Facilitating Evaluation

Author : Michael Quinn Patton
Publisher : SAGE Publications
Page : 336 pages
File Size : 43,6 Mb
Release : 2017-10-23
Category : Social Science
ISBN : 9781506347622

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Facilitating Evaluation by Michael Quinn Patton Pdf

Michael Quinn Patton’s Facilitating Evaluation: Principles in Practice is the first book of its kind to explain in depth and detail how to facilitate evaluation processes with stakeholders. Using the author’s own stories of his experiences as an evaluation facilitator, the book illustrates the five evaluation facilitation principles that are the organizing framework for addressing how to work with stakeholders to generate evaluation questions, make decisions among methods, interpret findings, and participate in all aspects of evaluation. Ultimately, this book will help readers perform facilitation to enhance the relevance, credibility, meaningfulness, and utility of evaluations. "A must-read for anyone considering a high-impact evaluation!" –Margaret Lombe, Boston College

Author : Rita Sinorita Fierro,Alissa Schwartz,Dawn Hanson Smart
Publisher : John Wiley & Sons
Page : 128 pages
File Size : 43,8 Mb
Release : 2016-03-28
Category : Political Science
ISBN : 9781119258551

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Evaluation and Facilitation by Rita Sinorita Fierro,Alissa Schwartz,Dawn Hanson Smart Pdf

Join the conversation between evaluation and facilitation. This issue explores the interplay between the two and how one practice can inform the other. The authors represent both the evaluation and facilitation fields, describing underlying concepts that inform their practices, the competencies they seek to develop, the choices they make about facilitation in the work they do, and how they gauge success. This issue brings together topics meant to stimulate the curiosity of evaluators and facilitators and encourage reflection on their work and the skills needed to carry it out. This is the 149th issue in the New Directions for Evaluation series from Jossey-Bass. It is an official publication of the American Evaluation Association.

Author : Michael Quinn Patton
Publisher : Guilford Press
Page : 401 pages
File Size : 53,8 Mb
Release : 2010-06-14
Category : Psychology
ISBN : 9781606238868

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Developmental Evaluation by Michael Quinn Patton Pdf

Developmental evaluation (DE) offers a powerful approach to monitoring and supporting social innovations by working in partnership with program decision makers. In this book, eminent authority Michael Quinn Patton shows how to conduct evaluations within a DE framework. Patton draws on insights about complex dynamic systems, uncertainty, nonlinearity, and emergence. He illustrates how DE can be used for a range of purposes: ongoing program development, adapting effective principles of practice to local contexts, generating innovations and taking them to scale, and facilitating rapid response in crisis situations. Students and practicing evaluators will appreciate the book's extensive case examples and stories, cartoons, clear writing style, "closer look" sidebars, and summary tables. Provided is essential guidance for making evaluations useful, practical, and credible in support of social change.

Author : Teresa del Mundo Bumanglag
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 334 pages
File Size : 53,6 Mb
Release : 1990
Category : Electronic
ISBN : CORNELL:31924058961776

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A Method for Facilitating a Participatory Approach in Designing Evaluations of Training Programs in Rural Development by Teresa del Mundo Bumanglag Pdf

Author : Michael Quinn Patton
Publisher : Guilford Publications
Page : 462 pages
File Size : 49,5 Mb
Release : 2017-09-28
Category : Social Science
ISBN : 9781462531905

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Principles-Focused Evaluation by Michael Quinn Patton Pdf

How can programs and organizations ensure they are adhering to core principles--and assess whether doing so is yielding desired results? From evaluation pioneer Michael Quinn Patton, this book introduces the principles-focused evaluation (P-FE) approach and demonstrates its relevance and application in a range of settings. Patton explains why principles matter for program development and evaluation and how they can serve as a rudder to navigate the uncertainties, turbulence, and emergent challenges of complex dynamic environments. In-depth exemplars illustrate how the unique GUIDE framework is used to determine whether principles provide meaningful guidance (G) and are useful (U), inspiring (I), developmentally adaptable (D), and evaluable (E). User-friendly features include rubrics, a P-FE checklist, firsthand reflections and examples from experienced P-FE practitioners, sidebars and summary tables, and end-of-chapter application exercises. ÿ

