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aes19 International Evaluation Conference

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Liam Downing

NSW Department of Education
Evaluation Capacity Building Lead
Orange, New South Wales

https://education.nsw.gov.au/teaching-and-learning/professional-learning/evaluation-resource-hub

My Friends

9:00am AEST

Opening plenary: Welcome to Country, followed by Tracy Westerman "Without measurability there is no accountability. Why we are failing to gather evidence of what works" Pyrmont TheatreUncle Charles (Chicka) Madden • Tracy Westerman

11:00am AEST

Logic is the beginning of wisdom, not the end of it C2.5Squirrel Main • Caroline Anderson • Alice Knight

11:30am AEST

Evaluating creatively: Capturing the diverse voices of children and young people involved in early intervention programs C2.2Eleanor Williams • Kylie Evans-Locke

12:00pm AEST

The Consolations of Evaluation Theory C2.5Squirrel Main • Brad Astbury • Andrew Hawkins

1:30pm AEST

What the arts can teach evaluators C2.3Josephine Norman • Gerard Atkinson Logic and Creative Evaluation that Embraces our Young People - Measuring Personal Growth, Aspirations, Dreams and Commitment? C2.1James Smith • Evita Puruntatameri • Sophia Tipuamatumirri • Bronwyn Rossingh • Moya Perry

2:35pm AEST

So, you're an evaluation consultant - what's that? C2.4Matt Healey • Vanessa Hood

2:40pm AEST

Using a template to collect interview notes for rapid upload and autocoding in NVivo C2.4Matt Healey • Carolyn Hooper

2:45pm AEST

"You seriously need to play more - Let's go! (Participatory design and facilitation with Lego Serious Play)" C2.4Matt Healey • Kahiwa Sebire

3:30pm AEST

The evaluation box needs more pictures: A multidisciplinary approach to reducing words and numbers for evaluation capacity building (ECB) C2.3Margaret Moon • Samantha Abbato • Margi MacGregor Finding your voice: sharing your knowledge and elevating evaluation through social media, blogging and the Evaluation Journal of Australasia C2.1Greg Masters • Liz Gould • Carol Quadrelli • Bronwyn Rossingh • Jade Maloney • Eunice Sotelo Maximising Effectiveness of "Evaluation to Policy Making " Process C2.2Leanne Kelly • Rini Mowson Innovation in government program evaluation C2.5Sean Chung • Katherine Barnes • Angelina Bruno

4:00pm AEST

Making the numbers count: Being evaluation ready for administrative data analysis C2.3Margaret Moon • Fiona Christian • David Wakelin How can implementation quality be evaluated? An example from a pilot initiative in Victorian child and family services. C2.2Leanne Kelly • Dr Jessica Hateley-Browne

4:30pm AEST

Plenary 2: David Fetterman "Empowerment Evaluation: a powerful stakeholder involvement approach fit for the times" Pyrmont TheatreDavid Fetterman

5:30pm AEST

Australian Evaluation Society 2019 AGM & 2019-2022 Strategy launch Pyrmont TheatreJohn Stoney

9:00am AEST

Plenary 3: What’s beyond the box of program evaluation and what does this mean for us? Pyrmont TheatreEmily Verstege • Jacqueline (Jax) Wechsler • Jenny Riley • Jess Dart • Kate McKegg • Adrian Field

11:00am AEST

The challenges of establishing and growing an internal evaluation unit: Experiences from two large state government departments C2.6Florent Gomez • Eleanor Williams • Josephine Norman • Amanda Reeves

12:00pm AEST

Internal Evaluation Capacity Building: Unpacking what works in a (very) large government department C2.6Florent Gomez • Liam Downing • Rydr Tracy

11:30am AEST

A fundamental choice: Internal or external evaluation capacity building? Or a bit of both? C2.1Kerrie Ikin • Vanessa Hood • Liam Downing

1:40pm AEST

A live unboxing: The evaluation capacity building role C2.6Duncan Rintoul • Liam Downing