Presenting outcomes and evaluation products
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Trainers' Outline
References and Hand-Outs
Structuring evaluation reports
Authorship, Ownership and Censorship
Confidentiality
The Trainer’s outline
Presenting Outcomes and Evaluation Products
These are simply the outputs of the evaluation process but it is useful if these are planned as early as possible in order to allow enough time and money.It is generally taken for granted that the outcomes of an evaluation process will be one or more written reports, including a `final’ report. Usually, this will be the case.
However, it is not the only type of legitimate evaluation product and there are other possibilities that may be more useful, depending on who and what the evaluation is supposed to be for. Similarly, there are many different types of written evaluation reports, depending on the purpose and the intended audience. The crucial questions as in all communication are: what is to be communicated, to whom, by whom and when?
Although the decision on ‘what’ is to be communicated logically comes first, it is useful for both the project staff and the evaluator to know at the design stage what the products are likely to be so that resources can be allocated.
The following list gives a range of options that can be effective vehicles for making available the outputs of an evaluation to different users. The list also allows you to indicate “By whom?” and to specify the target audience and timescale
NB it is important not to confuse this list of evaluation products with project products when you are making a selection. For example a project outcome might be a web site but the evaluation product a written report. Alternatively, the evaluation product may be pages on the site or on another site or the written, text-based report could be downloadable from the site.
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Trainers' Outline
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References and Hand-Outs
- This area contains links to external references and resources, as well as downloadable handouts
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Structuring evaluation reports
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Authorship, Ownership and Censorship
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Confidentiality
