Full Schedule

7:00 AM – 6:30 PM PST

Registration

8:00 AM – 10:45 AM PST

1017 - Agile Data Management: Empowering Voices Through Automation

Location: B110-112

PD Workshop Presenter: – IJM

Professional Development Workshop

8:00 AM – 10:45 AM PST

1018 - An Evaluation Journey: Seven Stops to a more transformative, equitable, and harm reduction evaluation process

Location: B113-114

PD Workshop Presenter: – At the Corner of Learning & Action

PD Workshop Presenter: – Kallick Consulting

Professional Development Workshop

8:00 AM – 10:45 AM PST

1019 - Applying Equitable Systems Change (ESC) Learning and Evaluation Methods to Support Systems Improvement, Reform, and Transformation

Location: B115-116

PD Workshop Presenter: – NORC at the University of Chicago

Professional Development Workshop

8:00 AM – 10:45 AM PST

1049 - Applying Futures Thinking and Methods to Evaluation

Location: B117-119

PD Workshop Presenter: – ALGardner Consulting

PD Workshop Presenter: – Fine Gauge Strategy

PD Workshop Presenter: – Rhonda Schlangen Consulting, LLC

PD Workshop Presenter: – LEAP Consulting

Professional Development Workshop

8:00 AM – 10:45 AM PST

1021 - Communities of Practice (CoP) to Advance Evaluation Engagement, Participation, Growth and Leadership

Location: C123

PD Workshop Presenter: – Northwestern University

PD Workshop Presenter: – Virginia Tech

Professional Development Workshop

8:00 AM – 10:45 AM PST

1022 - Cost Analysis - How to Do It and How to Use It

Location: C124

PD Workshop Presenter: – Causal Design

Professional Development Workshop

8:00 AM – 10:45 AM PST

1023 - Data Quality Management

Location: C125-126

PD Workshop Presenter: – Michigan State University

Professional Development Workshop

8:00 AM – 10:45 AM PST

1025 - Developing All Types of Evaluation Budgets Using Checklists

Location: G131-132

PD Workshop Presenter: – East Carolina University

Professional Development Workshop

8:00 AM – 10:45 AM PST

1026 - Embodiment as a Qualitative Evaluation Methodology

Location: D135-136

PD Workshop Presenter: – Oklahoma State University

Professional Development Workshop

8:00 AM – 10:45 AM PST

1027 - Empowering next generation evaluators with a step-by-step Terms of Reference checklist: a workshop with practical exercises on how to commission and respond to evaluation proposals.

Location: D137-139

PD Workshop Presenter: – Mercy Corps

PD Workshop Presenter: – Energy4Impact

Presenter: – Mercy Corps

Professional Development Workshop

8:00 AM – 10:45 AM PST

1028 - Empowerment Evaluation (self-assessment to facilitate desired outcomes)

Location: D140

PD Workshop Presenter: – Claremont Graduate University

Professional Development Workshop

8:00 AM – 10:45 AM PST

1029 - Engaging in Systemic Design Thinking for Evaluation: A Basic Toolbox

Location: E141-143

PD Workshop Presenter: – Pathfinder Evaluation and Consulting

PD Workshop Presenter: – Center for Early Education and Development, University of Minnesota

Professional Development Workshop

8:00 AM – 10:45 AM PST

1030 - Engaging with Community Members for Equitable Evaluation: A Hands-On, How-To Workshop

Location: E144

PD Workshop Presenter: – Susan Wolfe and Associates, LLC

PD Workshop Presenter: – Community Evaluation Solutions

Professional Development Workshop

8:00 AM – 10:45 AM PST

1051 - Evaluating Advocacy and Policy Change Initiatives: Concepts, Design Strategies, and Methods

Location: E145-146

PD Workshop Presenter: – TCC Group

PD Workshop Presenter: – ORS Impact

PD Workshop Presenter: – TCC Group

PD Workshop Presenter: – ORS Impact

Professional Development Workshop

8:00 AM – 10:45 AM PST

1031 - Expand your system transformation quest: Two potent tactics based on your worldview

Location: E147-148

PD Workshop Presenter: – InSites

PD Workshop Presenter: – Insight for Action

Professional Development Workshop

8:00 AM – 10:45 AM PST

1032 - Facilitation Matters: Foundational Techniques for Evaluators

Location: F149-150

PD Workshop Presenter: – Center for Research Evaluation, University of Mississippi

