Are you evaluation ready? Improving the evaluation capability and culture of your team
Channel: Australian Evaluation Society
Date: 2020-11-19

Presented by Georgina Roberts and Evie Cuthbertson, Grosvenor Public Sector Advisory

Evaluation is a unique skillset and way of thinking. To have an effective evaluative culture, it is important to not only focus on the skills of the individual evaluator, but also the capacity and readiness of the area or organisation as a whole.

This session will introduce attendees to the key features of evaluative culture. By applying our evaluation maturity model, we will walk participants through how to assess and enhance evaluation capability at both an individual and organisational level. Our leave behind evaluation maturity model will give participants the tools they need to make an informed assessment when they get back to their desks.

From our experience working with public sector organisations, we understand many of the common challenges in driving an effective evaluative culture. We will provide proven guidance and tips about how these challenges can overcome, so that your organisation is evaluating at its best.

Ms Georgina Roberts is one of Grosvenor’s most experienced evaluators and currently leads the Program Evaluation Practice Lead and one of our most experienced evaluators. She has worked with State and Federal Government Departments to design, monitor and evaluate programs, initiatives, and policies across a range of sectors including infrastructure, health, education/childcare, agriculture and the environment. Georgina is motivated to upskill the evaluation industry and provide findings, conclusions and recommendations that can have a real impact for her clients.

Ms Evie Cuthbertson has nearly 20 years of experience consulting to the public sector, Evie is a highly experienced and practical evaluator. Evie quickly builds strong rapport with clients and stakeholders and is passionate about uplifting capability in leading practice for monitoring and evaluation. She applies contemporary evaluation theory in a practical way to optimise engagement and the use of monitoring and evaluation tools.

This seminar was organised by the Queensland Regional Network Committee of the AES.