As an internal evaluator, capacity building is a huge part of my job. Evaluators talk about capacity building all the time, but what does it really look like? On the front lines? In a community-based youth center?
I recently shared some notes from my algebra lesson with a youth worker.
Here’s another great example of capacity building: A program manager has volunteered to lead a Program Design 101 training for our other staff members!
She’ll share examples of how she’s incorporated formative data collection and analysis into her everyday programmatic activities to turn evaluation into a valuable learning experience. Stay tuned to see her resources from this training.
Facilitating focus groups vs. facilitating other types of group discussions « Adventures of an Internal Evaluator
Apr 17, 2012 -
[…] trained a handful of non-evaluators to conduct focus groups with youth – a great example of what capacity building looks like on a day-to-day basis. This is actually really, really easy because our youth workers are already skilled facilitators. […]