Professional Development Workshop

8:00 AM – 10:45 AM PST

1053 - Impact: The Fundamentals No One Taught You (and Every Evaluator Needs to Know)

Location: C120-122

PD Workshop Presenter: – Gargani + Company

Professional Development Workshop

8:00 AM – 10:45 AM PST

1056 - The Interconnectedness of Place and Practice: An Experiential Workshop

Location: G129-130

PD Workshop Presenter: – The Rucks Group

PD Workshop Presenter: – ELE Consulting

PD Workshop Presenter: – Cherokee Nation

Professional Development Workshop

8:00 AM – 10:45 AM PST

1047 - Theory, Practice, and Praxis for Liberatory LGBTQ+ Evaluation

Location: F151-152

PD Workshop Presenter: – Northwestern University

Professional Development Workshop

11:30 AM – 2:15 PM PST

1057 - Career Development in Evaluation Training: Navigating the Evaluation Ecosystem and Building Skills to Grow Your Career

Location: D140

PD Workshop Presenter: – Fraser Health Authority

PD Workshop Presenter: – Center for Research Evaluation

11:30 AM – 2:15 PM PST

1020 - Collaborative Evaluation

Location: C120-122

PD Workshop Presenter: – University of North Carolina

Professional Development Workshop

11:30 AM – 2:15 PM PST

1024 - Design and Conduct Sound Evaluations Using the CIPP Evaluation Model

Location: E144

PD Workshop Presenter: – East Carolina University

Professional Development Workshop

11:30 AM – 2:15 PM PST

1033 - Facilitation Matters: Advanced Techniques for Evaluators

Location: B115-116

PD Workshop Presenter: – Center for Research Evaluation, University of Mississippi

Professional Development Workshop

11:30 AM – 2:15 PM PST

1034 - Facilitation Skills for Evaluators

Location: B110-112

PD Workshop Presenter: – Yale University

Professional Development Workshop

11:30 AM – 2:15 PM PST

1035 - Findings as fuel: Power your organization’s learning with evaluation data

Location: B113-114

PD Workshop Presenter: – Centers for Disease Control and Prevention

PD Workshop Presenter: – University of Illinois at Chicago School of Public Health

Professional Development Workshop

11:30 AM – 2:15 PM PST

1052 - Honoring the Voices of Latine Communities through Culturally Responsive and Equitable Evaluation

Location: B117-119

PD Workshop Presenter: – Tanoma Consulting LLC

Professional Development Workshop

11:30 AM – 2:15 PM PST

1037 - Introduction to Culturally Responsive and Equitable Systems Change Evaluation

Location: C123

PD Workshop Presenter: – NORC at the University of Chicago

Professional Development Workshop

11:30 AM – 2:15 PM PST

1038 - Launching Your Solo Evaluation Practice: Finding Your First Clients as a Freelancer

Location: C124

PD Workshop Presenter: – Higher Ed Insight

Professional Development Workshop

11:30 AM – 2:15 PM PST

1039 - Learning to Love Your Logic Model: Better Planning, Implementation, and Evaluation through Program Roadmaps.

Location: C125-126

PD Workshop Presenter: – Centers for Disease Control and Prevention

Professional Development Workshop

11:30 AM – 2:15 PM PST

1040 - Let’s Slay those adolescent and youth-focused program evaluations! Crucial concepts in planning evaluations and integrating meaningful youth engagement approaches and methods

Location: G129-130

PD Workshop Presenter: – Independent

PD Workshop Presenter: – U of VA-Blacksburg

PD Workshop Presenter: – SenEval - Senegalese Evaluation Association

PD Workshop Presenter: – Louis Gaston University

Professional Development Workshop

11:30 AM – 2:15 PM PST

1041 - Letting the Data Speak: Effectively integrating and synthesizing your data to tell the story

Location: G131-132

PD Workshop Presenter: – EnCompass LLC

PD Workshop Presenter: – Encompass LLC

Professional Development Workshop

11:30 AM – 2:15 PM PST

1042 - PARADISE BY THE DASHBOARD LIGHT: A Crash Course in Power BI

Location: D133-134

PD Workshop Presenter: – Travers Data

Professional Development Workshop

11:30 AM – 2:15 PM PST

1054 - Readiness assessment: Its application in measuring organizational preparedness to implement a new policy or strategy

