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Penny Cooke

Evaluation advisor
Penny Cooke

AES Perth 2016 organising committee member :-)
Capacity building & social learning

9:00am AWST

Opening plenary: “learning to make room”: Evaluation in Aboriginal communities, Victoria Hovane North BallroomChristina Kadmos • Victoria Hovane

11:00am AWST

Evaluating a process evaluation: Client and evaluator perspectives Traders LoungeAlison Plant • Charlie Jones • Dorothy Lucks • Maria Price MERIT: a new paradigm in Natural Resource Management investment data capture for the Australian Government. Mosman Bay RoomYelena Hill • Nathan Sibley

11:30am AWST

Evaluation is dead. Long live evaluative thinking! Gershwins Main RoomAnne Markiewicz • Lyn Alderman • Jess Dart • Duncan Rintoul

12:00pm AWST

Utilising a state-wide evaluation approach to capture data from diverse communities and direct future initiatives in Western Australia Mosman Bay RoomYelena Hill • Shirley Driver • Shane Whitely

2:30pm AWST

The meaning and measure of social impact: From challenges to solutions Plaza Ballroom 3Kate Gilbert • John Gargani

3:30pm AWST

Small NGO landscapes and the importance of context in evaluation utilisation Traders LoungePenny Cooke • Leanne Kelly

4:00pm AWST

Evaluating an online diabetes program presents a gaping hole in evaluation theory as landscapes collide Traders LoungePenny Cooke • Kate Gilbert

4:30pm AWST

Working on the system from within the system: Using evaluation to distil the essence of practice in a complex innovative preventive health initiative. Traders LoungePenny Cooke • Glenda Underhill

5:00pm AWST

AES 2016 Annual General Meeting Plaza Ballroom 1Lyn Alderman

8:30am AWST

Plenary 2: The Landscape of Evaluation Theory: Exploring the Contributions of Australasian Evaluators, John Owen North BallroomKim Lazenby • John Owen

9:30am AWST

Integration of project management and evaluative thinking: is it really working? Mosman Bay RoomRoselyn Nyatasanz • Heather Aquilina • Vanessa Hood The roles for evaluation and evaluators in designing, developing and implementing place based initiatives in regional towns and Indigenous communities that address community priorities: Insights and learning from... Plaza Ballroom 1Lauren Heery • Les Hems • Paul Lane

10:00am AWST

Opportunities and challenges for not-for-profit organisations - What does it take to sustain evaluative thinking? Plaza Ballroom 3Jenny Neale • Alison Rogers

11:00am AWST

Stories from the field: Navigating the emotional landscape of program evaluations Traders LoungeDorothy Lucks • Caroline Tomiczek • Poppy Wise Surveying the rocky terrain of multiple services, multiple sites and diverse client groups: A pragmatic option for gathering outcomes data. Gershwins Main RoomRalph Straton • Jennifer Lee

11:30am AWST

Dynamic innovation through developmental evaluation Gershwins Main RoomRalph Straton • Bill Landy • Liz Mullen Tracking Pathways Together: Evaluating the Impact of Community Engagement - Rom-manapanmi ga Dhiṉthun Djalkiri Freshwater Bay RoomJennifer Moffatt • Bronwyn Rossingh • Yalmay Yunupingu

1:30pm AWST

Governance and management panel: Evaluative thinking to improve public sector performance Plaza Ballroom 1John Owen • Jason Beeley • Kylie Dalling • Kim Lazenby

2:30pm AWST

The third wheel in the relationship. Why a theory-driven framework need not add complexity Traders LoungeHeather Aquilina • Clancy Read

4:00pm AWST

Plenary 3: Balance, color, unity and other perspectives: a journey into the changing landscape in evaluation, Ziad Moussa North BallroomDorothy Lucks • Ziad Moussa

8:30am AWST

Plenary 4: The Organisational and Political Landscape for Evidence-informed Decision Making in Government, Kathryn Newcomer North BallroomJade Maloney • Kathryn Newcomer

9:30am AWST

Meeting impossible expectations: Delivering a summative evaluation of quantitative change over time in the absence of a valid quantitative dataset Gershwins Main RoomJohn Stoney • Angela Carr

10:00am AWST

Significant Policy Change (SPC) - a new tool for evaluating efforts to influence government policy. Traders LoungeMarion Norton • Jess Dart

11:00am AWST

Emerging evaluators panel: Evaluating for the greater good Plaza Ballroom 1Kathryn Newcomer • Liam Downing • James Finlay • Jenny de Vries

12:00pm AWST

A practical approach to program evaluation planning in the complex and changing landcape of government. Mosman Bay RoomMaggie Jakob-Hoff • Jenny Crisp

1:30pm AWST

Big Ears, Open Minds and learning Hearts - Experiences of Aboriginal Researchers and Evaluators working with our Mob Freshwater Bay RoomAmohia Boulton • Sharon Barnes • Eliziah Wasaga

2:00pm AWST

STrengthening Evaluation Practices and Strategies in Indigenous settings in Australia and New Zealand (STEPS) Research Project: Concept Mapping Rating Activity Freshwater Bay RoomAmohia Boulton • Margaret Cargo • Sharon Clarke • Lynley Cvitanovic • Jenni Judd

2:30pm AWST

Plenary 5: The role of evaluative thinking in design, closing address John Gargani North BallroomJess Dart • John Gargani

My Chairs Sessions

3:30pm AWST

Small NGO landscapes and the importance of context in evaluation utilisation Traders LoungePenny Cooke • Leanne Kelly

4:00pm AWST

Evaluating an online diabetes program presents a gaping hole in evaluation theory as landscapes collide Traders LoungePenny Cooke • Kate Gilbert

4:30pm AWST

Working on the system from within the system: Using evaluation to distil the essence of practice in a complex innovative preventive health initiative. Traders LoungePenny Cooke • Glenda Underhill