STRATEGY AND EVALUATION IN GRANTMAKING
_Presented by The Grantmaking School
[https://johnsoncenter.org/services/foundations/thegrantmakingschool/]_
Strategy and Evaluation in Grantmaking is a two-day learning
experience designed to help you develop or refine your grantmaking
strategy and to develop evaluation approaches that support learning,
strategy improvement, and promote equitable evaluation practices.
This course gives you the opportunity to examine the history,
strategy, design, and theory behind the process of programmatic and
strategy evaluation and helps equip you with the necessary tools to
respond to the diverse nature of evaluation in foundations.
IN THIS COURSE, WE'LL COVER:
* How to use evaluation as a tool to promote equity and learn about
strategy
* How to leverage a foundation’s toolkit to implement strategy
* Models for strategy development
* Evaluation design and how to determine purpose and approach
* How to manage external evaluation
INSTRUCTORS: Teri Behrens Ph.D. and Elvis Fraser Ph.D.
INDIVIDUAL REGISTRATION: $950
GROUP REGISTRATION: $865 per person
TGS ALUMNI: $865 (use promo code TGSALUM)
_Course runs 8 AM–5 PM each day. Breakfast and lunch are included.
Deadline to register is Friday, May 29._
_This course may be subject to cancellation if it does not reach the
minimum number of registrants. In the event of a cancellation, you
will be notified at least two weeks before the course start date._
Download a course overview flyer to share with your colleagues!
[https://johnsoncenter.org/wp-content/uploads/2019/10/Course-Overview-Strategy-Evaluation.pdf]
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PLEASE NOTE: This course is intended for foundation staff, donors, and
others engaged in GRANTMAKING. If you do not fit this profile, please
email tara.baker@gvsu.edu before enrolling.
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TERI BEHRENS, PH.D. is the executive director of the Dorothy A.
Johnson Center for Philanthropy at Grand Valley State
University. Previously, Dr. Behrens served as director of the
Institute for Foundation and Donor Learning, providing professional
development resources for donors, foundation staff and those who work
with them to implement programs. Dr. Behrens is also the editor in
chief for _The Foundation Review_, the first peer-reviewed journal of
philanthropy. Learn more about Teri.
[http://johnsoncenter.org/staff/teribehrens/]
ELVIS FRASER, PH.D. draws on more than 25 years of experience in
strategy development, strategy monitoring and evaluation, and using
evidence to inform program development and business process
improvement. He is the founder and managing director of Sankofa
Consulting, in Seattle, Washington. Dr. Fraser spent 10 years at the
Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation, where he was responsible for leading
the measurement, learning and evaluation function within the
international agriculture development strategy team. Fraser has a
doctorate in socio-economics with a concentration on international
development. He has served as a senior social scientist and consultant
for organizations including, the World Bank, Inter-American
Development Bank, and many foundations, and has conducted research and
has published on the interrelationships among social, political, and
economic development.
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If you are unable to attend a workshop after registering, please call
Tara Baker at 616-331-7585 or email tara.baker@gvsu.edu in advance
of the event.
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