That is a good one. The standard text is MICHEAL Quinn Patton's book "Developmental Evaluation" and he has a newer one out as well on stories and cases which is more accessible.
Chris ___________ CHRIS CORRIGAN www.chriscorrigan.com > On Oct 3, 2016, at 12:15 PM, Anne-Béatrice Duparc <[email protected]> > wrote: > > Thanks for your answer Chris. > > I am not familiar with developmental evaluation. As I wanted to know more > about it I found the Practitioner’s Guide to Developmental Evaluation. Here > it is in case it is of interest for anyone : > http://mcconnellfoundation.ca/assets/Media%20Library/Publications/DE%20201%20EN.pdf > > Anne-Béatrice Duparc > 00 41 76 378 69 98 > Accompagnatrice de processus participatifs > > > From: Chris Corrigan <[email protected]> > To: Anne-Béatrice Duparc <[email protected]>; World wide Open Space > Technology email list <[email protected]> > Sent: Saturday, October 1, 2016 7:23 PM > Subject: Re: [OSList] OST for evaluation > > OST is a very good method for evaluation, especially as one aspect of a > developmental evaluation framework. Times I have used it this way I have been > sure to build it a "meaning making" phase with a small group to make sense of > what was learned. This would be alongside if or in lieu of action planning > depending on your purpose. > > One thing that will help you is if you encourage people to capture a higher > granularity of data during the discussions. For me this means giving everyone > in the room a pad of post it notes for example and asking them to capture > small insights or lessons. Through the day people can post these micro > harvests on a wall and participants can group and cluster them to see what is > emerging. > > That's one way to do it. The principles here are giving people the ability to > record their own thoughts, letting the group itself doing the pattern finding > and sense making. > > So be deliberate and make sure it's used as a coherent part of a > developmental evaluation framework. OST like all Dialogic processes has value > for this work in that context. > > Chris > > ___________ > CHRIS CORRIGAN > www.chriscorrigan.com > > >> On Oct 1, 2016, at 10:21 AM, Anne-Béatrice Duparc via OSList >> <[email protected]> wrote: >> >> Hi everyone, >> >> I was asked to facilitate an annual meeting (3 hours) which purpose is the >> evaluation of a series of events taking place every years. The evaluation >> concerns the organization of the events and the events itself, in order to >> know what went well, what did not and have some hints for the following >> season. The events are festival districts sponsored by the city but mainly >> organized by volunteers with some fundings of the city. They take place all >> around the city, with second hand good sales, music, cultural events, food. >> They are very popular but were downsized this year due to a diminished >> budget allocation. >> >> I wonder if any of you has ever used OST for the purpose of making such >> evaluations. I really would love to use OST in this context, but I am not >> sure if it would bring the desired outcomes. Moreover an evening is a really >> short amount of time for an OST... >> >> Thanks for any hints, >> >> Anne-Béatrice Duparc >> 00 41 76 378 69 98 >> Accompagnatrice de processus participatifs >> _______________________________________________ >> OSList mailing list >> To post send emails to [email protected] >> To unsubscribe send an email to [email protected] >> To subscribe or manage your subscription click below: >> http://lists.openspacetech.org/listinfo.cgi/oslist-openspacetech.org >> Past archives can be viewed here: >> http://www.mail-archive.com/[email protected] > >
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