About the Presentation: Collaborative Evaluation Dr. Rita O’Sullivan will introduce collaborative evaluation as an approach in the context of other evaluation options and then contrast it with other stakeholder-based approaches (i.e., Empowerment, Participatory, and Utilization-Focused).  She will share specific collaborative evaluation strategies and then using an example show how collaborative evaluation can promote capacity building.…

The Research Triangle Park Evaluators’ (RTPE) next meeting will be held on Friday, November 20, 2015 at The Frontier (800 Park Offices Drive, Durham, NC 27703) beginning at 11 am. Meeting Agenda: 11:00am – 11:10am         Announcements and Introduction 11:10am – 12:00pm        Evaluation Capacity Building: Lessons Learned 12:00pm – 1:00pm          Optional networking lunch (snacks…

The Research Triangle Park Evaluators’ (RTPE) next meeting will be held on Friday, February 19, 2016 at The Frontier (800 Park Offices Drive, Durham, NC 27703) beginning at 11 am. Meeting Agenda: 11:00am – 11:10am Announcements and Introduction 11:10am – 12:00pm Engaging non-traditional stakeholders in an evaluation of a community-based teen pregnancy prevention program 12:00pm…

Designing research and evaluation dissemination is about more than making things look pretty. Ultimately, we report and present our information to teach our audience, to get our content firmly planted in their knowledge base, to help them act and make decisions. In this workshop, participants learned the science behind presenting data effectively with direct, pointed…

Meeting Agenda: 11:00am – 11:10am Announcements and Introduction 11:10am – 12:00pm Panel, “Engaging Stakeholders and Promoting Evaluation Use” 12:00pm – 1:00pm Optional networking lunch (snacks and drinks provided; bring your lunch or purchase from the Food Truck Rodeo) About the Presentation: Come learn from a panel of your peers (and their stakeholders!) during a moderated…

The Research Triangle Park Evaluators’ (RTPE) next meeting will be held on Friday, November 18, 2016 at The Frontier (800 Park Offices Drive, Durham, NC 27703, http://www.rtp.org/about-us/the-frontier/about-us/) beginning at 11 am. We will be a large group this month, as we will have 20 students joining us from Greg Cizek's Program Evaluation class at UNC.…

You shared your feedback and we listened! In our most recent meetings and in the annual needs assessment survey, members shared an interest in learning from each other in more interactive ways AND in having more time to network. As the result, we are trying something new for our next RTPE meeting and we hope…

RTPE is thrilled to announce that our June May workshop will focus on strategies that can be used to facilitate intentional group learning, and led by Hallie Preskill. In this hands-on session we will experience and learn how to use strategies such as data placemats, chalk talks, and gradients of agreement from FSG's new guide. In recent…

Want to improve your report design? Or get outside of your comfort zone and build some kind of new-fangled, social media friendly, engaging, visual, or interactive report? But you don't have a lot of time or money to make this happen. Join us for our quarterly meeting as Chris Lysy walks us through a set…

Where: Solterra Co-housing Community Gathering Place – The Common House (Solterra Way, Durham, NC 27705, http://www.solterra.net/, click here for directions to Solterra. See below for directions to the Common House.) Meeting Agenda: 11:00 am – 11:10 am Announcements and Introduction, with lunch provided. Greet attendees, receive and share professional updates, and assemble your lunch. Lunch will be provided. 11:10 am…

RTPE Meeting Friday, August 17 – Applying Equity Perspectives in Practice: Community Reflections (Part 2) Where:  The Fusion room at the Frontier, RTP (800 Park Offices Drive, Durham, NC 27703, http://www.rtp.org/about-us/the-frontier/about-us/) Meeting Agenda: 11:00 am – 11:20 am Announcements and Introduction, with lunch provided. Greet attendees, receive member updates, share professional development resources, and assemble your…

RTPE Meeting: Friday, Nov. 16, 11:30am-1:30pm  Applying Equity Perspectives in Practice: Integrating Perspectives from our Non-Profit Community  As part of this year’s equity focus, we had considered the value of also addressing equity perspectives/challenges from a program lens. Delving more deeply into our partners’/clients’ perspectives and challenges can allow us to understand our own equity focus within…