participants ap plicable tips and examples of why and how to conduct evaluations in their organizations. X-WR-RELCALID:75b6e30146867d40c8ebc1bfb6efcae2 X-WR-TIMEZONE:America/Chicago BEGIN:VTIMEZONE TZID:America/Chicago BEGIN:STANDARD TZNAME:CST DTSTART:20191103T020000 TZOFFSETFROM:-0500 TZOFFSETTO:-0600 RDATE:20201101T020000 RDATE:20211107T020000 END:STANDARD BEGIN:DAYLIGHT TZNAME:CDT DTSTART:20200308T020000 TZOFFSETFROM:-0600 TZOFFSETTO:-0500 RDATE:20210314T020000 RDATE:20220313T020000 END:DAYLIGHT END:VTIMEZONE BEGIN:VEVENT UID:80139039-b9ec-4fde-81ce-0036cd99036d DTSTAMP:20260502T204921Z DESCRIPTION:Presenter: Minnesota Council of Nonprofits (MCN)\nCos t: $50 NDANO Members with code and $85 Nonmembers (Login to Members Only Portal for code)\n\nAre you concerned about the quality of evaluation data you are getting? Do you wish you had deeper ins ights from your community and more authentic data? Evaluations frequently suffer from lack of depth around community engagement\, which can limit th e value of the findings. Over the years\, The Improve Group has developed a Community-Responsive Approach that embraces the unique perspectives of a ll stakeholders and community groups through every phase of the evaluation process.\n\nA key assumption in community-responsive evaluation is that p eople hold different kinds of expertise (community\, cultural\, technical\ , issue-specific\, organizational\, etc.) that are all valuable to the eva luation process. This approach helps organizations overcome traditional ba rriers to evaluation\, such as negative experiences with extractive resear ch or distrust from community members. By being responsive to each communi ty’s distinct characteristics and by involving individual community stakeh olders in an evaluation design\, you are more likely to hear authentic exp eriences\, concerns\, and results.\n\nThroughout this training we will div e into the following questions you should consider when conducting evaluat ion within your community.\n\n\nParticipants will walk away with tangible strategies for eng aging their community in evaluation that build on their own knowledge and experiences and are specific to their unique community contexts. \n\nS peaker Information\nThis session will be led by The Improve Group’s ex perts in evaluation capacity building. The Improve Group is a St. Paul-bas ed\, international consulting firm focused on research\, evaluation\, and strategic planning. For nearly 20 years The Improve Group’s consultants ha ve been helping nonprofits measure and demonstrate impact\, which in turn leads to improved services\, innovation\, and increased support. The Impro ve Group team has worked with hundreds of nonprofits and helped many of th em build their internal capacity for designing and carrying out evaluation s. With a team approach to developing training\, The Improve Group draws o n a broad range of on-the-ground experiences\, providing participants appl icable tips and examples of why and how to conduct evaluations in their or ganizations. DTSTART;TZID=America/Chicago:20201014T090000 DTEND;TZID=America/Chicago:20201014T120000 LOCATION:NDANO Partnership Webinar SUMMARY:Engaging Communities in Evaluation: How to Promote Equity and Inclu sion for Meaningful Results END:VEVENT END:VCALENDAR