Friend to Groucho Marx:

“Life is difficult!”

Marx to Friend:

“Compared to what?”

Program Evaluation in Workshops & Trainings

Angie Becker Kudelka, BWSR

Clean Water Summit - 2013

Is evaluation really

possible for

1- time

workshops &

trainings?

An appraisal or assessment used to determine merit or significance of something (a program; a process, etc.)

To be accountable (e.g. required by a funder)

To measure success and/or results

For program improvement

What makes evaluating workshops and trainings difficult?

On a scale of 1 to 5…

How much did you like….

How satisfied were you….

How did the presenters do….

Please rate the food… facilities…. location

“Everything that can be counted does not

necessarily count; Everything that counts

cannot necessarily be counted”

Albert Einstein

To provide high quality training for local

government staff that maintains and improves the

delivery of conservation work and meets the shared

expectations of BWSR and local resource

management boards.

To provide a systematic training framework

To be practical for LGUs to apply on the job

To be cost-effective for LGUs to attend

To increase LGU competency in delivering BWSR programs

To use hands-on learning to illustrate content

To promote peer-to-peer learning

What do you need to know? What do you want to know? How will you use it? How well do you know your audience? What level of effort does this take? What are your goals for the workshop or

training?

Easiest to Collect – tells us what we did. Records:

Activities

Participation

Easiest to Collect – tells us what we did. Records:

Activities

Participation

Learning: changes in awareness; increase in knowledge Application: changes in behavior; using new skills Results: changes in the business; on the landscape;

impacts to water

Pre-post Questions BEFORE and then AFTER workshop AFTER-AFTER workshop

Quiz Test specific knowledge pieces Self Assessment Ask “What did you learn?”

71 hrs of unique training content (39 sessions)

3,700 contact training hours

356 attendees (274 LGU)

3,200 hrs Staff planning/delivery hours

86% said they met personal goals

95% said Academy met training needs