Community Website One proposed project sought to establish a website with information about available resources on a wide range of subjects including domestic violence, child abuse, stress management, and parenting information. The goal of this program is community empowerment, and increasing the safety net of resources available to families. Among the stakeholders, only a few may be the actual audience that will receive the evaluation results. Determining who will actually use the results will help the evaluator determine what information they need. Knowing who will use the results will also help the evaluator prepare written summaries of the findings.
Many stakeholders have the predominant role of advisor.
These stakeholders will most likely need only an executive summary of the findings. A few stakeholders, however, will play a more active role. The evaluator must determine what types of information they need, and what they plan to do with this information. Another important planning step is to determine whether members from any other groups need to be interviewed. They may also be used in progress reports to stakeholders and funding agencies, and later in articles describing program development.