Let’s Evaluate! | A Guide to Evaluation and Monitoring
Event information
Date: 1st May, 8th may, 5th June and 12th June
Time: 9:30am – 12:30pm
Organiser: Culture & Business Scotland
Venue: Online
Cost: £240 + VAT for C&BS members, £380 + VAT for non-members
Need to show the difference you make and don’t know where to start? This comprehensive course is designed to help you do just that!
Want to learn how to write clear outcomes, and how to set indicators to measure your outcomes? Want to put in place a monitoring and evaluation plan suited to your work?
This course gets you started by explaining what outcomes and indicators are and how they can help you to explain the difference your work makes. It will give you clarity on the building blocks of evaluation and includes lots of time for working on your own projects.
You will then explore the questions and processes involved in choosing fit-for-purpose evaluation methods; those that will help you measure your outcome indicators in a way that suits your project and its service users. You will also consider how to keep evaluation proportionate to your work and resources.
Session 1: Thursday 1 May 2025, 9.30am-12.30pm
Session 2: Thursday 8 May 2025, 9.30am-12.30pm
Session 3: Thursday 5 June 2025, 9.30am-12.30pm
Session 4: Thursday 12 June 2025, 9.30am-12.30pm
What will you learn?
Over the four three-hour online sessions, you’ll learn how to:
- Understand the importance of outcomes and indicators
- Write clear outcomes for your project / organisation
- Set indicators to help measure whether you are achieving your outcomes
- Understand the steps and principles to follow when choosing or developing evaluation methods
- Use different methods and tools to collect information about your outcomes
- Put in place a monitoring and evaluation plan for your project /organisation
Who is it for?
Anyone looking to gain skills in self-evaluation, and get better at telling stories about the impact of their work.