ONLINE SELF-PACED COURSE

Powerful Evidence:

Evaluation for Non-Evaluators

As leaders and changemakers within nonprofits, communities, and social initiatives, you carry the immense responsibility of not only leading positive change but also measuring, articulating, and showcasing the impact of your endeavors.

But like many before you, you might find yourself asking: How can we improve our efforts and measure the true extent of our work? Our online course can show you how.

Are you stuck in an evaluation rut?

The world of evaluation and data can be overwhelming, intimidating, and hard to navigate. But it doesn’t have to be.

That's where our online self-paced course can help. Through our self-guided online course, you will learn practical insights and strategies to collect, analyze, interpret, and share evidence in ways that demonstrate your organization's impact and inform strategic decision-making.

Whether you're taking your first steps into evaluation or seeking to hone your existing strategy, this course offers both the map and the milestones you need to confidently chart your impact.

  • Decipher the language of data analysis to glean valuable insights that support your strategic decisions.

  • Navigate through the essentials of data collection, learning to recognize which metrics matter most to your mission.

  • Implement robust tools and methods that streamline your processes and align your team toward common evaluative goals.

  • Weave compelling stories from the evidence at hand, fostering connections with your audience, and securing the support you need to thrive.

What’s included:

  • 7 Modules + 1 Bonus Module

  • 5+ Hours of Guided Video Content

  • 80+ Page Workbook

Who this online course is for:

  • Nonprofits

  • Community Leaders

  • Coalition Leaders

  • Anyone who wants to learn how to do evaluation more effectively

What you’ll learn:

By the end of this experience, you will lean

The Fundamentals of Evaluation:

Understand the crucial role data plays in community and nonprofit work, laying a foundation for all your future evaluation endeavors.

Custom Evaluation Plan Design:

Learn how to design robust evaluation plans that you can use to collect and interpret data.

Data Collection Best Practices:

Gain proficiency in the different types of data, how to collect it, and make meaning from it.

Data Analysis:

Master the skill of analyzing the data your organization collects.

Data Storytelling:

Learn how to weave results into compelling narratives that move, persuade, and inspire stakeholders.

Stakeholder Engagement:

Explore best practices for involving stakeholders, fostering an inclusive environment where every voice adds value to your evidence narrative.

Meet the Course Instructor

  • Dr. Ann Price

    Dr. Ann Price is a Community Psychologist and evaluator and is President of Community Evaluation Solutions, Inc. a consulting firm she founded in 2004. Much of Ann’s work is with community coalitions and nonprofits with a focus on systems change.

    Ann and her team conduct evaluations in many areas including community coalitions, mental health, youth substance abuse prevention, youth development, foster care advocacy, disability advocacy, education, nutrition, and public health. Ann is an active member of the American Evaluation Association (AEA) and the Atlanta Affiliate of AEA. She conducts workshops and training throughout the country on coalition development, coalition evaluation, community engagement, and evaluation capacity. She is a regular presenter at the national conferences including the American Evaluation Association Conference. Ann is known for making the evaluation process easy to understand and uses a participatory approach to build clients’ confidence and capacity.

    Her work is published in several peer-reviewed journals on topics related to coalitions as a mechanism for social change, success stories, prevention, and evaluation. Her book with co- author Dr. Susan Wolfe, Community Consulting: A Practical Guide to Collaborating with Communities was published in March 2023 by Cambridge Press. She has a podcast called

    Community Possibilities where she speaks to community leaders doing the hard work of community and systems change.

FAQs

  • The online course is a self-guided learning experience with a total of 7 Modules + 1 Bonus Module, 5+ Hours of Guided Video Content, and a course workbook.

  • This course is intended to teach how to evaluate your impact through a strategic lens that empowers you to think like an evaluator while setting up systems, technologies, and methods to build your capacity for evaluation.

  • That’s no problem! Community Evaluation Solutions offers customized services for organizations. Get in touch to tell us more about your goals.

The great work you’re doing deserves to be recognized; let's ensure the world sees it.

Dive into our course today—where every lesson is a step towards helping you transform insights into success stories.