No one wants to participate in more surveys and Zoom interviews! Add 4 creative tools to your #evaluation toolbox with this beginner #arts-based methods course for evaluators. No artistic skill required. #Eval2023
I learned how to engage in an eval/arts technique called photo elicitation from @and_implement. One component is to avoid interpreting the art yourself and that “the wisdom sits with the artist.” Basically, listen while you allow the *creator* of the art to interpret it. 🖼️🙌
AEA’s upcoming eStudy, “Using Photography and Poetry for Data Collection in Evaluation: An introduction to Arts-Based Methods,” starts next week! Register now to hear more about photography and poetry in evaluation. pathlms.com/aea/courses/4708…#evaluation
Upcoming eStudy: “Using Photography and Poetry for Data Collection in Evaluation: An introduction to Arts-Based Methods,” starting on Dec. 1. In this eStudy, we explore strategies for using photography and poetry in evaluation. Register here: pathlms.com/aea/courses/4708…#evaluation
ALT Using poetry & photography for data collection in evaluation: an introduction to arts-based methods
With facilitators Jennica Nichols and Maya Lefkowich from AND implementation.
December 1 & 8 at 12:00-1:30 pm ET.
Learn how to:
• build theoretical & practical understanding of arts methods
• identify appropriate strategies across diverse contexts
• overcome barriers to integrating arts into evaluation
Link: https://bit.ly/3UNHhYz
Images: a camera and a quill in ink
ALT Bisexual flag (pink, purple, and blue horizontal stripes) background with white text and our team's logo at the bottom. Text reads: Happy Bisexuality Awareness Week from the Re:Searching for 2SLGBTQ Health team!
Have you heard of arts-based methods for evaluation? ORS staff recently completed a 3-part professional development series with @and_implement to help our team approach evaluation and social justice more creatively.
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ALT Collage as part of ORS team's arts-based evaluation series with AND implementation
What is activity-based evaluation? And why do we use it to evaluate our projects? Read more about it in our latest blog written by Noyonika Gupta: nalandaway.org/what-is-activ…
Even if you can’t draw, you can use drawing as a data collection tool in your evaluation (see my attempt as a horse below 👇 as proof). Curious how? Learn about how we’ve done it here: bit.ly/3bkGSf2. #evaluation#drawing#datacollection
ALT Text: drawing can enhance program evaluation by 1) making sense of things that are hard to name, 2) addressing power dynamics, 3) facilitating honest discussion
ALT Text: drawing does not require participants to have any artistic skill. Terrible drawings make fabulous evaluation data!
ALT Text: drawing is silly, but not fluffy. This method requires a skilled facilitator with strong interview skills and active imagination.
My word social media is humbling. 2 hours to upload a video because my phone settings changed, everything looked different, and I couldn’t find the right button.
To whoever else is having a hard go of things today, you’re not alone!