Author : Joy A. Cavagnaro
Publisher : John Wiley & Sons
Page : 1064 pages
File Size : 45,6 Mb
Release : 2013-03-07
Category : Medical
ISBN : 9781118679388

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Preclinical Safety Evaluation of Biopharmaceuticals by Joy A. Cavagnaro Pdf

"The goal is to provide a comprehensive reference book for thepreclinicaldiscovery and development scientist whoseresponsibilities span target identification, lead candidateselection, pharmacokinetics, pharmacology, and toxicology, and forregulatory scientists whose responsibilities include the evaluationof novel therapies." —From the Afterword by Anthony D. Dayan Proper preclinical safety evaluation can improve the predictivevalue, lessen the time and cost of launching newbiopharmaceuticals, and speed potentially lifesaving drugs tomarket. This guide covers topics ranging from lead candidateselection to establishing proof of concept and toxicity testing tothe selection of the first human doses. With chapters contributedby experts in their specific areas, Preclinical SafetyEvaluation of Biopharmaceuticals: A Science-Based Approach toFacilitating Clinical Trials: Includes an overview of biopharmaceuticals with information onregulation and methods of production Discusses the principles of ICH S6 and their implementation inthe U.S., Europe, and Japan Covers current practices in preclinical development andincludes a comparison of safety assessments for small moleculeswith those for biopharmaceuticals Addresses all aspects of the preclinical evaluation process,including: the selection of relevant species; safety/toxicityendpoints; specific considerations based upon class; and practicalconsiderations in the design, implementation, and analysis ofbiopharmaceuticals Covers transitioning from preclinical development to clinicaltrials This is a hands-on, straightforward reference for professionalsinvolved in preclinical drug development, including scientists,toxicologists, project managers, consultants, and regulatorypersonnel.

Author : Jeanne L Hites Anderson,Maurine H Pyle
Publisher : Routledge
Page : 556 pages
File Size : 43,7 Mb
Release : 2020-06-03
Category : Social Science
ISBN : 9781000073942

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Making Change by Jeanne L Hites Anderson,Maurine H Pyle Pdf

Every community has issues or opportunities that need to be addressed. The expert knowledge of community members could be the key to creating lasting change. By making community members into facilitators, Making Change: Facilitating Community Action suggests they can guide community members through the process of making change and to help them determine their goals and methods. The aim of this book is to enable facilitators to identify concerns and address, enable and foster change at the local level through effective facilitation. This book follows a six-stage model for creating change. Beginning with issue awareness, it continues through getting to know the team they are working with, seeking information on the issue and community, through facilitating the planning and community development through evaluation. This book focuses on the human side of the change process while also teaching the practical skills necessary for individuals to reach their goal. Making Change is for people interested in making change to improve their community, including students, community activists, local government and educational leaders.

Author : Lawrence R. Frey
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 328 pages
File Size : 55,6 Mb
Release : 2006
Category : Communication in small groups
ISBN : UOM:39015063243375

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Facilitating Group Communication in Context by Lawrence R. Frey Pdf

Author : Michael Quinn Patton,Charmagne E. Campbell-Patton
Publisher : SAGE Publications
Page : 398 pages
File Size : 42,6 Mb
Release : 2021-10-11
Category : Social Science
ISBN : 9781544379470

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Utilization-Focused Evaluation by Michael Quinn Patton,Charmagne E. Campbell-Patton Pdf

The Fifth Edition of the bestselling Utilization-Focused Evaluation provides expert, detailed advice on conducting evaluations that promote effective use of the findings. Chock full of useful pedagogy, this book presents Michael Quinn Patton′s distinctive opinions based on more than forty years of experience, and also the expertise of new co-author Charmagne E. Campbell-Patton. The authors begin by describing the essence of utilization-focused evaluation, and then outline 10 operating principles. They conclude with chapters focused on how evaluation can be used to promote a more thoughtful, equitable, and sustainable world. Richly illustrated with examples, figures, and cartoons, this engaging text shows readers how to design and conduct evaluations that provide useful findings, and which contribute to a more equitable society. A companion website is available to accompany this book.

