Evaluation - Understanding the Past & Present to Inform Future Actions (December 2020)
Channel: CEM ERTG
Date: 2020-12-23

IUCN CEM Ecosystem Restoration Thematic Group Webinar Series

Evaluation for What’s Happening Right Now in the World - Understanding the Past & Present to Inform Future Actions

Michael Quinn Patton, independent consultant and former President of the American Evaluation Association

You can find the complete Series Playlist here: https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PLy4Yp_6qh0uEz_oq53_UhEDLHUZNPljRU

Abstract
The field of program evaluation is roughly 50 years old as a profession having been dominated by evaluating effectiveness of programs. Today, given the climate emergency and related global crises, the challenge is evaluating systems change, even systems transformation.  Evaluation must be transformed to evaluate transformation. This session will offer principles and criteria for evaluating systems transformation.

Michael Quinn Patton is an independent consultant based in Minnesota, USA, former President of the American Evaluation Association. In November he was recipient of the new Transformative Evaluator Award from EvalYouth, a global network of young and emergent evaluators.  He has authored eight major evaluation books including Utilization-Focused Evaluation and Qualitative Research and Evaluation Methods used in over 500 universities worldwide. He has also authored books on Practical Evaluation, Creative Evaluation, and Developmental Evaluation: Applying Systems Thinking and Complexity Concepts to Enhance Innovation and Use.  In 2018 he published books on Principles-Focused Evaluation and Facilitating Evaluation. His new book on evaluating global systems transformations is Blue Marble Evaluation.