Evaluation toolbox: let's talk about it
SHOW ME THE CHANGE
Complexity and the Art of Evaluation – Reporting Sheet
Leader: Damien Sweeney
Background to Toolbox:
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Four councils involved with their project and Swinburne University is the academic partner
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Current stage – putting tools together, have piloted some already with participating councils
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Phone contact for case studies
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Online forum would be useful
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Have limitations of evaluation technique is useful
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Qualitative is common – interview and qualitative
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Cost benefit analysis is useful for CSIRO examples
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Attribution – were you influenced by something else or this project? (Categorises the other influences)
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Links to online surveys and tips to use that would be useful
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Need to say what evaluation to have when ie. Evaluation plan for duration of project
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City of Ballarat – project on planning and how engaged people are in programs – would be willing to pilot toolbox
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Behaviour Change blog – through conference, could be useful to have this on site for blog
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Survey – difficult to follow up on outcomes. Survey monkey is useful
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Needs to be able to change the toolbox – not have it static, eg, add case studies, reviews of tools etc – make it interactive
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Have volunteer from City of Ballarat willing to pilot the toolbox
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Wicki page – people can add their own information and use as a blog
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The National Social Marketing Centre in the UK is a good example of an online toolbox
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Clear Water – storm water project
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