September 23, 2009
9:00-11:00 a.m.
The World Bank’s East of the River Initiative provided two years of technical assistance to help four District nonprofits develop the capacity to evaluate outcomes. A new Urban Institute report, Evaluation Matters: Lessons from Youth-Serving Organizations, examines the agencies’ progress and highlights the conditions and factors promoting and frustrating effective evaluation strategies.
Please join us as a panel of funders, nonprofit organization directors, evaluation specialists, and researchers discuss their experiences and the lessons learned during the two-year initiative. Among the questions they will address are
• What are the key benefits, challenges, and limitations of evaluation?
• What are the best ways to allocate resources for evaluation?
• What are the appropriate roles and responsibilities for local nonprofits and funders in evaluating programs and outcomes?