A two part training on
PROGRAM EVALUATION:  Fear, Foundations, and Moving Forward 

When: Session 1 April 6^th - 9:30 a.m. - 12:30 p.m.
             Session 2 May 4^th - 9:30 a.m. - 12:30 p.m.

Target Audience:  Nonprofit leaders who are less familiar and/or uncomfortable with program evaluation (e.g., have never completed a program evaluation, don’t have confidence in the evaluations being conducted, are nervous about research).

Capacity: 25 participants

What: The Program Evaluation training is a two-part workshop designed to demystify program evaluation: what it is, why it’s important, how to plan and prepare for it, and how to develop instruments that capture the information you want.  Attention will be paid to the fears, concerns, and anxieties nonprofit leaders may have regarding program evaluation, and how these feelings get in the way of performing successful evaluations. Additionally, the focus of the training is to teach the skills and information necessary for nonprofit leaders to bring program evaluation ‘in house’ as both a cost-effective and social justice philosophy.

Why:  Program evaluation is an important but often forgotten and left out part of organizations. Program evaluation provides the information that lets organizations know whether they are doing what they set out to do. Without such information, organizations may continue to provide programs, services, and activities that are ineffective, inappropriate, and outdated as communities and constituents change. Furthermore, in this ever-increasing climate of economic squeezing, program evaluation becomes even more important as funders are becoming more selective in whom they choose to fund, using evaluation outcomes as criteria for making such funding determinations. While large nonprofits may have the resources (e.g., financial, staff) to pay outside consultants to conduct program evaluations for them, many nonprofits require other, more cost-effective ways to produce program evaluations. This training is designed to help and support nonprofit leaders in their efforts to conduct their own program evaluations:  starting small, starting where they are, and building from there. 

Attendees will gain knowledge and skills in the following areas:   

·        How feelings and thoughts about program evaluation impact the evaluation process

·        Definition of program evaluation

·        Different types of program evaluations

·        Why program evaluation is important

·        Planning a program evaluation

·        How to bring program evaluation ‘in house’ while still keeping it ‘unbiased’ 

·        Methodology for conducting a program evaluation

·        Data collection methods

·        Data analysis methods

·        Opportunity to create and analyze a real-time survey

·        Report writing for program evaluation

PUBLIC TRANSPORTATION - Civic Center BART or any bus line that lets you off near 9th and Market. Walk to Fox Plaza Building.  DCYF - 9th floor.
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PARKING - NEW spot! New Price - 1 Polk Street @ Market (across the street fron DCYF) $1 for each 20 minutes or $10 for the whole day. Remember Polk street is one way. 

HOSPITALITY – COFFEE & PASTERIES WILL BE PROVIDED.

About this trainer:  Darlene A. Hall, Ph.D.
Darlene is the fourth of five children raised by a single mother in a low-income predominantly Black neighborhood in Sacramento, CA who attended (or was bused to) predominantly white middle-class schools beginning in kindergarten and formally came out as a lesbian at 20. Her long college career started in 1983 at a community college and finished at a professional school in 1997 where she earned a doctoral degree in Clinical Psychology. In between these years, her love of community research (taking research out of the realm of academics and bringing it to the people) began during her undergraduate studies, resulting in her earning a graduate degree in Research Psychology from San Francisco State University. For over 20 years, Darlene has provided clinical services (direct service and senior management) to diverse, economically-disenfranchised children, youth, families, and adults of color, including gays and lesbians, in nonprofit, community mental health, and private practice settings. Other work experience includes Program Officer level grantmaking in philanthropy for both a family and community foundation in youth development, gay/lesbian, community development, families, hunger/homelessness, and community health; teaching at the graduate level; and providing numerous trainings and presentations in mental health, power/privilege, ethics, youth development, fundraising, and sports/athletics. She is the graduate of the National Community Development Institute’s Professional Development for Consultants leadership program focused on training participants to provide culturally-based capacity building for social change with nonprofit organizations.

Darlene is the owner of Intersections Consulting, providing consulting, training, coaching, technical assistance, and facilitation services in organizational development and capacity building, leadership and staff development, program planning, nonprofit research (e.g., program evaluation, needs assessments, feasibility studies), and power and privilege issues for multiple sectors and fields (e.g., mental health, youth development, social services, social justice, sports/athletics, philanthropy, government). She has served on the advisory boards of Homies Organizing the Mission to Empower Youth and the National Center for Lesbian Rights’ Sports Project. Currently, she actively volunteers with various community-based organizations/activities, including with the Starlings Volleyball Club. Always striving for inner peace and balance, she plays sports, reads, writes creatively, watches Star Trek, attend musicals, plays Taiko (Japanese drums), spends time with family and friends, and does everything she can to maintain her integrity.