Evaluation Strategies for Communicating and Reporting: Enhancing Learning in OrganizationsEvaluation Strategies for Communicating and Reporting has been thoroughly revised and updated creating 75% new material and 34 new case examples. The Second Edition provides worksheets and instructions for creating a detailed communicating and reporting plan based on audience needs and characteristics. Authors Rosalie T. Torres, Hallie Preskill, and Mary E. Piontek cover advances in technology including Web site communications, Web and videoconferencing, and Internet chat rooms. Also mentioned are several additional topics for consideration, including communicating and reporting for diverse audiences and for multi-site evaluations. |
Contents
Introduction 134569 | 1 |
Understanding and Planning for Effective | 11 |
1 Timing and Specific Purposes | 14 |
2 Strategies to Facilitate Learning According | 22 |
16 | 39 |
1 | 41 |
1 | 52 |
Communicating and Reporting Strategies to Facilitate Learning | 57 |
Case Example 4 11 Web Conferencing | 211 |
Case Example 4 13 Saving the Day With Planned Debriefs | 217 |
Case Example 5 1 Influence of Photography on Evaluator Perspective | 224 |
1 | 232 |
Creative Forms of Communicating and Reporting | 239 |
3 | 242 |
Reflections | 246 |
Case Example 5 7 Using ResearchBased Dramatic | 252 |
Case Examples | 64 |
Short Written Communications | 72 |
13 Example of Email in Flyer Format | 75 |
15 Example of Email Used to Communicate Appreciation Location | 77 |
21 | 91 |
22 | 98 |
24 | 107 |
Case Example 3 1 | 110 |
27 | 114 |
Newsletters Bulletins Briefs and Brochures | 120 |
Case Example 3 8 | 122 |
Evaluation Products Page for a Single Project | 141 |
31 Example of Web Page Displaying Evaluation Findings | 147 |
Case Example 4 1 | 150 |
Communicating and Reporting Strategies to Maximize Learning | 151 |
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4 | 191 |
Case Example 4 9 Teleconference FollowUp to a National Meeting | 203 |
Case Example 5 10 A Dramatic Piece on the Experiences | 259 |
Additional Considerations for Communicating and Reporting | 263 |
Case Example 6 1 Communicating | 266 |
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Case Example 6 5 Making Quantitative Findings Accessible | 272 |
Stakeholders Process Evaluation Findings | 278 |
Case Example 6 7 Integrating Quantitative and Qualitative | 283 |
4 | 289 |
Case Example 6 9 Developing Recommendations Collaboratively | 293 |
Case Example 6 10 A Collaborative Approach to Cluster Evaluation | 299 |
Issues and Opportunities for Evaluation Practice | 303 |
Key Terms | 315 |
Summary of Chapter 4 | 329 |
Summary of Chapter 5 | 343 |
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About the Authors | 365 |
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