Developmental Evaluation
Join us in exploring a practical introduction to Developmental Evaluation!
WHY?
The complex challenges weâre facing as a society call for us to be innovative and creative.Â
Weâre used to thinking of the world as linear and predictable, but often our plans do not follow a straight line - there are ups and downs, unexpected turns, tipping points and surprises.
Developmental Evaluation can help us make sense in unpredictable and complex situations. It combines evaluative judgements about whatâs happening and whatâs working with a generative process of figuring out what to try next, combining creativity and rigor, learning and results.
DE helps us learn and evaluate our progress as we go, informing our next steps.
WHAT?
What is included in the Course?
- A Course Compendium
- 3 hours of video material
- Exercises and templates
- 3 Bonus videos
- You become part of a global learning community of peers.
COURSE PRICE: 85 USD
REGISTERWHO?
CONTENT OF THE COURSE
The material from this course is based on a real time course designed and hosted by Beehive Productions in collaboration with Rita Fierro and Ciaran Camman. In this course you will also find a unique contribution from the originator of DE, Michael Quinn Patton.
Rita Fierro
Rita is an intellectual artist who skillfully combines creative, innovative, and analytical thinking by bridging groups, networks, and arenas that may seem far apart: art and facilitation, evaluation, healing and research.
Ciaran Camman
Ciaran is an independent evaluation consultant and adventurer on an evaluation journey. My passion is designing flexible, creative (even fun!) approaches that make evaluation accessible for everyone.
Michael Quinn Patton
Michael is the Founder and CEO of Utilization-Focused Evaluation, an independent organizational development and program evaluation organization.
He is a pioneer of several evaluation methods and have authored many books on this topic.
YOU WILL LEARN
Learning Goals
You will be:
Inspired by possibility
Ready to improvise
Explore the unexpected
Committed to collaboration
Connected to a network of others
Practice
Designing a Developmental Evaluation process?
Cases, examples and stories of application
New perspectives on reporting
Tools, templates and exercises for defining your DE strategy and practice.
Theory
Theory and Frameworks
Making sense of emergence and complexity
Disrupting and learning
The Adaptive Action Cycle
 Creating scaffolding for learning
“Evaluating is itself the most valuable treasure of all that we value. It is only through evaluation that value exists: and without evaluation the nut of existence would be hollow.”
– Friedrich Nietzsche
Course Structure
This course helps us deepen our understanding of the practical aspects of working with Developmental Evaluation. The course will look at DE through 4 lenses or metaphors: Developmental Evaluation as: "A SAFE HAVEN", as a "THE CHRYSALIS", "THE PATIENT GARDENER" and "SIFTING"
- Intro to DEÂ
- Introducing the instructors and the compendium
Developmental Evaluation can be a safe haven and be a greenhouse for your client, where you help them create a space to pause, where it is safe to learn, to experiment, to explore, and to discover. The greenhouse helps them accept what they know and what they either donât know yet or know but havenât been able to articulate yet. Here we explore:Â
- Inquiry Frameworks
- Asses the complexity of our work
- The Adaptive Action Cycle
- Buckets for making sense of the unknown
Sometimes transformation is puzzling. We may think we donât have what we need, because we experience ourselves âbreaking downâ from the old. But we do. Once weâre on the other side, once weâve become butterflies, it all MAKE SENSE! In the meantime though, it can be awfully uncomfortable, unpredictable, and frustrating.
DE can help us prepare for change, establishing some bearings in the midst of uncertainty. We explore:
- The Chaordic Space
- Why we talk about change and DE
- Principles for navigating change
- Preparing ourselves and preparing others for change
You donât start with the fully abundant garden. You start from seeds and nurture them in their growth. Is there soil - a place where seeds can grow? What kind of preparation might it need to grow the specific seeds I am trying to grow? Whatâs the light like? Whatâs the season, and the weather? What kinds of animals or pests might my seeds encounter?
One of the core aspects of allowing developmental evaluation to guide learning is to pay attention to context not only once, but over-time. In other words, as the project changes and engages change, the context may change with it. We explore:Â
- Principles and practices for nurturing learning
- How to become present to the context
- Building responsive learning infrastructure
- Emergent learning frameworks
- Guiding principles for DE
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When we find ourselves in contexts in which we donât know what comes next and clarity is nowhere in sight, surrendering to the process can be not only the best way, but the only way. In that case, simply sifting the information that is relevant for the group or the context can be extremely helpful. Navigating and being in Emergence invites us to be awake and sense what is happening in a very physical way. Here we explore:Â
- Sensing and probing
- Tracking learning curves
- Reporting
- Conversation with Michael Quinn Patton
- Sample of The Art of Questions and Invitations
- Principles for Harvesting Learning - PLUME
Quick Intro
A sneak peak into the course. A quick intro to Developmental Evaluation with Ciaran Camman.
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FORMAT
We are offering a flexible way for you to engage with our courses. We have taken the treasure chest of recordings from our realtime courses and curated the teachings, exercises and support material into a valuable learning experience that you can engage with on your own time. You will experience:
- Self paced learning:Â Through carefully curated bite size videos and audio presenting the core ideas. This allows you to access the teachings when it is convenient for you.
- A community of peer learners and peer feedback. This allows us to get to know peers from all over the world and reflect on our own practice in the light of what others are doing.
- Simple exercises to help you integrate your learning in your context.
- A practice guide for reference and inspiration, that you can print out and take with you.
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You get:
- Course Compendium
- 3 hours of video material
- Exercises and templates
- Bonus videos
- You become part of a global learning community of peers.
- You get to learn from some the most experienced practitioners and pioneers in this field.
COURSE PRICE: 85 USD
REGISTERPrices and accessibility
We donât want finances to get in the way of your participation. At check out you can choose the price that you are able to pay. Contact us for group discounts, or if you need further help making the course work for you financially.
"This discussion was really timely - for my work in community. Learning how to create the container - with minimal structure - to harvest something meaningful - to guide our next steps. How to ânoticeâ what is emerging and make sense collectively of what is possible and where we might begin. Thank you!"
