« Evaluation is an important, but sometimes overlooked, part of our work in communities. Surveys, stories, art-based activities, and statistics are just some of the powerful evaluation tools we can use to measure the impacts of what we do. Used correctly, they demonstrate the benefits of our work to our communities, funders, and donors and help us better shape our programs into the future.

In this interactive workshop we will examine the process of evaluation, connecting it directly to the visions and goals of our own programs, and explore creative strategies and tools for collecting the right data and sharing it with others.

Workshop participants will look into different ways of measuring the impacts and successes of their own programs and try out some evaluation and presentation techniques.

To maximize the usefulness of this workshop, we highly encourage all participants to come prepared with a real project and its objectives in mind that they want to evaluate.

Date: Tuesday, July 22 2014
Registration and Food: 5:30pm
Workshop Start Time: 6:00pm SHARP!
Location: West Side Arts Hub, 1785 Finch Ave W

FACILITATORS:
Margo Charlton
Fiona Scott
Irfan Ali

This workshop is part of the larger GOAL (Grassroots Organizing and Leadership) Youth Workshop Series being organized by a collaborative group made up of youth organizations and funders. A certificate will be provided to participants who attend 5 or more workshops in the series. For more information, contact irfan@artreachtoronto.ca or visit the Eventbrite page for this workshop.

The GOAL Youth Workshop Series is presented by ArtReach Toronto in partnership with Grassroots Youth Collaborative, City of Toronto, For Youth Initiative, and Toronto Community Foundation. We would also like to acknowledge our funding partners, the Ontario Trillium Foundation and the Laidlaw Foundation, without whose support this project would not be possible. »

-submitted by ArtReach Toronto
Read ArtReach Toronto’s profile in ArtBridges’ Community-Engaged Arts Directory & Map