Ready, Set, Evaluate: Assess your Organization’s Readiness for Program Evaluation

Description

Evaluations can be instrumental in demonstrating the effectiveness of your program, fulfilling funding requirements, and improving outcomes for your clients, or a waste of time and resources when organizations are ill-prepared to engage in the process or use the results.

Objectives: 

• Learn about 5 key areas to assess your organization’s readiness for program evaluation
• Understand the different types of evaluation and considerations for choosing each
• Assess whether their organization is well-positioned to start an evaluation
• Assess if work is needed prior to an evaluation to increase likelihood of success

Offered by our partners at Montana Nonprofit Association.

About the Presenter: Lily Sussman (she/her) is the owner and director of LAS Visions LLC. She specializes in supporting organizations to develop practical and effective data and evaluation strategies that quantify their work, demonstrate their impact, and raise awareness and funding. She has 15 years of experience working in education, public health and with nonprofits. Lily holds a Masters of Science in Public Health from Johns Hopkins University and a Masters of Arts in Teaching from National Louis University. Her former titles include Director of Evaluation and Learning, Epidemiologist, and Special Education Teacher.  She’s involved in her community as a board member of Earth Within Girls, a Master Gardener, and a Program Co-Chair for American Evaluation Association’s Independent Consulting Group.