January 26th, 2010 Webinar
2:00 EST 12:00MST 11:00PST
In conversation with Sheherazade Hirji and Martin Itzkow on Evaluation - Proving, Improving or Confusing.
The practice of evaluation has evolved in interesting ways over the past decade. A multitude of factors have converged to both propel the imperative to evaluate and at the same time, to open up the space to look at evaluation in a different light. The limitations of traditional evaluation thinking and methods to inform philanthropic and community efforts have given way to new definitions, methodologies and tools. Evaluation has evolved to include the ability to generate learning and build capacity to improve, rather than just prove what was achieved with the funding. This approach has invigorated evaluation with a whole new perspective on using evaluation as a learning tool to improve efforts and impact of the work of the not-for-profit sector.
As new theories and practices take hold, they create an inevitable sense of chaos through the transition. It is not necessarily clear how they apply to evaluating the impact of programs on individuals and communities. In this webinar, participants will have an opportunity to review and demystify the current thinking and practice in evaluation drawing from Canadian and US perspectives and practice. The session will address the current context for evaluation and provide some examples of good evaluation practice in addressing impact of programs on individuals and communities. Participants will be encouraged to share their own experiences as well as examples of evaluation challenges and opportunities within their work in Community Leadership programs across Canada.
Facilitators: Sheherazade Hirji and Martin Itzkow
October 27, 2009 Webinar
Video podcast: click here
Our most recent webinar was held on October 27, 2009:
"Community Leadership Development: Are we doing the right thing and what is our impact?"
Community leadership is much talked about, cited as a solution for daunting community challenges, invoked as a cure for the loss of community cohesion and identity, sought by community boards to rescue organizations adrift. And yet what we talk about when we talk about community leadership remains elusive.
19 participants took place in this insightful and interactive webinar with panelists Judith Maxwell, Senior Fellow and Founding President of Canadian Policy Research Networks; Mitchell Temkin, author of "The Case for Community Leadership", and Professor Sid Frankel a well known community activitist.
Panelists:
Judith Maxwell, senior Fellow and Founding President of the Canadian Policy Research Networks;
Mitchell Temkin, principal of Associatus Consulting;
Sid Frankel, Associate Professor with the Faculty of Social Work at the University of Manitoba.
To view a video podcast of this webinar, please visit the following link:
http://www.leadingforwellness.com/new-and-views/130-cclnet-webinar.html
[ Recorded October 27, 2009. Playing time is approximately 37 minutes ]
This is the first recorded and broadcasted webinar in a series that the LeadWell Foundation has helped to host for the Canadian Community Leadership Network, exploring issues of community leadership development in the Canadian context.
Note: audio quality on the webinar is poor to fair, due to an un-muted participant microphone causing background noise on the teleconferencing system. This is not a fault with the TalkShoe.com recording or your video/audio player.
June 7-8, 2009 CCLNet and Leadership Sea to Sky Host National Think Tank
First ever gathering of Leaders of Canadian Leadership Programs convened at the Edgewater Lodge in Whistler on June 7th and 8th, 2009. Click here for the details.
May 26, 2009 Webinar
Further to the Network webinar that took place in May 2009, we are pleased to make available the "Seven Habits of Fundraising" presentation by Linda Ball.
Our thanks to Jonathan Perkins and the LeadWell Foundation for providing the webinar technology that made this presentation possible.
April 16, 2009 Envision Halifax Conference
Please click here for highlights from this event.