Measuring Up: Facilitators guide - Monitoring and Evaluation NEWS

DAY ONESESSION 3.1Determining evaluation users and usesSession informationInformation for this sessioncan be found on page 12 of thelearner’s guide.Facilitator’s notesIf more discussion time wasneeded for session 2.3 you canmiss out instruction 3.MaterialsFlip chartTime40 minutesInstructions1. Introduce the name of the session and its place in theevaluation design framework flip chart.2. Use the flip charts developed during session 2.1 (and/or page7 of the learner’s guide) to review the main reasons for, oruses of evaluations.3. Ask participants to identify the main audiences for evaluations.Write them on a flip chart. Make sure that they include themain audiences identified in the learner’s guide.4. Place this flip chart next to the flip chart developed duringsession 2.1 and briefly facilitate participants to match themain reasons for evaluations with these different audiences.Comment on the extent of the overlap.5. Explain the importance of considering who the primaryaudience for the evaluation will be, and the value of workingwith other audiences (particularly funders) to develop designevaluations.6. Close day one of the workshop by reminding participants whattime they should be back in the workshop room tomorrowmorning. Tell them about evening logistics, and that theyshould remember to bring their learner’s guides with them inthe morning.ONE-DAY WORKSHOPTime15 minutesInstructions1. Use the flip charts developed during session 2.1 (and/or page 7 of the learner’s guide) to reviewthe main reasons for, or uses of evaluations.2. Ask participants to identify the main audiences for evaluations. Write them on a flip chart. Makesure that they include the main audiences identified in the learner’s guide.19 MEASURING UP \\ A GUIDE FOR FACILITATORS