Author : Lawrence R. Frey
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 326 pages
File Size : 45,6 Mb
Release : 2006
Category : Communication in small groups
ISBN : PSU:000063171839

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Facilitating Group Communication in Context: Facilitating group task and team communication by Lawrence R. Frey Pdf

Author : Michael Quinn Patton
Publisher : SAGE Publications
Page : 489 pages
File Size : 44,6 Mb
Release : 2011-08-22
Category : Social Science
ISBN : 9781483306971

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Essentials of Utilization-Focused Evaluation by Michael Quinn Patton Pdf

Based on Michael Quinn Patton's best-selling Utilization-Focused Evaluation, this briefer book provides an overall framework and essential checklist steps for designing and conducting evaluations that actually get used. The new material and innovative graphics present the utilization-focused evaluation process as a complex adaptive system, incorporating current understandings about systems thinking and complexity concepts. The book integrates theory and practice, is based on both research and professional experience, and offers new case examples and cartoons with Patton's signature humor.

Author : Michael Quinn Patton
Publisher : SAGE Publications, Incorporated
Page : 376 pages
File Size : 51,5 Mb
Release : 1986
Category : Political Science
ISBN : UOM:39015040493556

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Utilization-Focused Evaluation by Michael Quinn Patton Pdf

The second edition of Patton's classic text retains the practical advice, based on empirical observation and evaluation theory, of the original. It shows how to conduct an evaluation, from beginning to end, in a way that will be useful -- and actually used. Patton believes that evaluation epitomizes the challenges of producing and using information in the information age. His latest book includes new stories, new examples, new research findings, and more of Patton's evaluation humour. He adds to the original book's insights and analyses of the changes in evaluation during the past decade, including: the emergence of evaluation as a field of professional practice; articulation of standards for evaluation; a methodological synthesis of the qualitative versus quantitative debate; the tremendous growth of 'in-house' evaluations; and the cross-cultural development of evaluation as a profession. This edition also incorporates the considerable research done on utilization during the last ten years. Patton integrates diverse findings into a coherent framework which includes: articulation of utilization-focused evaluation premises; examination of the stakeholder assumption; and clarification of the meaning of utilization. --Publisher description.

Author : Jean A. King,Laurie Stevahn
Publisher : SAGE Publications
Page : 456 pages
File Size : 41,8 Mb
Release : 2012-04-12
Category : Social Science
ISBN : 9781483313733

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Interactive Evaluation Practice by Jean A. King,Laurie Stevahn Pdf

You've taken your introduction to evaluation course and are about to do your first evaluation project. Where do you begin? Interactive Evaluation Practice: Managing the Interpersonal Dynamics of Program Evaluation helps bridge the gap between the theory of evaluation and its practice, giving students the specific skills they need to use in different evaluation settings. Jean A. King and Laurie Stevahn present readers with three organizing frameworks (derived from social interdependence theory from social psychology, evaluation use research, and the evaluation capacity building literature) for thinking about evaluation practice. These frameworks help readers track the various skills or strategies to use for distinctive evaluation situations. In addition, the authors provide explicit advice about how to solve specific evaluation problems. Numerous examples throughout the text bring interactive practice to life in a variety of settings.

Author : Daniel J. Decker
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 694 pages
File Size : 47,8 Mb
Release : 1986
Category : Agricultural extension work
ISBN : CORNELL:31924050280365

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A Method for Identifying Elements of an Evaluation Assistance/Support Incentives (EASI) Network for Cooperative Extension by Daniel J. Decker Pdf

Author : Anonim
Publisher : Combat Poverty Agency
Page : 116 pages
File Size : 40,6 Mb
Release : 2024-05-01
Category : Electronic
ISBN : 9781905485673

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Developing Facilitation Skills: a handbook for group facilitators (3rd ed) by Anonim Pdf