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Pre-Conference Workshops

The AES 2011 Program Committee is pleased to announce an exciting range of Pre Conference workshops to be held on Monday 29th and Tuesday 30th August at the Hilton Sydney.

These half and full-day workshops cover many hot topics in evaluation and have been selected to meet the learning needs of beginners through to experienced evaluators.

These workshops are not included in the Registration fee. If you wish to attend any Pre-Conference workshops, please register here. All full-day workshop registrations include morning and afternoon tea and lunch and the half-day workshops include morning or afternoon tea.

Fees

	Member	Non Member
Monday/Tuesday half day Workshop	A$220	A$363
Monday/Tuesday full day Workshop	A$410	A$553
Monday and Tuesday 2 full day Workshop, or 4 half day Workshop, or 1 full day Workshop and 2 half day Workshops	A$630	A$890

Don’t miss out!

Space is limited so choose the Pre Conference Workshop(s) you want to attend and register quickly to avoid disappointment!

Click each Workshop title to learn more about the subject and the author.

Monday 29th August 2011

	Duration	Level
Managing the Political Context of Evaluation Facilitator: Anne Markiewicz Time: 9:00 AM - 5:00 PM	Full Day	Beginner to intermediate levels
A Beginner's Guide to Evaluation Facilitator: Paul Chesterton Time: 9:00 AM - 5:00 PM	Full Day	Beginner level
Logic Models as a Platform for Program Evaluation Planning, Implementation, and Use of Findings Facilitator: Goldie MacDonald Time: 9:00 AM – 12.30 PM	Half Day – FULL	Beginner to Intermediate levels
Effective Use of Workshops and Interviews to Develop a Program Theory Facilitator: Sue Funnell Time: 13:30 PM - 17:00 PM	Half Day – FULL	Intermediate level
Learn Conversational Statistics: Making Evaluation More Influential by Learning How to Reason, Think and Speak the Language of Statistics Facilitator: Samantha Abbato Time: 9:00 AM - 5:00 PM	Full Day	All levels
Participation: A Vital Ingredient for Meaningful Evaluation Facilitator: Ian Patrick and Tracey Delaney Time: 9:00 AM - 5:00 PM	Full Day	Intermediate level
Program Theory for Designing and Evaluating Aid Programs and Strategies Facilitator: Jessica Dart Time: 9:00 AM - 5:00 PM	Full Day	Beginner to intermediate levels
Group Techniques for Building Consensus Facilitator: Rosalind Hurworth Time: 9:00 AM - 5:00 PM	Full Day	All levels

Tuesday 30th August 2011

	Duration	Level
Developing Monitoring and Evaluation Frameworks Facilitator: Anne Markiewicz Time: 9:00 AM - 5:00 PM	Full Day – FULL	Intermediate level
User Friendly and Inclusive - Practical Tools for Data Collection in Community Level Evaluations Facilitator: John Donnelly Time: 9:00 PM - 12:30 PM	Half Day	All levels
Capacity Building Within Research and Evaluation From the Indigenous World View Facilitator: Aliitasi Su’a Tavila Time: 13:30 PM - 5:00 PM	Half Day	All levels
Understanding the Most Significant Change Technique (MSC) Facilitator: Tracey Delaney Time: 9:00 AM - 5:00 PM	Full Day	All levels
Systems Thinking for Evaluation Practice Facilitator: Janice Noga Time: 9:00 AM - 5:00 PM	Full Day	Intermediate to advanced levels
Assessing the Impact of Research and Evaluation Studies - What, Why, When and How! Facilitator: Sandra Nutley Time: 9:00 AM - 12:30 PM	Half Day – FULL	Intermediate to advanced levels
Eliciting Meaning: Using Projective Techniques in Social Research Facilitator: David Roberts Time: 13:30 PM - 17:00 PM	Half Day	Beginner to intermediate levels
Improving Evaluation Practice Using New Technologies Facilitator: Stewart Donaldson and Tarek Azzam Time: 9:00 AM - 5:00 PM	Full Day	Intermediate/Advanced
Actionable Evaluation Tools and Methodologies Facilitator: Jane Davidson Time: 9:00 AM - 5:00 PM	Full Day – FULL	Beginner to intermediate levels

***Please note that if the workshop does not reach a minimum of 5 participants, it will be cancelled and you will be invited to select another workshop or get a refund.