In traditional models, evaluation is often experienced as an add-on or method of oversight and control. What does responsive, integrated evaluation look like? How can evaluation be utilized to build relationships and spark systems change? Join the Minnesota Humanities Center (MHC) and Utilization-Focused Evaluation to learn from their work building an evaluation tool that helps organizations identify their baseline and progress in moving from a traditional approach to reforming systems towards a human-centered approach to systems transformation. Participants will experience how evaluation can be woven into an event, program, and organization culture, featuring lessons learned from MHC’s K-12 school district partnerships.
Charmagne Campbell-Patton, director of organizational learning and evaluation, Utilization-Focused Evaluation and Sung Ja Shin, humanities officer, Minnesota Humanities Center