Location: D135-136

PD Workshop Presenter: – UNICEF

PD Workshop Presenter: – Public Policy Studio

Presenter: – UNICEF

Presenter: – Public Policy Studio

Professional Development Workshop

11:30 AM – 2:15 PM PST

1055 - Scaling Impact: New Ways to Plan, Manage, and Evaluate Scaling

Location: D137-139

PD Workshop Presenter: – Gargani + Company

Professional Development Workshop

11:30 AM – 2:15 PM PST

1043 - Systems Informed Empowerment Evaluation (SIEE): An Integrative, Theory-Based Approach to Adapting Evaluation Practice to Context

Location: F149-150

PD Workshop Presenter: – Northwestern University

Professional Development Workshop

11:30 AM – 2:15 PM PST

1044 - The Future is Now: Some Adjustments in the Classic Logic Model are Needed

Location: E141-143

PD Workshop Presenter: – ROI Institute

Professional Development Workshop

11:30 AM – 2:15 PM PST

1045 - The Path to Inclusive Transformation: Reimagining Theories of Change and Learning to Drive Systems Change

Location: E145-146

PD Workshop Presenter: – EnCompass LLC

Professional Development Workshop

11:30 AM – 2:15 PM PST

1046 - The work starts with us: Shifting and sustaining our daily evaluation practices to be more equitable, transformative, and full of soul

Location: E147-148

PD Workshop Presenter: – Data+Soul Research

Professional Development Workshop

11:30 AM – 2:15 PM PST

1048 - Transformative Mixed Methods Design in Evaluation: Increasing Justice

Location: F151-152

PD Workshop Presenter: – Gallaudet University

Professional Development Workshop

2:30 PM – 4:00 PM PST

Opening Plenary Session

4:15 PM – 5:15 PM PST

Amplifying and Empowering Voices in Evaluation: Applying Equity in Evaluation Practice

Location: Portland Ballroom 253

Presenter: – Invest in Kids

Author: – Invest in Kids

Organizational Learning and Evaluation Capacity Building

4:15 PM – 5:15 PM PST

Amplifying and Empowering Voices through Evaluation Journals

Location: B117-119

Chair: – University of Connecticut

Presenter: – GRAIDE International Development Evaluation Consulting

Presenter: – MEF Associates

Presenter: – Bowman Consulting

Presenter: – Arizona State University

Presenter: – Virginia Tech

Presenter: – University of Castilla-La Mancha

Presenter: – Western Michigan University

Presenter: – Center for Research Evaluation, University of Mississippi

Presenter: – Dorothy A. Johnson Center for Philanthropy

AEA Sponsored Sessions

4:15 PM – 5:15 PM PST

Amplifying and Empowering Voices with Concept Mapping: A Hands-on Workshop

Location: F151-152

PD Workshop Presenter: – Université de Montréal

Presenter: – Polygon Research

Presenter: – Université de Montréal

Mixed Methods Evaluation

4:15 PM – 5:15 PM PST

Arts, Culture, and Museums Multipaper session

4:15 PM – 4:30 PM PST

Evaluation to build power with artists and communities of color

Presenter: – The Center for Cultural Power

Presenter: – The National Employment Law Project & The Center for Cultural Power

Arts, Culture, and Museums

4:30 PM – 4:45 PM PST

A Multiprong Approach to Empowering Students and Educators: Engaging Arts-Integrated Social Studies Program Stakeholders in Program Design and Evaluation

Presenter: – Manhattan Strategy Group

Author: – Manhattan Strategy Group

Presenter: – Young Audiences of Louisiana

Author: – Young Audiences of Louisiana

Arts, Culture, and Museums

4:45 PM – 5:00 PM PST

Incorporating different perspectives in the evaluation of arts program replications

Presenter: – REVA Group

Author: – REVA Group

Arts, Culture, and Museums

5:00 PM – 5:15 PM PST

Fostering the Voices of all Stakeholders: A Qualitative Evaluation of the Implementation of Culturally Sustaining Pedagogy in a Community-Based Informal Learning Site Through the Student Experience

