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Professional Development Workshop Series

Evaluation and Applied Research Methods
Early Registration Rates Available Now!

One More Day of Workshops Added!
August 22-27, 2008

Mark your calendars for the week of August 22 through 27, 2008, our next Professional Development Workshop Series. All 2008 workshop titles are below, with links to full descriptions of each all-day workshop.

What's New in 2008?

Our lineup of 24 workshops includes 10 offered for the first time.  See the full schedule below!

Also added this year: During the Friday, Saturday and Sunday sessions, we will be offering a special Keynote Address and buffet luncheon.

Friday, August 22: Robert Klitgaard (President, Claremont Graduate University)
Saturday, August 23: Mark W. Lipsey (Vanderbilt University)
Sunday, August 24: Joha Louw-Potgieter & Johann Louw (University of Cape Town, South Africa)

Follow this link for details on the keynote luncheons.

As always, we are offering several new workshops in the series, as well as bringing back many popular topics from previous years.

Friday, August 22, 2008

 

Basics of Evaluation & Applied Research Methods
Stewart I. Donaldson & Christina A. Christie


Introduction to Applied Quantitative Analysis

Dale E. Berger


Introduction to Qualitative Research Methods
Michelle C. Bligh


Writing Successful Grant Proposals

Allen M. Omoto

Saturday, August 23, 2008

*Special lunchtime keynote session available.

 

Practical Program Evaluation: A Program Theory Approach
Huey T. Chen & Stewart I. Donaldson


Building Evaluation Capacity
Hallie Preskill


Advanced Qualitative Evaluation
Sandra Mathison


The Logic of Evaluation and Causality: What Makes What Works Work?
Michael Scriven

Sunday, August 24, 2008

*Special lunchtime keynote session available.


Considering Culture in Evaluation and Applied Research

Rodney K. Hopson


Logic Models for Program Evaluation and Planning
Thomas Chapel


Evaluation Use, Influence, & Consequences: Research, Theory, and "Minding the Gap" to Practice
Melvin M. Mark


New Perspectives on Evaluation Issues from Around the Globe

Ross Conner

Monday, August 25, 2008

 

Using RCTs (Randomized Control Trials) to Improve Educational Research and Evaluation
Tiffany Berry & Rebecca M. Eddy


Introduction to the Measurement of Experience
Jeanne Nakamura


Evaluating Public Health Programs and Initiatives: Using CDC's Framework for Program Evaluation as a Guide
Thomas Chapel

 

Beyond the Basics and the Traditional: Designing Qualitative Evaluation and Applied Research Studies
Sharon F. Rallis & Matthew Militello

Tuesday, August 26, 2008


Creating Effective Surveys for Applied Research
Jason Siegel


Empowerment Evaluation
David Fetterman


Monitoring Progress on Campus Diversity
Daryl Smith


Quasi-Experimental Methods
William D. Crano

Wednesday, August 27, 2008

 

Using Technology to Enhance Applied Research and Evaluation
Stewart I. Donaldson & Tarek Azzam


Measuring “Standards” and “Accountability” in Today’s Public Schools:
Basic Approaches

Philip H. Dreyer


Cost-Benefit Analysis

Annette Steinacker

 
How to Conduct Culturally Competent Community-based Program Evaluations
Katrina L. Bledsoe

Daily Schedule

Each workshop lasts one full day.

8:00 a.m. – 9:00 a.m. Check in & Continental Breakfast
9:00 a.m. – 9:15 a.m. Morning Welcome & Introductions
9:15 a.m. – Workshop Begins
10:45 a.m. – 11:00 a.m. Break
12 noon – 2:00 p.m. Lunch Break
3:00 p.m. – 3:15 p.m. Break
4:45 p.m. Workshop Concludes

New in 2008: Special Keynote Sessions

Co-sponsored by the Southern California Evaluation Association.

Tickets for these events, which will include a buffet lunch and talk, will be available at the door for $10.  Lunchtime during these dates will be timed so participants may attend the keynote talks.

Keynote Sessions - When and Where:
12 noon - 1:30 pm
Location TBA

Friday 8/22/08

Robert Klitgaard
(President, Claremont Graduate University)

How Evaluation Research Can Improve Politics and Policy, with Examples

Saturday 8/23/08

Mark W. Lipsey
(Director of the Center for Evaluation Research and Methodology, Vanderbilt University)

Evaluation Evidence and Evidence Based Practice: Concept and Confirmation

Sunday 8/24/08

Joha Louw-Potgieter
(University of Cape Town, South Africa)
Johann Louw
(University of Cape Town, South Africa)

 

Programme Evaluation in South Africa
or,
"Always Something New Out of Africa" - Pliny the Elder

Workshops Photo Album

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Dr. Huey T. Chen presents on "Practical Program Theory Driven Evaluation"
during the 2007 summer workshop series.

Registration

Early Registration Rates Now Open!

Follow the link above for online registration.  Online registration closes on Friday, August 15.  We will accommodate as many walk-in registrants as possible during the event.

Generous gifts to Claremont Graduate University made it possible for us to once again realize our mission of making high-quality evaluation education more accessible to a diverse group of working professionals and students.

Early Registration Rates

Students:
$75 per one full-day workshop

Professionals:
$150 for one full-day workshop
Discounts available for multiple workshops.  See our Registration Page for details.

For those admitted into the Certificate of Advanced Study in Evaluation, or our M.A. and Ph.D. Programs, some of these workshops meet various program requirements.

 

We offer continuing education credits for attendees.

For more information about our Ph.D., M.A., and other programs in Evaluation, click here.

Location & Directions

Location, Directions, Accommodations & Transportation: Information on transportation, suggested accommodations, location and directions of workshop are provided as well as vacation ideas while visiting sunny Southern California.

Contact us at (909) 621-8084 or psych@cgu.edu.

Last updated 5/02/08

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