Presenter: – Southern Methodist University

Author: – Southern Methodist University

Author: – WestEd

Arts, Culture, and Museums

4:15 PM – 5:15 PM PST

Asset Mapping for Community Building: A Participatory Dignity-Based Alternative to Needs Assessments

Location: F149-150

Presenter: – UBUNTU Research & Evaluation

Facilitator: – UBUNTU Research & Evaluation

Presenter: – UBUNTU Research & Evaluation

Needs Assessment

4:15 PM – 5:15 PM PST

Broadening STEM Participation Through Inclusive and Equitable Evaluation Practices

Location: D133-134

Presenter: – WestEd

Presenter: – Magnolia Consulting

Presenter: – Magnolia Consulting, LLC

Presenter: – WestEd

STEM Education and Training

4:15 PM – 5:15 PM PST

Concepts to Practice: Life Imitates Art

Location: C120-122

Presenter: – YMCA of San Diego County, Community Support Services

Program Theory and Theory-Driven Evaluation

4:15 PM – 5:15 PM PST

Delivering the Best to the Most for the Least: Evaluating Resources Used (Costs) by, and Monetary and Nonmonetary Outcomes (Effectiveness, Benefits) of Health and Human Services

Location: C123

Presenter: – American University, Washington, DC USA

Author: – American University, Washington, DC USA

Costs, Effectiveness, Benefits, and Economics

4:15 PM – 5:15 PM PST

Design and Analysis of Experiments Multipaper session

4:15 PM – 4:35 PM PST

Estimating Mediation Effects in Experimental Evaluations with Partially Nested Data

Presenter: – University of North Carolina at Charlotte

Author: – University of Cincinnai

Design and Analysis of Experiments

4:35 PM – 4:55 PM PST

Experimental Design and Analysis of Multiple Group Individually-Randomized Group Trials

Author: – Montana State University

Author: – University of Cincinnati

Author: – Florida State University

Author: – University of North Carolina Charlotte

Presenter: – Montana State University

Presenter: – University of Cincinnai

Design and Analysis of Experiments

4:55 PM – 5:15 PM PST

Using Behavioral Nudges to Facilitate Adoption of Lean Tools: Learning from the Voice of the Customer

Presenter: – The U.S. Environmental Protection Agency

Presenter: – Industrial Economics (IEc)

Design and Analysis of Experiments

4:15 PM – 5:15 PM PST

Designing, Implementing, and Evaluating the Resiliency in Communities after Stress and Trauma program: Amplifying and Empowering Youth and Community Voice in the City of Lawrenceville

Location: Portland Ballroom 255

Presenter: – Highland Nonprofit Consulting

Presenter: – Impact46

Presenter: – City of Lawrenceville

Presenter: – Impact46

Program Design

4:15 PM – 5:15 PM PST

Driving Change: How a Systems Evaluation of Labor Programming in Mexico's Automotive Sector Put Local System Actors in the Driver's Seat

Location: B115-116

Facilitator: – DevTech Systesm

Author: – DevTech Systems

Disscussant: – DevTech Systems

Disscussant: – US Department of Labor

Author: – DevTech Systems

Disscussant: – DevTech Systems

Disscussant: – Solidarity Center

Presenter: – DevTech Systems

Systems in Evaluation

4:15 PM – 5:15 PM PST

Engaging Youth as Leaders as DRG & Evaluative Practice: Cross-TIG, Cross-Cultural & MultiLinguistic Lessons Learned in the U.S. and African Contexts to Amplify and Empower Youth Voices in Evaluation

Location: Portland Ballroom 251

Chair: – At the Corner of Learning & Action

Presenter: – African Evaluation Association (AfrEA)

Presenter: – Sengalese Evaluation Association

Presenter: – African Evaluation Association (AfrEA)

Presenter: – Pact

Presenter: – George Washington University and Strategic Research Concepts

Democracy and Governance

4:15 PM – 5:15 PM PST

Ghosts in the evaluation machine: ethics, data protection, meta-evaluation, and evaluation quality in the age of artificial intelligence

Location: E144

Chair: – Western Michigan University

Presenter: – Sambodhi

Presenter: – WSTERN MICHIGAN UNIVERSITY

Presenter: – MERL Tech

Presenter: – Mercy Corps

Integrating Technology into Evaluation

4:15 PM – 5:15 PM PST

How engaging an AI “stakeholder at the table” can help expand and amplify collective knowledge

Location: Portland Ballroom 252

Presenter: – PolicySolve

Integrating Technology into Evaluation

4:15 PM – 5:15 PM PST

Indigenous Visions of Evaluation Use/Influence

Location: Portland Ballroom 256

Facilitator: – Mekinak Consulting

Facilitator: – Syracuse University

Use and Influence of Evaluation

4:15 PM – 5:15 PM PST

Internal Evaluation Multipaper session

4:15 PM – 4:30 PM PST

Building Equity-Mindedness In An Organization

Presenter: – The Friday Institute for Educational Innovation, NC State University

Author: – The Friday Institute for Educational Innovation, NC State University

Presenter: – The Friday Institute for Educational Innovation, NC State

Author: – The Friday Institute for Educational Innovation, NC State

Presenter: – The Friday Institute for Educational Innovation, NC State

Author: – The Friday Institute for Educational Innovation, NC State

Presenter: – The Friday Institute for Educational Innovation, NC State

Author: – The Friday Institute for Educational Innovation, NC State

Internal Evaluation

4:15 PM – 5:15 PM PST

Amplifying the experiences of organisational actors enacting evaluation policy for social equity programmes: Examining the influences of internal evaluation on practice and strategy decision-making

Presenter: – Massachusetts Institute of Technology

Author: – Massachusetts Institute of Technology

Internal Evaluation

4:45 PM – 5:00 PM PST

Evaluating and Amplifying Organizational Practices Supporting Retention, Well-being, and Performance During Difficulty

Presenter: – University of Arizona

Author: – University of Arizona

Internal Evaluation

5:00 PM – 5:15 PM PST

Harmonizing Voices: Building the Organizational Capacity to Advance and Sustain Internal Evaluation Activities

Presenter: – Consultan Strategies, LLC

Presenter: – Beth Israel Lahey Health

Presenter: – University of Minnesota

Internal Evaluation

4:15 PM – 5:15 PM PST

Leadership and Organizational Performance Multipaper session

4:15 PM – 4:30 PM PST

Beyond Traditional Metrics: AI-Enhanced Approaches to Evaluating Leadership Effectiveness

Author: – UNIVERSITY OF THE INCARNATE WORD

Presenter: – UNIVERSITY OF THE INCARNATE WORD

Author: – UNIVERSITY OF THE INCARNATE WORD

Presenter: – UNIVERSITY OF THE INCARNATE WORD

Leadership and Organizational Performance

4:30 PM – 4:45 PM PST

Evaluating Collaborative Groups: Practices and Mindsets that Build Strong Partnerships

Presenter: – Deiger Research and Evaluation Consulting

Author: – Deiger Research and Evaluation Consulting

Leadership and Organizational Performance

4:45 PM – 5:00 PM PST

The Culture that Binds Us: Understanding Leaders’ Needs at a Professional Services Organization

Presenter: – Deloitte

Author: – Deloitte

Presenter: – Deloitte

Author: – Deloitte

Leadership and Organizational Performance

5:00 PM – 5:15 PM PST

Using Logic Model Development as an Organizational Development and Strategy Communications Tool in Changing Landscapes

Presenter: – Deloitte Consulting

Author: – Deloitte Consulting

Presenter: – Deloitte Consulting

Author: – Deloitte Consulting

Presenter: – Deloitte Consulting

Author: – Deloitte Consulting

Leadership and Organizational Performance

4:15 PM – 5:15 PM PST

Meaningful Growth: Staff Engagement and Voice During Change

Location: E145-146

Presenter: – Elevate Consulting, LLC

Presenter: – Sharp Insight, LLC

Presenter: – Elevate Consulting, LLC

Independent Consulting

4:15 PM – 5:15 PM PST

Moving the Needle towards Participant Ownership: Exploring Participatory Practices that Shift Power in Evaluation

Location: D137-139

Presenter: – Innovation Network

Presenter: – Institute for Community Health

Presenter: – Innovation Network

Collaborative, Participatory and Empowerment Evaluation

4:15 PM – 5:15 PM PST

Rubrics to amplify and empower voices around the world: 8 fascinating examples from 10 top rubrics experts

Location: B110-112

Presenter: – Real Evaluation LLC

Author: – Real Evaluation LLC

Presenter: – COMEA Relevant Evaluations

Author: – COMEA Relevant Evaluations

Chair: – COMEA Relevant Evaluations

Presenter: – Pragmatica Limited / Kinnect Group

Author: – Pragmatica Limited / Kinnect Group

Presenter: – Dovetail Consulting Ltd

Author: – Dovetail Consulting Ltd

Presenter: – Kinnect Group

Author: – Kinnect Group

Presenter: – The Knowledge Institute / Kinnect Group

Author: – The Knowledge Institute / Kinnect Group

Presenter: – Kellie Spee Consultancy

Author: – Kellie Spee Consultancy

Author: – Julian King & Associates Limited

Author: – FEM 2006 Ltd

Presenter: – Madeline Brandt Consulting

Author: – Madeline Brandt Consulting

Author: – Leonard Research and Evaluation, LLC

Theories of Evaluation

4:15 PM – 5:15 PM PST

Rural Health Impacts: Leveraging the TSBM Model to Capture Larger Research Consortium Trends

Location: D135-136

Presenter: – University of Kansas Medical Center

Author: – University of Kansas Medical Center

Presenter: – Penn State University

Author: – Penn State University

Presenter: – University of New Mexico

Author: – University of New Mexico

Presenter: – University of Iowa

Author: – University of Iowa

Presenter: – University of Kentucky

Author: – University of Kentucky

Presenter: – University of Arkansas for Medical Sciences

Author: – University of Arkansas for Medical Sciences

Presenter: – Dartmouth College

Author: – Dartmouth College

Author: – Utah CTSI

Cluster, Multi-site and Multi-level Evaluations

4:15 PM – 5:15 PM PST

Shifting Power, Lifting Perspectives: Incorporating Youth Voice into Participatory Learning

Location: Portland Ballroom 254

Presenter: – The L.E.A.D. Agency LLC

Facilitator: – Engage R+D

Presenter:

Presenter: – James Irvine Foundation

Nonprofit and Foundations

4:15 PM – 5:15 PM PST

Statistical Mediation and Moderation in Program evaluation: two key principles that evaluators should use when evaluating their programs.

Location: B113-114

Presenter: – Aurora Research Institute

Author: – Aurora Research Institute

Quantitative Methods: Theory and Design

4:15 PM – 5:15 PM PST

Tuning Out the Chatter: Experiences Learning Which Voices to Amplify in Program Evaluation

Location: G131-132

Presenter: – Pacific Research and Evaluation

Qualitative Methods

4:15 PM – 5:15 PM PST

Voices and Visions: Empowering Young African Evaluators in Challenging Dominant Status Quo Evaluation Approaches by Applying Indigenous Evaluation Practices

Location: E141-143

Presenter: – University of Illinois

Author: – University of Illinois

Presenter: – University of Illinois

Author: – University of Illinois

Presenter: – Virginiea Tech

Author: – Virginiea Tech

Disscussant: – American University

Chair: – University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign

International and Cross Cultural Evaluation

4:15 PM – 5:15 PM PST

Walking Alongside: A Reflective Conversation about an Evaluation Capacity Network Journey towards Decolonization

Location: C124

Presenter: – Community-University Partnership, School of Public Health, University of Alberta

Presenter: – Queen's University

Presenter: – Proactive Information Services Inc

Author: – Evaluation Capacity Network

Author: – Faculty of Education - Educational Psychology Dept

Author: – University of Alberta, Evaluation Capacity Network

Author: – Evaluation Capacity Network, School of Public Health University of Alberta

Author: – Evaluation Capacity Network, Community-University Partnership (CUP) School of Public Health, University of Alberta

Presenter: – Queen's University

Presenter: – University of Alberta, Evaluation Capacity Network

Presenter: – University of Alberta

Organizational Learning and Evaluation Capacity Building

5:30 PM – 7:00 PM PST

Meet the Authors Reception

5:30 PM – 7:00 PM PST

Poster Reception #1

5:30 PM – 7:00 PM PST

Assessing the Training Needs of Medical Assistants to Support Health Care Providers in Addressing Substance Use in Pregnant and Post-Partum Patients

Presenter: – University of Nevada, Reno, CASAT

Author: – University of Nevada, Reno School of Public Health

Author: – University of Nevada, Reno, CASAT

Behavioral Health